globaloutlookdh-l February 2020

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Job opportunity: Assistant Project Manager for HumetricsHSS and MESH Research at Michigan State University
by Mapes, Kristen 26 Feb '20

26 Feb '20

Dear colleagues, We are accepting applications for the position of Assistant Project Manager for HumetricsHSS and MESH Research in the College of Arts and Letters at Michigan State University. We have created a short powerpoint presentation that explains the position and what we are looking for (go.cal.msu.edu/pm2020<http://go.cal.msu.edu/pm2020>). The full description and posting are available at https://careers.msu.edu/en-us/job/503210/specialist-outreachfixed-term. Position Description Extract "The College of Arts & Letters (CAL) and the Libraries at Michigan State University seek an Academic Specialist - Outreach to fill the Assistant Digital Projects Manager role supporting the efforts of the HuMetricsHSS initiative and the MESH research team. This is a full-time 12-month position with an expectation of annual renewal. The ideal candidate will be an excellent communicator with outstanding organizational skills. The position will work to provide outreach to the academic community and beyond to support research and work associated with new models for documenting, understanding, and rewarding academic work and digital scholarly communications. The position reports jointly to HuMetricsHSS and to MESH. [...] The successful candidate will have experience in event planning, participation in and coordination of digital projects, a record of successful collaboration with teams that are geographically dispersed, an understanding of digital humanities and other digital projects and their workflows within an academic setting, and excellent written, verbal, and interpersonal communication skills. The College of Arts & Letters (CAL) and MSU Libraries promote an academic and organizational culture that actively seeks out and strengthens diverse voices and perspectives among its members to achieve excellence. We are interested in candidates of all backgrounds who are committed to the principle that intellectual leadership is achieved through open access and proactive inclusion. We seek candidates with integrity and a strong work ethic, who possess an understanding of what it takes to continuously improve and maintain research projects within a major academic research institution. We particularly welcome applications from women, people of color, LGBTQI individuals, and others who are traditionally underrepresented in the academy. We invite you to apply even if you have not currently mastered all of the skills listed. We seek someone with the ability to collaborate and to expand their technical skillset in creative ways; we’re happy to discuss whether you are a good fit for this role." Review of applications begins next week, but we will continue to welcome applications until the position is filled. Thanks, Kristen Kristen Mapes Assistant Director of Digital Humanities, College of Arts & Letters Michigan State University 479 West Circle Drive, Linton Hall 308 East Lansing MI 48824 517-884-1712 kmapes(a)msu.edu

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Call for Proposals: 'Disrupting Digital Monolingualism' workshop
by Spence, Paul 17 Feb '20

