globaloutlookdh-l May 2013

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Fwd: [Humanist] 27.49 Professor of Digital Humanities appointed at Western Sydney
by Alex Gil 21 May '13

21 May '13

I forward an announcement from the Humanist list that may be of interest to our group. Australia just appointed its first Professor of Digital Humanities. I hope to see many more of these appointments around the world. Les paso un email de la lista Humanist que les pueda interesar. Australia acaba de contratar el primer Profesor de Humanidades Digitales. ¡Esperemos que esta practica se riegue por todos lados! A. ---------- Forwarded message ---------- From: Humanist Discussion Group <willard.mccarty(a)mccarty.org.uk> Date: Tue, May 21, 2013 at 6:52 AM Subject: [Humanist] 27.49 Professor of Digital Humanities appointed at Western Sydney To: humanist(a)lists.digitalhumanities.org Humanist Discussion Group, Vol. 27, No. 49. Department of Digital Humanities, King's College London www.digitalhumanities.org/humanist Submit to: humanist(a)lists.digitalhumanities.org Date: Tue, 21 May 2013 11:42:52 +0100 From: Willard McCarty <willard.mccarty(a)mccarty.org.uk> Subject: Professor of Digital Humanities appointed at Western Sydney UWS appoints Australia's first Professor in Digital Humanities The University of Western Sydney has appointed Australia's first Professor in Digital Humanities. Professor Paul Arthur takes up the new position in the School of Humanities and Communication Arts. Professor Arthur will lead the Digital Humanities Research Group at the UWS Parramatta campus, a new group concerned with the intersection of computing and the humanities. "Professor Paul Arthur has been at the forefront on developing digital humanities in Australia, and UWS is very pleased that we have been able to appoint him to the inaugural chair in this field nationally," says Professor Peter Hutchings, Dean of the UWS School of Humanities and Communication Arts. "Humanities researchers are taking increasing advantage of digital resources, tools and methods to explore new and different kinds of research questions by drawing on the increasing large data sets that are part of contemporary life. The digital realm is also becoming a place for the preservation of fragile cultural heritage, and Professor Arthur and the Digital Humanities Research group will be at the forefront of this exciting new time for humanities researchers." Professor Arthur is inaugural President of the Australasian Association for Digital Humanities, and a member of the steering committee of the Alliance of Digital Humanities Organizations and executive council of centerNet, the international network of digital humanities centres. He also serves on the executive committee of the International Auto/Biography Association, the advisory board of the Australasian Consortium of Humanities Research Centres, and the project board of the Australian Government NeCTAR Super Science initiative. A Fellow of the Royal Historical Society, Professor Arthur has over fifty publications in fields of history, literature, communication and cultural studies. Professor Arthur is currently the Deputy Director of the Australian National University's Centre for European Studies, a joint-funded special initiative of the European Commission and the ANU. Since 2010 Professor Arthur has been Deputy Director of the National Centre of Biography, ANU, and Deputy General Editor of the Australian Dictionary of Biography. He has held fellowships in Australia, Europe and North America. Professor Arthur is founding editor of the Anthem book series Scholarship in the Digital Age (Anthem Press, London and New York) and an editorial board member of LLC: The International Journal of Digital Scholarship in the Humanities (Oxford University Press). Professor Arthur's appointment and creation of the Research Group in Digital Humanities follow work since 2010 by Professors Willard McCarty and Harold Short in developing digital humanities at UWS. They have worked closely with colleagues not only in the School of Humanities and Communication Arts but also in the Institute of Culture and Society, the School of Computing, Engineering and Mathematics and more widely across the University. The initiative was begun by former Deputy Vice Chancellor Professor Wayne McKenna. -- Willard McCarty, FRAI / Professor of Humanities Computing & Director of the Doctoral Programme, Department of Digital Humanities, King's College London; Professor, School of Humanities and Communication Arts, University of Western Sydney; Editor, Interdisciplinary Science Reviews (www.isr-journal.org); Editor, Humanist (dhhumanist.org); www.mccarty.org.uk/ _______________________________________________ List posts to: humanist(a)lists.digitalhumanities.org List info and archives at at: http://digitalhumanities.org/humanist Listmember interface at: http://digitalhumanities.org/humanist/Restricted/listmember_interface.php Subscribe at: http://www.digitalhumanities.org/humanist/membership_form.php

