globaloutlookdh-l August 2020

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Humanist: moderation and censorship
by Bordalejo, Barbara 04 Sep '20

04 Sep '20

Caution: This email was sent from someone outside of the University of Lethbridge. Do not click on links or open attachments unless you know they are safe. Please forward suspicious emails to phishing(a)uleth.ca. Dear all, During the last few days, the DH community has seen a crisis in the managing of Humanist, the ACH sponsored and ADHO supported discussion group. The list moderator published a message by Gabriel Egan that stated that an essay by Khalid Warsame was objectionable because of “...its casual anti-white racism” (you can find Egan’s original post here: https://dhhumanist.org/volume/34/220/). There was an immediate reaction to Egan’s words and several scholars replied to the list. However, Humanist is a moderated list, meaning that all posts -- both Egan’s original post and any replies by others must be approved by the list moderator. Bethan Tovey-Walsh was one of the first two people who wrote a reply to Egan’s post. But while Egan’s original post was published to the list, her reply -- and the replies of others were not. As she explains in a blog post she wrote about the issue (http://linguacelta.com/blog/2020/08/Humanist.html), this was the result of a decision by the list moderator that discussion of the post represented a “distraction” from the purpose of the list (Tovey-Walsh’s characterisation). The argument appears to be that matters of race, racism, and other similar issues which shape the lived experiences of all members are not relevant topics in the digital humanities. This position is difficult to reconcile with the fact that discussions of equity and inclusion issues have been a part of mainstream Digital Humanities for many years. There have been collections of essays published on the matter; sessions at the ADHO conference Digital Humanities; and individual workshops for most of the last decade. It is more unusual to claim that such debate has no place in DH than to claim that it does. The fact that replies to a posting that invoked the trope of “anti-white” racism were censored while the original post was not would be disturbing at any time. It is especially troubling given the context of decolonial perspectives in the discipline. It implies a “who’s in, who’s out” dynamic that has been the particular subject of much recent discussion in the DH community. Speaking as individuals and collectively, we believe that Humanist should be a community in which all voices can be heard and where individuals are not censored for standing up for equity and inclusion or for pointing out and criticising problematic arguments such as those made by Egan. We also believe that the ADHO code of conduct, which references the conference specifically, should apply to all ADHO spaces, whether virtual or in-real-life. The voices of members of our community have been suppressed for too long. Denying them the opportunity to right a wrong or giving the impression that racist statements will go unchallenged on Humanist further silences voices that need to be heard and preserves a status quo that should have been dismantled years ago. As leaders of GO::DH, we stand in support of the voices that challenge racism and any other kind of discrimination and we encourage a space in which engaged critical discourses gain more visibility in the fight against systemic oppression. Barbara Bordalejo Brian Rosemblum James Yeku

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Webinar Series: Redefining Digital Keywords
by Natalia Grincheva 21 Aug '20