17 Feb '20

Hello everyone This may interest some of you: ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Call for proposals: DISRUPTING DIGITAL MONOLINGUALISM An international workshop on languages in critical digital theory and practice Hosted by Department of Digital Humanities, King's College London A 'Language Acts & Worldmaking' project initiative 16th and 17th June 2020 Workshop website: https://languageacts.org/digital-mediations/event/disrupting-digital-monoli…<https://eur03.safelinks.protection.outlook.com/?url=https%3A%2F%2Flanguagea…> There has been increasing attention in the past few years to the challenges of multilingualism in digital practice. It has been widely accepted that digital ecosystems have a 'language and geocultural diversity' problem - at present they have a strong bias towards firstly English, and then a small group of (mostly European) languages. A series of initiatives has attempted to address this imbalance in a variety of ways, whether driven by practice (language diversity guidelines, multilingual toolkits, open data repositories, and endangered languages archives) or theory (biocultural diversity, digital modern languages and translingual/transcultural critiques). This two-day workshop brings together leading researchers, educators, digital practitioners, language-focused professionals, policy makers and other interested parties to address the challenges of multilingualism in digital spaces and to collectively propose new models and solutions. The workshop will combine both conceptual (strategy, policy and theory) and practical perspectives (digital ecosystems, methods and tools with a focus on language). It aims to strengthen connections between numerous overlapping digital and languages-driven conversations and initiatives. The core themes of the workshop are: * Linguistic and geocultural diversity in digital knowledge infrastructures * Working with multilingual data * Transcultural and translingual approaches to digital study * Artificial intelligence, machine learning and NLP in language worlds The programme will feature a variety of formats, including lightning talks, posters, demos, roundtables and (a limited amount of) mini-workshops, and we welcome proposals for experimental formats. Invited speakers will represent a range of education, industry and third sector roles and we are open to new ideas through our call for proposals. The workshop is aimed at those interested in multilingual and cross-cultural approaches to digital practice, and is likely to be of particular interest to those working in the areas of: modern languages and linguistics; multilingualism research (including endangered or minority languages and community languages); digital cultural heritage; digital humanities; new media and internet research; critical digital infrastructure studies; digital policy; translation studies; AI, machine learning and NLP. Co-convenors This workshop is led by the Language Acts and Worldmaking project with the support of the Cross-Language Dynamics: Reshaping Community project, both funded by the AHRC under its Open World Research Initiative. Workshop aims The aims of the workshop are: * To map the current state of multilingualism in digital theory and practice through, and across, languages * To identify areas of 'language indifference' in digital methodologies and infrastructure * To bring together experts in language-driven digital study and practice to discuss priorities for future action and potential collaboration * To discuss the value and role of languages in digital theory and practice and their implications for language study and professions * To explore emerging models for linguistic diversity and languages-aware digital practice in academia, education and private/third sectors and to document best practice Workshop structure The workshop will be structured as follows: * Day 1: Context/aims, lightning talks, demos, meetups * Day 2: Group activities addressing the workshop's core themes through discussion and practical work Outcomes will be defined by attendees, but may include the co-design of conceptual frameworks or practical outcomes such as prototypes or toolkits Call for Proposals We welcome proposals for: * Lightning talks (7 minute presentations) * Posters * Technical demos (short and interactive, as part of the poster session) * Mini-workshops (max 3 hours duration) * Experimental formats (defined by you) Proposals should address a theoretical or practical response to one of the workshop's core themes: https://languageacts.org/digital-mediations/event/disrupting-digital-monoli…<https://eur03.safelinks.protection.outlook.com/?url=https%3A%2F%2Flanguagea…> Venue The event will take place at King's College London in central London on Tuesday 16 June and Wednesday 17 June 2020. Virtual participation The event is principally designed for physical face-to-face participation, but we are open to collaboration with individuals or groups who wish to participate remotely. Key dates Call for proposals deadline: 12pm (GMT) on 16 March 2020 Response to proposals: 30 March 2020 Workshop: Tuesday 16 and Wednesday 17 June 2020 Languages Abstracts: the main workshop language will be English, but once reviewed, we welcome translations of accepted abstracts. At the event: we recommend that presenters consult the GO::DH Translation toolkit (https://go-dh.github.io/translation-toolkit/conferences/<https://eur03.safelinks.protection.outlook.com/?url=https%3A%2F%2Fgo-dh.git…>) and we welcome creative proposals for those wishing to work multilingually during the event Outcomes Where possible, outcomes (including, for example, reports, posters or prototypes) will be published on the event website after the workshop. Submissions Submissions may be made via our online form at https://languageacts.org/digital-mediations/event/disrupting-digital-monoli…<https://eur03.safelinks.protection.outlook.com/?url=https%3A%2F%2Flanguagea…> Contact The workshop is led by Paul Spence and Renata Brandao (Language Acts), in collaboration with Naomi Wells (Cross-Language Dynamics). If you have any queries, please contact Paul Spence - paul.spence [at] kcl.ac.uk Best wishes Paul Spence ------------ Paul Spence Senior Lecturer, Department of Digital Humanities King's College London | Strand | London | WC2R 2LS About: https://www.kcl.ac.uk/people/person.aspx?id=86f6979a-0322-46d3-996b-77323ee…<https://eur03.safelinks.protection.outlook.com/?url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.kcl.a…> Twitter: @politonaiz

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Registration reminder - Global DH Symposium (March 26-27)
by Mapes, Kristen 10 Feb '20

