globaloutlookdh-l January 2013

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Update
by Daniel O'Donnell 25 Jan '13

25 Jan '13

Hi all, An update. As many know, we had a nomination period last week to form an initial executive that would be responsible for administrative details of the Special Interest Group and for writing bylaws to cover elections, constituency and representation issues, etc. to be in place by next year. There was no set number and nobody who wanted to participate was turned away. In the last week, this group has been determining the most essential offices and tasks necessary to running the SIG and staffing those positions at least initially. We are just now checking the list of positions and volunteers; I hope to publish them to the website and the list on Monday. After this initial work is done, my proposal will be that the executive meet periodically (for example, once a quarter or bi-monthly) to review our progress and deal with executive issues by email as they arise (because of the time-zone spread of the executive, we may need to "meet" by email as well). But beyond that, that all business of the SIG take place on this list as much as possible. There is a very attractive funding opportunity being offered by the Canadian Social Science and Humanities Research Council (SSHRC) that several members of the executive are working on right now (the deadline is Feb. 15). Should this be successful, it would provide some useful resources that will help develop inter-region contacts and collaborations. But of course like all grants, the chances are always greater that we will not get it than that we will! Finally, the University of Lethbridge has provided some money to GO::DH to be used as bursaries to commission student and entry-level researcher work on the scope and range of DH around the world. Once the grant is submitted in mid-February, I hope to be issuing a call with more detailed instructions. -dan -- Daniel Paul O'Donnell Professor of English University of Lethbridge Lethbridge AB T1K 3M4 Canada +1 403 393-2539

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Une liste de discussion francophone sur l’accès ouvert
by Marin Dacos 25 Jan '13

25 Jan '13

Chers amis, Dear friends, En écho à l’énergie collective catalysée lors des journées sur l’accès ouvert aux résultats de la recherche scientifique<http://couperin.sciencesconf.org/> organisée par Couperin (le 25 janvier 2013), nous avons créé une liste dédiée à ce sujet. Celle-ci est hébergée par un acteur neutre, le GIP Renater, et permettra de partager veille, avis, questions et encouragements sur la question de l’accès ouvert, qu’il soit “green”, “gold” ou autre. Vous pouvez vous abonner à cette liste, quel que soit votre grade, votre matricule, votre employeur ou votre statut. Elle est libre d’accès. Ca se passe par ici : https://groupes.renater.fr/sympa/subscribe/accesouvert Amicalement, Best regards, Marin -- Marin Dacos - http://www.openedition.org Director - Centre for Open Electronic Publishing ** OpenEdition is now a Facility of Excellence<http://www.openedition.org/10221?lang=en> * *(Equipex) ** ** New email : marin.dacos(a)openedition.org ** CNRS - EHESS - Aix-Marseille Université (AMU) - Université d'Avignon 3, place Victor Hugo, Case n°86, 13331 Marseille Cedex 3 - France Tél : 04 13 55 03 40 Tél. direct : 04 13 55 03 39 Fax : 04 13 55 03 41 Skype : marin.dacos - Gmail video chat : marin.dacos(a)gmail.com Twitter : http://twitter.com/#!/marindacos

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RE: [globaloutlookDH-l] Introductions
by Kathleen Reed 25 Jan '13