21 Aug '20

Caution: This email was sent from someone outside of the University of Lethbridge. Do not click on links or open attachments unless you know they are safe. Please forward suspicious emails to phishing(a)uleth.ca. *** With apologies for x-posting*** You are invited to attend the Webinar Series Redefining Digital Keywords: >From Digital Archaisms to (Post)Pandemic Neologisms (Digital Studio, the University of Melbourne) http://bit.do/DigitalKeyWords Synopsis: In 2016 Benjamin Peters published his edited collection Digital Keywords<https://press.princeton.edu/books/hardcover/9780691167336/digital-keywords> (Princeton University Press). With provocative short essays from international digital media scholars in anthropology, history, political science, philosophy, religious studies, rhetoric, science and technology studies, and sociology, the book explored and critiqued the rich vocabulary of the growing field of digital humanities on 25 keywords, ranging from meme to surrogate, from forum to mirror, from cloud to digital. The pandemic outbreak has challenged and reconfigured human experience across physical, social and digital realities, and hence urges us to revisit our digital keywords vocabulary. This global webinar series will bring together leading digital humanities scholars to reflect upon their original contributions to the Digital Keywords. Each webinar will focus on two digital phenomena and their corresponding keywords to explore how their meanings are changing in the face of disruptions caused by lockdowns or social distancing, and what new cultural practices, social challenges and political implications emerge around the new digital vocabulary. Series curated by Dr Natalia Grincheva (Digital Studio Senior Research Fellow). Webinar Schedule August 28: The Death of the “Analogue” and Re-birth of the “Surrogate”<https://arts.unimelb.edu.au/research/digital-studio/programs/seminar-series…> A/Professor Jeffrey Drouin and Professor Jonathan Sterne Will Covid-19 lockdown finally abandon the analogue age? Will digital surrogate become mainstream in the near future? With the comprehensive digitization of communications across various spheres of human life from entertainment to education, from work to healthcare, the webinar will discuss what these words mean in pandemic time. More information.<https://arts.unimelb.edu.au/research/digital-studio/programs/seminar-series…> September 11: “Internet” and “Hackers”: New Threats and Opportunities<https://arts.unimelb.edu.au/research/digital-studio/programs/seminar-series…> Professor Gabriella Coleman and Professor Thomas Streeter Has Covid-19 transformed how we will live in the Internet in our digital future? What are the democratic promises of hacktivism and the security dangers of hacker cybercrimes? This webinar will explore the social, ethical and political implications of the new technology-society relationships in the (post)pandemic times of this free-wheeling horizon of and expanded cyberspace. More information.<https://arts.unimelb.edu.au/research/digital-studio/programs/seminar-series…> September 25: “Events” in the Post-“Information” Age<https://arts.unimelb.edu.au/research/digital-studio/programs/seminar-series…> A/Professor Julia Sonnevend and Dr. Bernard Geoghegan Will the word information acquire new meanings under the pressure of technological transformations caused by the Covid-19 digital lockdown? How will people understand, define and experience major or minor events when they are limited to virtual encounters, online meetings and social media catch-ups? The webinar will interrogate old meanings and explore emerging connotations of what becomes information and whither the nature of an event in the seamless enfolding of the two in the online world. More information.<https://arts.unimelb.edu.au/research/digital-studio/programs/seminar-series…> October 9: “Geeking” and “Prototyping” the “New Normal”<https://arts.unimelb.edu.au/research/digital-studio/programs/seminar-series…> A/Professor Christina Dunbar-Hester and Professor Fred Turner Could we imagine and prototype human life in the post-pandemic world? Will geeks rule in the emerging social conditions of the new normal, or will they simply become extinct in the digital mainstreaming of daily life? The webinar will tackle the question of human typologies in new social formations and online networks. More information.<https://arts.unimelb.edu.au/research/digital-studio/programs/seminar-series…> October 23: “Sharing” and “Gaming” in the Post-pandemic World<https://arts.unimelb.edu.au/research/digital-studio/programs/seminar-series…> Dr. Nicholas A. John and Professor Saugata Bhaduri How do we share online versus offline and what games can we play when limited within digital reality? What are the consequences on our health and well-being of non-stop digital sharing of our lives and emotions? And is it possible to transfer sport matches, games, and even such world sport mega-events as the Olympics into the digital world? The webinar will aim to answer these questions in conversation with Dr Nicholas A. John and Professor Saugata Bhaduri. More information.<https://arts.unimelb.edu.au/research/digital-studio/programs/seminar-series…> November 6: “Zooming” In and Out to Examine the “Virus”<https://arts.unimelb.edu.au/research/digital-studio/programs/seminar-series…> Professor Jodie McVernon and Professor Sean Cubitt What new meanings of words such as zoom and virus did the Convid-19 outbreak instigate? How did we move from ‘Google it’ to ‘Let’s Zoom’, and what are the economic and political implications of platform-imperialism in the time of the 24/7 digital communication? What are the real and potential powers of online and biological viruses to disrupt, challenge, improve or destroy human life? The final webinar will facilitate a cross-disciplinary conversation between researchers at the University of Melbourne to share insights on the role of digital technologies in the current pandemic with its consequences for moral, social and physical being. More information.<https://arts.unimelb.edu.au/research/digital-studio/programs/seminar-series…>

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Webinar Series: Redefining Digital Keywords
by Natalia Grincheva 21 Aug '20

