<div dir="ltr">To my mind, the best way to open DH Awards to non English contents, without creating a ghetto with a specific entry, is to translate the call and the categories in 4-5 languages. <div>By principle, I refuse to use any negative denominations like "non English". I am always disturbed by the "non-fiction" category, in English, which is very weak and negative. <div>
Best regards,<br>Marin<div><br></div></div></div></div><div class="gmail_extra"><br><br><div class="gmail_quote">On Fri, Feb 7, 2014 at 2:12 PM, James Cummings <span dir="ltr"><<a href="mailto:James.Cummings@it.ox.ac.uk" target="_blank">James.Cummings@it.ox.ac.uk</a>></span> wrote:<br>
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Hi Alex and Ernesto,<br>
<br>
Thanks! That was my precisely my thought (especially that it would relate 'Other' with 'Non-English' which seemed a really really dangerous idea).<br>
<br>
I'll thank the person for the idea but explain how it may be construed as even more divisive and problematic.<br>
<br>
Thanks for your thoughts!<br>
<br>
-James<div class=""><br>
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On 07/02/14 13:09, Ernesto Priego wrote:<br>
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Ditto to what Alex has just shared. Ditto.<br>
<br>
Best regards,<br>
<br>
e<br>
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Hi all,<br>
<br>
Sorry for not jumping in earlier. I've been ill and slower<br>
than usual.<br>
<br>
James, creating a category for Other that only has<br>
Non-English entries is NOT-A-Good-Idea. Take a moment to<br>
think about this equation, Other=Non-English, then think<br>
about the subjectivities following on the heels of Edward<br>
Said's Orientalism<br></div>
<<a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Orientalism_(book)" target="_blank">http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/<u></u>Orientalism_(book)</a>>. I know<div class=""><br>
this is difficult, but you are moving in the right direction!<br>
I salute your effort to create a space for 'positive<br>
discrimination,' or affirmative action as the USeans call it.<br>
<br>
Since the awards would lose what makes them unique unless<br>
voting was 100% volunteer, may I suggest simply continuing<br>
the work of advocacy and encouragement behind the scenes.<br>
Just do not make any distinction in the categories. Use the<br>
other category as Dan suggests, to make sure the community<br>
surprises us. We will help you here at GO:DH to reach larger<br>
audiences whose main vehicle of digital expression is not<br>
English.<br>
<br>
Let me be clear. If you make sure to advocate for a<br>
kaleidoscopic and babylonian ecosystem of digital humanities,<br>
and show awareness that English models on offer are NOT<br>
universal or representative of the rest of us, I'll be on<br>
your side if you receive any ill will.<br>
<br>
Your great admirer,<br>
Alex.<br>
<br>
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On Fri, Feb 7, 2014 at 6:17 AM, James Cummings<br>
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<mailto:<a href="mailto:James.Cummings@it.ox.ac.uk" target="_blank">James.Cummings@it.ox.<u></u>ac.uk</a>>> wrote:<br>
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<br>
Hi GO::DH,<br>
<br>
Me again! Sorry. After summarising the suggestions<br>
received here I received a suggestion through other means<br>
that I'd like to run by you since it does feed into the<br>
desire to encourage non-anglo DH resources to nominate<br>
themselves for DH Awards.<br>
<br>
As you'll remember some didn't like the annual nature of<br>
the awards without a catch-all category of 'other' and<br>
some didn't like the non-English category because of a<br>
perceived ghettoisation of non-English resources. I<br>
resisted the 'other' category for two reasons (1: a<br>
*large* category for admin and voters; 2: difficulty of<br>
comparison for voters).<br>
<br>
The suggestion was made to me that there be an 'Other'<br>
category for anything that didn't fit into the other<br>
categories, but that nominations in this category be<br>
restricted to non-English resources (that didn't fit into<br>
any of the other categories and the nominations committee<br>
try to move things nominated here to other categories if<br>
suitable). The idea behind this suggestion, I believe, is<br>
that English resources don't get the benefit of the<br>
'other' category and miss out as previously described,<br>
but non-English resources do not. This would be a form of<br>
so-called 'positive discrimination' based on the<br>
assumption that anglo resources have more than enough<br>
innate privileges.<br>
<br>
For my part, I found the idea clever but I worry about<br>
any form of discrimination (positive or not), and also<br>
couldn't think of a way to name it which didn't seem to<br>
repeat the perceived ghettoisation that people have seen<br>
in this year's category. While I don't think<br>
anglo-created resources would suffer unduly because of<br>
this, it still seems a bit unfair.<br>
<br>
-James<br>
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