25 Jan '13

Hi All, My name is Kathleen Reed and I'm the Assessment and Data Librarian at Vancouver Island University in Nanaimo, BC, Canada. I did an MA in Humanities Computing at the University of Alberta several years ago and have moved away from DH since then. Now that I'm settled into being a professional librarian, I'm looking to get back into the DH scene, especially with intercultural projects. I look forward to conversations on this list. Cheers, Kathleen Kathleen Reed Assessment and Data Librarian Vancouver Island University 900 Fifth Street Nanaimo, British Columbia, Canada V9R 5S5 Phone: 250.753.3245 x2271 Mobile: 250.618.3375 E-Mail: kathleen.reed(a)viu.ca Web: http://libguides.viu.ca/profile/kathleen -----Original Message----- From: globaloutlookdh-l-bounces(a)uleth.ca [mailto:globaloutlookdh-l-bounces@uleth.ca] On Behalf Of Daniel Sondheim Sent: Friday, January 25, 2013 10:21 AM To: A list for participants in the ADHO DH Global Outlook Community Subject: Re: [globaloutlookDH-l] Introduction: Neven Jovanovic, Zagreb,Hrvatska / Croatia Hello all, My name is Daniel Sondheim. I am the coordinator of the Electronic Textual Cultures Laboratory (http://etcl.uvic.ca) at the University of Victoria in Victoria, BC, Canada. As part of that work I also function as coordinator of the Digital Humanities Summer Institute (http://dhsi.org), and project manager of the Implementing New Knowledge Environments project (http://inke.ca). I'm excited to be part of this initiative, and am very looking forward to future discussion and collaboration. Cheers, Daniel On 2013-01-25 9:57 AM, "igalina" <igalina(a)unam.mx> wrote: >Estimados todos/Dear All >Me parece una excelente idea la presentación para darnos una idea de >quiénes estamos participando. Mi nombre es Isabel Galina y trabajo en >la Universidad Nacional Autónoma de México (UNAM) en el Instituto de >Investigaciones Bibliográficas. Mi área de investigación son las >publicaciones digitales y el patrimonio bibliográfico digital. Soy >miembro fundador de la Red de Humanidades Digitales (RedHD) y nuestros >objetivos son promover y fortalecer las Humanidades Digitales, con >especial énfasis en la investigación y educación en países de habla >hispana. Nuestra página es www.humanidadesdigitales.net. > >It seems a great idea that we introduce ourselves. My name is Isabel >Galina and I work at the Universidad Nacional Autónoma de México (UNAM) >at the Institute for Bibliographic Studies. My research interests are >electronic publishing and digital documentary heritage. I am a founding >member of the Red de Humanidades Digitales (RedHD) which seeks to >promote Digital Humanities particularly in Spanish speaking countries. >Check out our website at www.humandiadesdigitales.net. > >Saludos/Best wishes >Isabel > >________________________________________ >De: globaloutlookdh-l-bounces(a)uleth.ca >[globaloutlookdh-l-bounces(a)uleth.ca] en nombre de Luis A. Rondon Paz >[angel25djd(a)gmail.com] >Enviado: miércoles, 23 de enero de 2013 08:37 a.m. >Para: A list for participants in the ADHO DH Global Outlook Community >Asunto: Re: [globaloutlookDH-l] Introduction: Neven Jovanovic, Zagreb, >Hrvatska / Croatia > >Encantado igual Neven, siguiendo la oportuna sugerencia de Yasmin >extiendo mi saludo al resto de los miembros de la lista. > >Nice to meet you Neven , i follow Yasmin words and say hello to the >rest of the list members :-). > > >Luis Rondon Paz >Informático, Actor y Bloguero > >@lrpbyzard >Lrpcuba.blogspot.com >53339805 >Enviado desde mi iPhone > >El 01/23/2013, a las 8:38 a.m., Neven Jovanović ><filologanoga(a)gmail.com> >escribió: > >> Drage kolegice, dragi kolege, >> >> I have recently joined the GO:DH mailing list, so I'd like to >> introduce myself. My name is Neven Jovanovic, I work at the >> University of Zagreb, Croatia (at the Department of Classical >> Philology), and my primary interest in digital humanities is >> exploring texts, especially in Latin. To this purpose we have built a >> digital collection Croatiae auctores Latini (CroALa, >> www.ffzg.unizg.hr/klafil/croala, using ARTFL's PhiloLogic and TEI XML >> standard), containing Latin texts written by people connected with >> Croatia, and currently we're trying to see what can we learn from >> this collection that could not have been learned otherwise. >> >> Croatia, with population of 4.5 million, is a small country, and its >> DH community is small enough that we all know each other. It has its >> advantages and disadvantages, of course. The country is also heavily >> hit by an economic crisis and uses a small language, so its resources >> in language technology and digitisation of cultural heritage are >> relatively limited (and not always coherent). >> >> That is why I'm interested to see what will arise from GO:DH >> discussions and exchange of ideas. And I'll circulate the news about >> GO:DH to people I know. >> >> Srdačno, >> >> Neven >> >> Neven Jovanović >> Odsjek za klasičnu filologiju >> Filozofski fakultet Sveučilišta u Zagrebu Hrvatska >> >> _______________________________________________ >> globaloutlookdh-l mailing list >> globaloutlookdh-l(a)uleth.ca >> http://listserv.uleth.ca/mailman/listinfo/globaloutlookdh-l > >_______________________________________________ >globaloutlookdh-l mailing list >globaloutlookdh-l(a)uleth.ca >http://listserv.uleth.ca/mailman/listinfo/globaloutlookdh-l > > > >_______________________________________________ >globaloutlookdh-l mailing list >globaloutlookdh-l(a)uleth.ca >http://listserv.uleth.ca/mailman/listinfo/globaloutlookdh-l _______________________________________________ globaloutlookdh-l mailing list globaloutlookdh-l(a)uleth.ca http://listserv.uleth.ca/mailman/listinfo/globaloutlookdh-l