21 Aug '20

Caution: This email was sent from someone outside of the University of Lethbridge. Do not click on links or open attachments unless you know they are safe. Please forward suspicious emails to phishing(a)uleth.ca. *** With apologies for x-posting*** You are invited to attend the Webinar Series Redefining Digital Keywords: >From Digital Archaisms to (Post)Pandemic Neologisms (Digital Studio, the University of Melbourne) http://bit.do/DigitalKeyWords Synopsis: In 2016 Benjamin Peters published his edited collection Digital Keywords<https://press.princeton.edu/books/hardcover/9780691167336/digital-keywords> (Princeton University Press). With provocative short essays from international digital media scholars in anthropology, history, political science, philosophy, religious studies, rhetoric, science and technology studies, and sociology, the book explored and critiqued the rich vocabulary of the growing field of digital humanities on 25 keywords, ranging from meme to surrogate, from forum to mirror, from cloud to digital. The pandemic outbreak has challenged and reconfigured human experience across physical, social and digital realities, and hence urges us to revisit our digital keywords vocabulary. This global webinar series will bring together leading digital humanities scholars to reflect upon their original contributions to the Digital Keywords. Each webinar will focus on two digital phenomena and their corresponding keywords to explore how their meanings are changing in the face of disruptions caused by lockdowns or social distancing, and what new cultural practices, social challenges and political implications emerge around the new digital vocabulary. Series curated by Dr Natalia Grincheva (Digital Studio Senior Research Fellow). Webinar Schedule August 28: The Death of the “Analogue” and Re-birth of the “Surrogate”<https://arts.unimelb.edu.au/research/digital-studio/programs/seminar-series…> A/Professor Jeffrey Drouin and Professor Jonathan Sterne Will Covid-19 lockdown finally abandon the analogue age? Will digital surrogate become mainstream in the near future? With the comprehensive digitization of communications across various spheres of human life from entertainment to education, from work to healthcare, the webinar will discuss what these words mean in pandemic time. More information.<https://arts.unimelb.edu.au/research/digital-studio/programs/seminar-series…> September 11: “Internet” and “Hackers”: New Threats and Opportunities<https://arts.unimelb.edu.au/research/digital-studio/programs/seminar-series…> Professor Gabriella Coleman and Professor Thomas Streeter Has Covid-19 transformed how we will live in the Internet in our digital future? What are the democratic promises of hacktivism and the security dangers of hacker cybercrimes? This webinar will explore the social, ethical and political implications of the new technology-society relationships in the (post)pandemic times of this free-wheeling horizon of and expanded cyberspace. More information.<https://arts.unimelb.edu.au/research/digital-studio/programs/seminar-series…> September 25: “Events” in the Post-“Information” Age<https://arts.unimelb.edu.au/research/digital-studio/programs/seminar-series…> A/Professor Julia Sonnevend and Dr. Bernard Geoghegan Will the word information acquire new meanings under the pressure of technological transformations caused by the Covid-19 digital lockdown? How will people understand, define and experience major or minor events when they are limited to virtual encounters, online meetings and social media catch-ups? The webinar will interrogate old meanings and explore emerging connotations of what becomes information and whither the nature of an event in the seamless enfolding of the two in the online world. More information.<https://arts.unimelb.edu.au/research/digital-studio/programs/seminar-series…> October 9: “Geeking” and “Prototyping” the “New Normal”<https://arts.unimelb.edu.au/research/digital-studio/programs/seminar-series…> A/Professor Christina Dunbar-Hester and Professor Fred Turner Could we imagine and prototype human life in the post-pandemic world? Will geeks rule in the emerging social conditions of the new normal, or will they simply become extinct in the digital mainstreaming of daily life? The webinar will tackle the question of human typologies in new social formations and online networks. More information.<https://arts.unimelb.edu.au/research/digital-studio/programs/seminar-series…> October 23: “Sharing” and “Gaming” in the Post-pandemic World<https://arts.unimelb.edu.au/research/digital-studio/programs/seminar-series…> Dr. Nicholas A. John and Professor Saugata Bhaduri How do we share online versus offline and what games can we play when limited within digital reality? What are the consequences on our health and well-being of non-stop digital sharing of our lives and emotions? And is it possible to transfer sport matches, games, and even such world sport mega-events as the Olympics into the digital world? The webinar will aim to answer these questions in conversation with Dr Nicholas A. John and Professor Saugata Bhaduri. More information.<https://arts.unimelb.edu.au/research/digital-studio/programs/seminar-series…> November 6: “Zooming” In and Out to Examine the “Virus”<https://arts.unimelb.edu.au/research/digital-studio/programs/seminar-series…> Professor Jodie McVernon and Professor Sean Cubitt What new meanings of words such as zoom and virus did the Convid-19 outbreak instigate? How did we move from ‘Google it’ to ‘Let’s Zoom’, and what are the economic and political implications of platform-imperialism in the time of the 24/7 digital communication? What are the real and potential powers of online and biological viruses to disrupt, challenge, improve or destroy human life? The final webinar will facilitate a cross-disciplinary conversation between researchers at the University of Melbourne to share insights on the role of digital technologies in the current pandemic with its consequences for moral, social and physical being. More information.<https://arts.unimelb.edu.au/research/digital-studio/programs/seminar-series…>