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Suggestions for Keynote Speakers for future ADHO conferences
by Daniel O'Donnell 20 May '13

20 May '13

Hi, Several of us been asked by ADHO to look into putting together a list of potential keynote speakers for the DH conferences over the next few years (i.e. beginning with 2014 in Switzerland, but continuing beyond that as well). A review of past speakers suggests that our pool, like ADHO's membership, has tended to come from High Income Economies. In keeping with our emphasis on expanding our definition of DH to include the majority of the earth's peoples, we'd also like to make sure that our list of names for future conferences is more inclusive. If you have suggestions for names we could put on our list for consideration for future years, I would greatly appreciate you contacting me at daniel.odonnell(a)uleth.ca! I believe, out of consideration to the people proposed, that it is better to supply these names privately rather than discuss names in public on the list. I should stress, moreover, that this is a general list that could be used for several years, and not a request for a specific speaker for a specific event. The main requirements for a Keynote Speaker is that they are good speakers, interesting, and, usually, experienced. Keynote lectures are usually about 60 minutes long and the best often provide the kind of synthesis and insight that come with experience and personal success. As far as I am aware, all keynote lectures at DH thus far have been in English. Multilingual and multicultural matters are a priority concern at ADHO at the moment, however, and I could see future organising committees being encouraged (and wanting) to ensure that facility in English is not a minimal requirement. And even if they don't (and I certainly don't speak for them), I think it does no harm to draw attention to top talent worldwide regardless of language. Once again, if you do have some suggestions, please email me directly at daniel.odonnell(a)uleth.ca. It would be very helpful if you could supply some very brief background information on your suggestions and any useful websites, etc. Please feel free to write to me in languages other than English if that is more comfortable for you: I can read a number of European ones, pick at others, and, unless your message is very confidential, call on friends to help me read ones I really can't access. -dan -- --- Daniel Paul O'Donnell Professor of English University of Lethbridge Lethbridge AB T1K 3M4 Canada +1 403 393-2539

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Global Digital Humanities Essay Competition (Abstracts Due June 30, 2013) (REMINDER)
by Daniel O'Donnell 20 May '13

20 May '13

**** Please Cross Post **** Hi all, A reminder about our essay contest... Global Outlook :: Digital Humanities, The University of Lethbridge, and The Alliance of Digital Humanities Organisations is pleased to announce the first Global Digital Humanities Essay Competition. http://www.globaloutlookdh.org/global-outlookdigital-humanities-global-digi… This is an open competition for research papers on the national, regional, or international practice of the Digital Humanities--a broad topic that has been designed to give authors the greatest possible scope. Authors may write on individual projects or problems or broader philosophical, geographical, sociological, political, or other aspects of the practice of Digital Humanities in a global context. Papers discussing the practice of DH by or with marginalised communities or in areas that are currently less well represented by ADHO are particularly welcome. The competition is open to any interested party including students, graduate students, junior faculty, and researchers unaffiliated with a university or research institution. We would like to especially encourage submissions from students, junior and unaffiliated researchers, and authors belonging to marginalised communities or communities currently less well represented by ADHO. The competition is offering a minimum of 4 prizes of $500 (CAD) each. Initial selection (for a prize of $200) is by abstract/proposal. A further $300 will be awarded to the authors of the winning abstracts upon satisfactory completion of a full-length paper based on their original proposal. All submissions will be eligible for review and publication in the ADHO journal, Digital Studies/Le champ numérique (http://digitalstudies.org/). For further information about the competition, please see the competition web page: http://www.globaloutlookdh.org/global-outlookdigital-humanities-global-digi…. The competition organisers can also be contacted by email at prizes(a)globaloutlookdh.org The initial deadline (abstracts/proposals) is June 30, 2013. -Daniel Paul O'Donnell -- Daniel Paul O'Donnell Professor of English University of Lethbridge Lethbridge AB T1K 3M4 Canada +1 403 393-2539

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Afrique in visu
by Daniel O'Donnell 20 May '13

20 May '13

Something that might be of interest to this community. Gorgeous site! http://www.afriqueinvisu.org/ -- --- Daniel Paul O'Donnell Professor of English University of Lethbridge Lethbridge AB T1K 3M4 Canada +1 403 393-2539