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Re: [globaloutlookDH-l] Introductions
by Timothy Thompson 25 Jan '13

25 Jan '13

Dear all / Estimad@s compañer@s, Here goes my brief introduction. Aquí está mi presentación (disculpen de antemano los errores de español). I’m a new librarian, recently hired by the University of Miami to work with metadata and digital projects. I’m responsible for metadata creation and management for our local Cuban Heritage Collection ( http://merrick.library.miami.edu/digitalprojects/chc.php). I’m also interested in developing partnerships with projects in Lusophone (Portuguese-speaking) countries. In 2011, I worked on a small case study of Brazilian digital libraries, interviewing project managers from 13 initiatives throughout the country. Since then, I’ve been eager to participate in DH projects that cross not only international, but also socioeconomic borders. Soy bibliotecario recién-contratado por la Universidad de Miami para trabajar con metadatos y proyectos digitales. Soy responsable por la creación y gestión de metadatos para nuestra Colección de Herencia Cubana ( http://merrick.library.miami.edu/digitalprojects/chc.php). También me interesa la posibilidad de colaborar con proyectos en países lusófonos (de lengua portuguesa). En 2011, hice un pequeño estudio de caso sobre bibliotecas digitales brasileñas, entrevistando a administradores de 13 iniciativas de todo el país. A partir de entonces, he tenido muchas ganas de participar en proyectos de Humanidades Digitales que crucen fronteras, sean internacionales, sean socioeconómicas. Saludos cordiales / Best regards, -- Tim A. Thompson Metadata Librarian University of Miami Libraries 1300 Memorial Drive Coral Gables, Florida 33124 www.library.miami.edu (305) 284-1827 (office) (201) 423-9972 (mobile) www.linkedin.com/in/timathompson t.thompson5(a)miami.edu On Fri, Jan 25, 2013 at 12:57 PM, igalina <igalina(a)unam.mx> wrote: > Estimados todos/Dear All > Me parece una excelente idea la presentación para darnos una idea de > quiénes estamos participando. Mi nombre es Isabel Galina y trabajo en la > Universidad Nacional Autónoma de México (UNAM) en el Instituto de > Investigaciones Bibliográficas. Mi área de investigación son las > publicaciones digitales y el patrimonio bibliográfico digital. Soy miembro > fundador de la Red de Humanidades Digitales (RedHD) y nuestros objetivos > son promover y fortalecer las Humanidades Digitales, con especial énfasis > en la investigación y educación en países de habla hispana. Nuestra página > es www.humanidadesdigitales.net. > > It seems a great idea that we introduce ourselves. My name is Isabel > Galina and I work at the Universidad Nacional Autónoma de México (UNAM) at > the Institute for Bibliographic Studies. My research interests are > electronic publishing and digital documentary heritage. I am a founding > member of the Red de Humanidades Digitales (RedHD) which seeks to promote > Digital Humanities particularly in Spanish speaking countries. Check out > our website at www.humandiadesdigitales.net. > > Saludos/Best wishes > Isabel > > ________________________________________ > De: globaloutlookdh-l-bounces(a)uleth.ca [globaloutlookdh-l-bounces(a)uleth.ca] > en nombre de Luis A. Rondon Paz [angel25djd(a)gmail.com] > Enviado: miércoles, 23 de enero de 2013 08:37 a.m. > Para: A list for participants in the ADHO DH Global Outlook Community > Asunto: Re: [globaloutlookDH-l] Introduction: Neven Jovanovic, Zagreb, > Hrvatska / Croatia > > Encantado igual Neven, siguiendo la oportuna sugerencia de Yasmin extiendo > mi saludo al resto de los miembros de la lista. > > Nice to meet you Neven , i follow Yasmin words and say hello to the rest > of the list members :-). > > > Luis Rondon Paz > Informático, Actor y Bloguero > > @lrpbyzard > Lrpcuba.blogspot.com > 53339805 > Enviado desde mi iPhone > > El 01/23/2013, a las 8:38 a.m., Neven Jovanović <filologanoga(a)gmail.com> > escribió: > > > Drage kolegice, dragi kolege, > > > > I have recently joined the GO:DH mailing list, so I'd like to > > introduce myself. My name is Neven Jovanovic, I work at the University > > of Zagreb, Croatia (at the Department of Classical Philology), and my > > primary interest in digital humanities is exploring texts, especially > > in Latin. To this purpose we have built a digital collection Croatiae > > auctores Latini (CroALa, www.ffzg.unizg.hr/klafil/croala, using > > ARTFL's PhiloLogic and TEI XML standard), containing Latin texts > > written by people connected with Croatia, and currently we're trying > > to see what can we learn from this collection that could not have been > > learned otherwise. > > > > Croatia, with population of 4.5 million, is a small country, and its > > DH community is small enough that we all know each other. It has its > > advantages and disadvantages, of course. The country is also heavily > > hit by an economic crisis and uses a small language, so its resources > > in language technology and digitisation of cultural heritage are > > relatively limited (and not always coherent). > > > > That is why I'm interested to see what will arise from GO:DH > > discussions and exchange of ideas. And I'll circulate the news about > > GO:DH to people I know. > > > > Srdačno, > > > > Neven > > > > Neven Jovanović > > Odsjek za klasičnu filologiju > > Filozofski fakultet Sveučilišta u Zagrebu > > Hrvatska > > > > _______________________________________________ > > globaloutlookdh-l mailing list > > globaloutlookdh-l(a)uleth.ca > > http://listserv.uleth.ca/mailman/listinfo/globaloutlookdh-l > > _______________________________________________ > globaloutlookdh-l mailing list > globaloutlookdh-l(a)uleth.ca > http://listserv.uleth.ca/mailman/listinfo/globaloutlookdh-l > > > > _______________________________________________ > globaloutlookdh-l mailing list > globaloutlookdh-l(a)uleth.ca > http://listserv.uleth.ca/mailman/listinfo/globaloutlookdh-l >

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Around "the age" (DH) in 80 days
by Alex Gil 24 Jan '13