10 Feb '20

Global Digital Humanities Symposium March 26-27, 2020 Michigan State University (USA) East Lansing, Michigan msuglobaldh.org #msuglobaldh Registration is open and the program is now available! Join us for a fantastic event. Registration Deadline: Friday, March 13 Free and open to the public. Register (for in person and/or virtual attendance) at http://msuglobaldh.org/registration/<https://urldefense.proofpoint.com/v2/url?u=http-3A__msuglobaldh.org_registr…> Keynote presentations by Miguel Escobar Varela, on “Emic interfaces: UX design for cultural specificity” and Carrie Heitman on “Narrative and Nomenclature: Research Dialogues on Place-Based Knowledge in the Age of Digital Distance” Additional presentations include: * “Empowered Minorities: Language Rights and Differential Outcomes For Minorities Enjoying Kremlin Support”, Martha Olcott, Michael Downs, and Brigid McBride * “Regularization of Kinship Relations to Enrich the Social Networks”, Bin Li * “Relational Landscapes: Teaching Chaco Canyon Ancestral Pueblo Monumental Architecture with Immersive Technology”, Laura Smith * “Building an Inclusive Digital Local History in the Midwest”, Benjamin Ostermeier * “Digital Mapping of Culpability and the Culpable in African War Texts”, Richard Ajah * “DH and Cultural Heritage: Digitisation of Eyo Festival in Nigeria”, Felix Bayode Oke * “Between Phallus and Freedom: An Ethnography on the Embodied Experiences of Tinder Users in Cape Town”, Leah Junck * “Digital Apprehensions of Indian Poetics”, A. Sean Pue, Zahra Rizvi, Asra Junaid * “Using GIS in representing the significance of transnational financial support for deaf education in China, circa 1880s-1920s”, Shu Wan * “Digital Humanities and the discursive complexities of colonial ‘letterature,’ ” Ayodele James Akinola * “Map-Based Storytelling for Evolving Places: An experiment with Digital Humanities pedagogy”, Sayan Bhattacharyya * “Digitalising political communication in West Africa: Facebook and Twitter in election campaigns and political practices in Ghana”, Akwasi Bosompem Boateng * “Can Library Metadata Stand with Hong Kong? ”, Joshua Barton, Mike Erickson, Lucas Mak, and Nicole Smeltekop * “Intersection: Digital Humanities, Research Data Management and Libraries in African Higher Education Institutions”, Thembelihle Hwalima * “Teaching with Data in the Academic Museum”, Beth Fischer * “Disrupting the Discourse: The Role of Digital Humanities in Addressing Anthropogenic Climate Change”, Work of Sarah Goldfarb * “From Archival Absence to Digital Presence: (Dis)Covering the19th-Century Black Press in Ohio”, Jewon Woo * “Visualizing Poetic Meter in South Asian Languages”, A. Sean Pue, Ahmad Atta, and Rajiv Ranjan * “Echoes of Handicraft: The Use of Digital Technologies in Preserving and Representing Textiles from East Asian Ethnic Minority Groups”, Xiaolin Sun and Catherine Nichols * “SiRO- A Platform for Studies in Radicalism Onlin”e, Manasi Mishra * “The Evolution of the Enslaved Project”, Kylene Cave and Duncan Tarr * “From Archive to Big Data: Workflows of the China Bibliographic Database”, Edith Enright * “When Managing a digital archive becomes a be-or-not-to-be issue”, NGUE UM EMMANUEL * “On Seeing: Surveillance and the Digital Humanities”, Christina Boyles, Andy Boyles Petersen, Arun Jacob, and Megan Wilson * “Mobilizing Digital Humanities for Social Justice: A Rapid Response Research Workshop”, Roopika Risam and Alex Gil * “Sites of Memory: Reflecting on the 1994 Genocide Against the Tutsi in Rwanda”, Erik Ponder * “Collaborative Pedagogy: Foreign Language and Literature Courses, Data Science, and Global Digital Humanities”, Katherine Walden, Jarren Santos, Celeste Sharpe, Palmar Alvarez-Blanco, Sarah Calhoun, and Mirzam Pérez * “Students as Knowledge Producers: Understanding Arab-Americans in central Ohio through Oral History Narratives”, Hanada Al-Masri, Cheryl Johnson, Olivia Reynolds and Alexis Grimm Kristen Mapes Assistant Director of Digital Humanities, College of Arts & Letters Michigan State University 479 West Circle Drive, Linton Hall 308 East Lansing MI 48824 517-884-1712 kmapes(a)msu.edu | @kmapesy she/her/hers

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The (mostly unknown) story of the Internet Governance
by Domenico Fiormonte 04 Feb '20

04 Feb '20

Dear all, we've just poublished on infolet.it an interview with Giacomo Mazzone, an IG expert who has been following the UN Internet Governance process since its inception. I think the interview is interesting for our global community for at least two reasons. First of all, it tells the story of the (failed) attempt to build a multipolar governance of the Internet. This story is largely unknown (at least among Digital Humanists). Secondly, it shows clearly the role of Global South players in the process, and the geopolitical consequences of their marginalization. It seems another example of how the geopolitics of knowledge is becoming more and more the key factor to understand today's global transformations. As digital humanists, do we have something to say? https://infolet.it/2020/02/04/la-guerra-sconosciuta-per-il-controllo-della-… The interview is in Italian, and we'd be very grateful if people would help us to translate it in other languages! Thanks! Domenico

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GO::DH Executive Committee election
by Rosenblum, Brian 03 Feb '20

03 Feb '20

Dear colleagues, It is my pleasure to announce that Richard Ajah and James Yeku have been elected to the GO::DH Executive Committee. Congratulations to Richard and James! Thank you to all the great candidates<http://www.globaloutlookdh.org/2020-godh-executive-board-candidates/> for running, and to everyone who voted. Over the coming year there will continue to be opportunities to volunteer and contribute, and the Exec Committee always welcomes ideas and suggestions for new initiatives from all members. Finally, a heartfelt thanks to outgoing Exec Committee members Amy Earhart and Tunde Ope-Davies for their service to the community over this recent transition period. We appreciate all their work and commitment to the GO::DH community and it's aims. All best, Brian <><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><> Brian Rosenblum Scholarly Digital Initiatives Librarian, KU Libraries Co-Director, Institute for Digital Research in the Humanities 450 Watson Library 1425 Jayhawk Blvd Lawrence, KS 66045 brianrosenblum(a)ku.edu<mailto:brianrosenblum@ku.edu> | http://idrh.ku.edu | @blros he/him/his

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