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DíaHD
by Fiona Barnett 16 May '13

16 May '13

Thanks for the info about DíaHD. I've featured Ernesto's post on the front page of HASTAC. If someone wants to make a 640x300 banner we can include it in the rotating image banner on the front page, with a link to his blog. One thing to note: if folks don't have their own blog already, we are always happy to help them get set up on HASTAC to blog there. They can register and blog on the same day, and submit that info to DíaHD. You can cross-post on your own blog if you already have one, and the benefit is having a bit of a bigger audience built into the community. Lots of people still don't have their own blog and it can seem intimidating to start posting on your own site for a project like this. If any of you need help getting set up, contact me off-list and I will help you personally. If you need help in Spanish, I am sure Ernesto will be happy to help too. I've sent it to a few of our relevant contacts, and we are glad to help however we can. Keep us updated! --fiona Fiona Barnett Director, HASTAC Scholars http://www.hastac.org/scholars Ph.D. candidate Literature Program and Women's Studies Duke University fiona.barnett(a)duke.edu @HASTACScholars

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Digital Humanities Luxembourg (DHLU) 2013
by Frédéric Clavert 16 May '13

16 May '13

Dear member of the DH::GO community, please find the call for papers for our 2013 Digital Humanities Luxembourg conference, that will take place next december: http://www.cvce.eu/c/document_library/get_file?uuid=9442e254-4547-4c27-b4af… Best regards, Frédéric Clavert

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Digest problems
by Daniel O'Donnell 15 May '13

15 May '13

Hi all, Some people had been reporting that they were getting many digest emails in a single day, which defeats the purpose, of course. As I thought, the problem was that it was sending out an email everytime there was more than 50kb in the queue. I've now set the threshold for sending an email to 1MB. This means that if there is more than 1MB of traffic in a 24hour period, it will send out a digest email each time it hits 1MB; if there is less than 1MB in a 24 hour period (or at the end of the 24 hour period), it will send out a single email. Let me know if this causes any problems. The main flaw that I can see is that it means that the digest email may be relatively big for people on low bandwith. -dan -- --- Daniel Paul O'Donnell Professor of English University of Lethbridge Lethbridge AB T1K 3M4 Canada +1 403 393-2539

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Día de las Humanidades Digitales
by Domenico Fiormonte 15 May '13

15 May '13

Creo que este mensaje pueda interesar a tod@s l@s hispanohablantes y lusófonos. Un saludo muy cordial a tod@s Domenico ------------------------ Estimados socios de la HDH: Os comunico que acaba de publicarse en nuestra página web el anuncio de celebración del Día de las Humanidades Digitales (DIAHD) 2013, organizanda por primera vez en español y portugués este año (desde 2009 se ha celebrado en inglés) http://dhd2013.filos.unam.mx. En noviembre de 2012, durante las jornadas sobre HD que se celebraron en Elche, organizadas por Alejandro Bia, se acordó –a propuesta de Paul Spence, del Department of Digital Humanities, King’s College London– la organización del Día de las Humanidades Digitales. Él se ocupó de ir coordinando a las entidades invitadas a participar, inicialmente: CenterNet, la Red de Humanidades Digitales (RedHD) de México, y nuestra asociación. Posteriormente, se han sumado la Facultad de Filosofía y Letras de la Universidad Autónoma de México y centros de habla portuguesa: Faculdade de Ciências Sociais e Humanas, Universidade Nova de Lisboa Humanidades Digitais, Universidade de São Paulo El coordinador nos ha ido pidiendo algunas decisiones (para ir creando la plataforma web, para acordar la fecha del evento…) y Carmen Isasi y yo, en representación de nuestra sociedad, hemos estado colaborando (por ejemplo en las traducciones al español de textos que estaban en inglés). Finalmente, hoy es el día en que se nos ha dado la indicación de hacer difusión o publicidad del evento y, como socios, sois los primeros en ser informados. Ya he colocado el anuncio en nuestra página de la sociedad, donde podéis verlo. Allí tenéis el enlace a la plataforma donde podéis inscribiros y crear un blog. Conviene hacerlo pronto, para ir introduciendo contenidos que uno quiera publicar sobre sus trabajos o proyectos durante unos días antes del evento, para hacerlo con la debida calma. El día 10 de junio de 2013, se hará público todo lo que se ha estado introduciendo. Las instrucciones del procedimiento podéis verlas con detalle en http://dhd2013.filos.unam.mx/. Sagrario Lopez