24 Jan '13

Hola a todos, hello all, Here's a wonderful post<http://ryan.cordells.us/s13dh/2013/01/24/some-initial-thoughts-on-around-th…>by a student in Ryan Cordell <http://ryan.cordells.us/>'s class that echoes Domenico's email from last week. She brings up some interesting questions about language, culture and the possibility of the global. Ryan's graduate class is in charge of setting up one of our first GO::DH projects, "Around DH in 80 Days," of which you will hear more about in the days to come. Aqui en este magnifico articulo<http://ryan.cordells.us/s13dh/2013/01/24/some-initial-thoughts-on-around-th…> [en inglés] una estudiante de Ryan Cordell le hace eco al mensaje de Domenico de la semana pasada. Ella nos hace una serie de preguntas super importantes sobre cultura, lenguaje y la posibilidad de lo global. La clase de post-grado de Ryan esta encargada de la primera fase de uno de nuestros primeros proyectos, "Alrededor de DH en 80 dias." Más noticias del proyecto pronto! A.

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programa de lecturas en la red Feria del Libro de la Habana
by Pablo Rigal Collado 23 Jan '13

23 Jan '13

Lecturas en la red es el local de presentaciones de ebooks, multimedia, sitios web, debates y proyectos sobre el mundo digital cubano. Les adjunto este programa para que lo conozcan y puedan pensar en una posible participación en el año 2014 saludos Pablo Rigal

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Waiting for God(o)h
by Domenico Fiormonte 21 Jan '13

21 Jan '13

Dear all, I am sending this message both to Humanist and GO::DH mailing lists. So apologies for deliberate cross-posting. First I’d like to congratulate all those colleagues that have made possible the GO::DH initiative, to which I was very happy to offer immediately my collaboration. As you perhaps already know I've been critical of the present DH scenario (see http://www.academia.edu/1932310/Towards_a_Cultural_Critique_of_Digital_Huma…) I’ve quickly drafted a list of reflections and questions that I think will be of interest to both communties. I am aware that my list is by no means exhaustive, and above all does not offer well-structured arguments or imply easy solutions to the problems. So I’d be very grateful if you could expand/criticize/improve it. 1) The first issue I’d like to raise is very well-known, and we’ve been discussing it on Humanist for a long time (a probe of the Humanist archive will prove useful on this), and that is the problem of cultural and linguistic dominance. Despite all the efforts of our academic community, a regrettable tendency persists to consider any event at which English is spoken as "international" and anything else as only "national". Far too many conferences, initiatives, books, research projects, etc. which happen outside the “core” countries (USA, Canada, UK, sometimes Australia) go unnoticed even when presented or written in English. Information only flows one way, and too often it appears as if the hidden agenda is to incorporate and absorb rather than collaborate. My question is: how much are our Anglo-American colleagues aware that the lingua franca and its connected scientific discourses are proprietary, just like most of the technology (i.e. software, search engines, etc.) built upon it? And how can we free ourselves from this mutual prejudice and at the same time giving up in our efforts to foster a truly “equal” communication? To be amicably provocative: shall I claim my universal right, as non-native speaker, to speak badly a foreign language without being openly or implicitly discriminated? Is it an anarchist’s dream to imagine a world free from (the guardians of) Grammar? At the dawn of Humanae Litterae, Latin was the non-proprietary lingua franca, and cultural authority was built on classical texts (whose authors were no longer able to “correct” you…) rather than on the triad Finance-Technology-Weapons. 2) One of the first problems that stems from linguistic-cultural dominance is that of institutional governance. I will never reach your level of linguistic skills (this email cost me days of work and then I asked a native speaker to revise it). So how can I compete with my native speaker colleagues when it is time to - for example - participate in a public debate or election? Are democracy and participation language-proof instruments or rather the essence of linguistic practice? 3) I think that the Low-Mid-High income pattern adopted by the GO::DH group puts on an economic basis something that is not strictly dependent on money. In general, culture and knowledge are not directly bound to income. Sometimes they generate income, but we do not treat knowledge the same as any other commodity, firstly because it is a dynamic concept, and secondly because you cannot trade it *universally* (your knowledge on how to fix a Harley Davidson is not exchangeable with my knowledge of Swahili, etc.). So I think that to say you want to establish collaborations with "low income" countries is a risky way of categorizing and stressing differences rather than imagining peer-to-peer relationships (as if we were speaking of knowledge and not of commodities). I know the GODH (forgive us!) group didn't mean that, but I'm questioning the way they are presenting the initiative. To an external but old DHer like me, it sounds like another attempt to find 'international' legitimacy without really tackling the geopolitical issues involved. 4) Epistemic (in)justice. This is arguably an expansion of point 1). People in different cultures have different ways of expressing ideas. It is widely known that international journals and conferences reject papers because they do not meet certain rhetorical and stylistic standards. But where are these standards designed? Too often problems are not merely stylistic, but involve cultural, social and political aspects. In the last fifteen years, I've edited four collections of international essays (3 out of 4 were DH texts) and I became very sensitive to this problem. As an Italian epistemologist working in France has recently argued "among the many epistemic injustices that we commit in academia, one of the strongest is linguistic injustice ... . Some of [our] arguments may appear less convincing than those coming from an Oxford educated philosopher because the style of writing and structuring of thoughts we have learned is radically different." [http://social-epistemology.com/2012/09/07/gloria-origgi-reply-to-paul-faulk…] 5) I will spare you the issue of the mechanisms of political representation, but as I argued in my Koln paper I think we have much to learn from (and experiment with) the treatment of knowledge as a commons. Much of the criticism about the cultural biases of DH (i.e. how it can benefit or harm the collective good) may be understood from this perspective. I suggest you to read Teresa Numerico’s paper on the CCEH website: http://www.cceh.uni-koeln.de/files/Numerico.pdf In conclusion, I really hope that GO::DH will finally become an opportunity to address at least some of these problems in a spirit of collaboration, intellectual generosity and cultural sensibility. All the best Domenico