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Of relevance to DH as a subject of enquiry
by Ernesto Priego 16 Aug '20

16 Aug '20

Caution: This email was sent from someone outside of the University of Lethbridge. Do not click on links or open attachments unless you know they are safe. Please forward suspicious emails to phishing(a)uleth.ca. Dear all, I hope everyone's doing well given the circumstances worldwide. Since my personal blog has a limited readership I thought I'd share with you my latest post, '“Vox Populi”: Of Relevance to Digital Humanities as A Subject of Enquiry', available at https://epriego.blog/2020/08/14/relevance-digital-humanities-subject-enquir… My blog does not allow comments given systematic trolling and spamming received in the past, but I'm on Twitter where feedback can be shared, or perhaps even in this very list if it's considered relevant. Happy Friday and weekend to you all Ernesto @ernestopriego http://epriego.blog/<https://epriego.wordpress.com/> The Comics Grid: Journal of Comics Scholarship http://www.comicsgrid.com/ Parables of Care: https://blogs.city.ac.uk/parablesofcare/ Symbola Comics: https://figshare.com/collections/Symbola_Comics/4090025 Subscribe to the Comics Grid Newsletter: http://eepurl.com/iOYAj The information contained in this email is confidential and may be legally privileged. It is intended for the addressee(s) only. If you are not the intended recipient, please delete this e-mail. The contents of this e-mail must not be forwarded, disclosed or copied without the sender's consent. The statements and opinions expressed in this message are those of the author and do not necessarily reflect those of any related organisations, projects, colleagues or employers.

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Global Digital Humanities Symposium 2021 - Save the Date (+ Request for Advice)
by Mapes, Kristen 07 Aug '20

07 Aug '20

Caution: This email was sent from someone outside of the University of Lethbridge. Do not click on links or open attachments unless you know they are safe. Please forward suspicious emails to phishing(a)uleth.ca. Dear colleagues, The Global Digital Humanities Symposium Planning Committee is pleased to announce that the 6th annual Symposium will take place April 12-15, 2021. This virtual event will take place synchronously over four days, with approximately three hours each day of programming. A full call for proposals will be forthcoming in September 2020, and free registration will open by January 2021. Find out more, including information about past Symposia at http://msuglobaldh.org. We are pleased as well to inform you that the Committee is working to support multilingualism at the Symposium and will provide live captions for all presentations. In light of our goal this year to support multilingualism (CFP in 2-3 languages, reviews supported in those languages, and live translation/interpretation among those languages during the virtual event), we are keen to learn from the GO:DH community. If you have experience running an event that handled live-translation, especially virtually, or have any expertise in this area, we would appreciate any wisdom that you can share about that experience and how it was accomplished. Please feel free to reach out to me (email [kmapes(a)msu.edu], Twitter [@kmapesy], etc) or any of our Planning Committee members<http://msuglobaldh.org/about/>. We are already indebted to this community for its support and expertise in so many ways - thank you in advance for any advice you can share! Sincerely, Kristen Mapes, on behalf of the Symposium Planning Committee 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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