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Around the world symposium
by Alex Gil 14 May '13

14 May '13

Hi all, I forward a message from Geoffrey Rockwell that went out today inviting us to a 24 hour online symposium that spans the globe. Date: Mon, 13 May 2013 09:14:12 -0600 From: Geoffrey Rockwell <grockwel(a)ualberta.ca> Subject: Around the World Symposium Around the World Symposium on Technology and Culture, May 30, 2013! Join us for a 24 hour online symposium on digital culture. Scholars from around the world will be presenting short papers and engaging in live panel discussions in an innovative online event that travels from institute to institute around the world. This sustainable Symposium is being hosted by the Kule Institute for Advanced Study at the University of Alberta in partnership with research institutes in Japan, Brazil, Australia, the UK, Ireland and the United States. For more information, for a tentative schedule, and to watch the stream see: http://aroundtheworld.ualberta.ca You can tune in at anytime on May 30th or come back later. We will archive all the talks and panels! The University of Alberta opening remarks will be at 11am (Mountain Time) in the Senate chamber on the 3rd floor of Old Arts. These will be followed by a panel of speakers from the University of Alberta. International proceedings streaming from leading digital humanities scholars from around the world begin online in the early morning of May 30 - check the blog for a schedule and to view the stream!

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paper on global DH at re:publica 13
by David Golumbia 13 May '13

13 May '13

Dear list members, I've been tied up with a number of things lately and been unable to complete a response to the earlier thread about multilingualism and globalization, which I hope to do soon, as I feel that some of the most important issues have not yet been addressed thoroughly enough. While reading the live tweets (hashtag #rp13) of the re:publica 13 conference now taking place in Berlin, I ran across this abstract for a paper by Nishant Shah, who directs the research portfolio at the Centre for Internet and Society in Bangalore (http://cis-india.org/author/nishant). It seems to me to speak to some of the issues that have been raised as well as some that have not, and that I hope we can discuss more fully in the future. David "Say 'Digital Humanities' One More Time: Technology, affect and learning in emerging information societies" Nishant Shah <https://re-publica.de/en/users/nishantshah> One of the ironies of the local-global divide is that certain practices within the local sphere often precede the global nomenclatures that are assigned to them. ‘Digital Humanities’ is a prime example of this phenomenon where a clutch of practices which emerged with the rise of digital technologies and their integration into the national policies on higher education and learning, are now retrospectively understood as ‘Digital Humanities’. So even as the term was gaining currency in the European and North American context, becoming one of the buzzwords through which new conditions of pedagogy and education were imagined within the Universities in the North-West, it had almost no takers in the emerging knowledge industries of South Asia in general, and India in particular. Within this context, it has now become natural, for all talks about education to eventually veer towards infrastructure. There is enough reason for that, when we look at the pitiful lack of resources in the country vis-à-vis the size of the population, and many of the larger problems endemic in higher education today, are tied down to this massive infrastructure deficit.Simultaneously, there has always been a severe fragmentation and compartmentalisation of knowledge systems within the academia, which is not restricted to only the Humanities which is increasingly facing the pressure to make itself relevant and produce work-forces for a global finance driven market. The questions of professionalising and mainstreaming humanities and social sciences education are almost universal right now, and indeed, one of the ambitions of Digital Humanities projects which are seeking to find validity for education that does not prepare a global information work-force. The realignment of the market with the education system, has been critiqued by theorists of neo-liberal globalisation, who have pointed out how it enables state disinvestment from education and the privatisation of learning resources. However, even in these existing critiques of Digital Humanities (whether they use that term or not), there seems to be a consensual agreement that infrastructure building is necessary and must happen. This talk, critically examines the implications of adopting Digital Humanities as a principle in emerging information societies, and drawing from experiments with students in 9 undergraduate colleges in India, examines the ways in which it needs to reconsider its relationship with the more accepted ideas of infrastructure, usage, adoption and learning. https://re-publica.de/en/sessions/say-digital-humanities-one-more-time-tech… -- David Golumbia dgolumbia(a)gmail.com

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