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Could someone take me off this list? All my attempts stall out. Thanks!
by Mangum, Teresa L 20 Jan '13

20 Jan '13

Teresa Mangum, Director Obermann Center for Advanced Studies

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Announcement & LARK
by Suzana Sukovic 19 Jan '13

19 Jan '13

Dear all, I have sent an announcement about this group to LARK (Library Applied Research Kollektive). LARK is a new fast growing group with international membership. I would like to invite all of you who are interested in applied cross-disciplinary research to join LARK. See attached for more information about the group. You can subscribe to the list at http://lark-kollektive.blogspot.com.au/ . Regards, Suzana Dr Suzana Sukovic Head of Learning Resource Centre| St.Vincent's College, Potts Point Research Associate| Faculty of Arts & Social Sciences| The University of Sydney Australia mob: 0414 637 594 Contact Me [image: LinkedIn] <http://linkd.in/g2F4gu> [image: Facebook]<http://www.facebook.com/SuzanaSukovic#!/> [image: Twitter] <suzanasukovic>

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Our New Executive
by Alex Gil 18 Jan '13

18 Jan '13

Dear all, Thank you all for the wonderful work you have done this week spreading the word through your email lists. We waited a couple more days to close the call for members of the executive committee to give a chance to those who were just hearing about us to volunteer. We received a large number of candidacies and we are closing the call. Join me in congratulating Dan O'Donnell as our chair for the first year of GO::DH. Dan was elected unanimously by those who cast their votes. We will work in the days to come with the rest of the volunteers to determine a structure and specific roles within the executive. We are very excited by the range of backgrounds and expertise of those who volunteered and feel very optimistic about the work we can accomplish this year. Here is the list of volunteers in no particular order, Sarah Sikes Ernesto Priani Barbara Bordalejo Marcus Bingenheimer Alex Gil Yasmín Portales Machado Brian Rosenblum Titilola Babalola Joey Hung (Hung Jen-jou) David Large Adeline Koh Daniel Sondheim Timothy Thompson Domenico Fiormonte Laurie Taylor Innocent Opara All the best, Alex.

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