globaloutlookdh-l July 2022

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News from ADHO
by ADHO Communications 29 Jul '22

29 Jul '22

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. Suspicious emails should be forwarded to phishing(a)uleth.ca. Dear All, With apologies for cross-posting! As you may know, the annual Digital Humanities conference<https://dh2022.adho.org/>, hosted in Tokyo and held virtually, just wrapped up, and I’m writing to share some news from ADHO: First, ADHO has a new website and has launched a podcast and newsletter. Learn more and sign up for the newsletter: https://adho.org/2022/07/28/new-website/ Second, if you’re interested in getting more involved with DH on a global level, or know someone who is, there are some great service opportunities with ADHO: https://adho.org/2022/07/25/join-adho-eb-committees/. Nominate yourself or someone else by August 8! The one requirement is that nominees be a member of a Constituent Organization<https://adho.org/about/>. If you’re interested and want to know what it’s like to work with ADHO, you can reach out to us at adho(a)adho.org<mailto:adho@adho.org>. Finally, if you’re interested in attending a future DH conference, DH2023<https://dh2023.adho.org/> is being held in Graz (look for a CFP in late August), and we just announced<https://twitter.com/DHinDC2024/status/1552851455186554883?cxt=HHwWhsC-9fmK6…> that DH2024 will be hosted by the Roy Rosenzweig Center for History and New Media at George Mason University in Washington, DC. Mark your calendars! All best wishes, Hannah -- Hannah L. Jacobs ADHO Communications Officer

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Launching Uli: A browser plug-in to mitigate oGBV
by Cheshta Arora 20 Jul '22

20 Jul '22

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. Suspicious emails should be forwarded to phishing(a)uleth.ca. SAVE THE DATE Launching Uli: A browser plug-in to mitigate oGBV Thursday, 28 July 2022 5:30 PM - 7:00 PM IST Hi all! We invite you to join us for the launch event of Uli (Thursday, 28 July 2022 from 5:30 PM - 7:00 PM IST). Uli is a browser plug-in, based on machine learning and non-ML approaches, to help mitigate online gender and sexual abuse on Twitter in three Indian languages: Hindi, Tamil and Indian English. Uli has jointly been produced by The Centre for Internet and Society and Tattle Civic Tech over the past year, with support from Omidyar Network. The tool design is based on a needs assessment with over 50 outspoken users identifying as women or sexual minorities. The data for the ML model was annotated by a team of 18 expert annotators who frequently encountered oGBV on social media or were at the receiving end of online harassment as journalists, activists or community influencers. With Uli, users can choose to hide offensive content identified by the tool or create their custom slur list to hide triggering words from their feed. They can also use the archive feature to keep a record of problematic posts or call upon their network to seek support. You can read more on the project and the tool here: http://uli.tattle.co.in/ As part of the launch event, we are organising a panel discussion on what tech can/cannot do to mitigate online gender and sexual abuse. Our speakers - Shohini Bannerjee from Point of View, Mumbai will share their experience of building TechSakhi, the helpline as a response to online GBV Malavika Rajkumar from IT for Change will talk about platform accountability for online sexism and misogyny. Ritesh Kumar from the ComMA project at Dr. Bhimrao Ambedkar University, Agra will speak about the challenges of working on aggression detection in low resource Indian languages. Zoom details and agenda will be shared with you once you have signed up! Please note that the last date for registration<https://us06web.zoom.us/meeting/register/tZYkduGtpjwrHdy-P06YFvvbUVuPZHGt7o…> is 27 July 2022. Warm regards, CIS & Tattle

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2nd CfP Third workshop on Resources for African Indigenous Language (RAIL)
by Menno Van Zaanen 19 Jul '22

19 Jul '22

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. Suspicious emails should be forwarded to phishing(a)uleth.ca. Second call for papers Third workshop on Resources for African Indigenous Language (RAIL) https://bit.ly/rail2022 The South African Centre for Digital Language Resources (SADiLaR) is organising the 3rd RAIL workshop in the field of Resources for African Indigenous Languages. This workshop aims to bring together researchers who are interested in showcasing their research and thereby boosting the field of African indigenous languages. This provides an overview of the current state-of-the-art and emphasizes availability of African indigenous language resources, including both data and tools. Additionally, it will allow for information sharing among researchers interested in African indigenous languages and also start discussions on improving the quality and availability of the resources. Many African indigenous languages currently have no or very limited resources available and, additionally, they are often structurally quite different from more well-resourced languages, requiring the development and use of specialized techniques. By bringing together researchers from different fields (e.g., (computational) linguistics, sociolinguistics, language technology) to discuss the development of language resources for African indigenous languages, we hope to boost research in this field. The RAIL workshop is an interdisciplinary platform for researchers working on resources (data collections, tools, etc.) specifically targeted towards African indigenous languages. It aims to create the conditions for the emergence of a scientific community of practice that focuses on data, as well as tools, specifically designed for or applied to indigenous languages found in Africa. Suggested topics include the following: * Digital representations of linguistic structures * Descriptions of corpora or other data sets of African indigenous languages * Building resources for (under resourced) African indigenous languages * Developing and using African indigenous languages in the digital age * Effectiveness of digital technologies for the development of African indigenous languages * Revealing unknown or unpublished existing resources for African indigenous languages * Developing desired resources for African indigenous languages * Improving quality, availability and accessibility of African indigenous language resources The 3rd RAIL workshop 2022 will be co-located with the 10th Southern African Microlinguistics Workshop ( https://sites.google.com/nwulettere.co.za/samwop-10/home). This will be an in-person event located in Potchefstroom, South Africa. Registration will be free. RAIL 2022 submission requirements: * RAIL asks for full papers from 4 pages to 8 pages (plus more pages for references if needed), which must strictly follow the Journal of the Digital Humanities Association of Southern Africa style guide ( https://upjournals.up.ac.za/index.php/dhasa/libraryFiles/downloadPublic/30 ). * Accepted submissions will be published in JDHASA, the Journal of the Digital Humanities Association of Southern Africa ( https://upjournals.up.ac.za/index.php/dhasa/). * Papers will be double blind peer-reviewed and must be submitted through EasyChair (https://easychair.org/my/conference?conf=rail2022). Important dates Submission deadline: 28 August 2022 Date of notification: 30 September 2022 Camera ready copy deadline: 23 October 2022 RAIL: 30 November 2022, North-West University - Potchefstroom SAMWOP: 1 – 3 December 2021, North-West University - Potchefstroom Organising Committee Jessica Mabaso Rooweither Mabuya Muzi Matfunjwa Mmasibidi Setaka Menno van Zaanen South African Centre for Digital Language Resources (SADiLaR), South Africa -- Prof Menno van Zaanen menno.vanzaanen(a)nwu.ac.za Professor in Digital Humanities South African Centre for Digital Language Resources https://www.sadilar.org ________________________________ NWU CORONA VIRUS: http://www.nwu.ac.za/coronavirus/ NWU PRIVACY STATEMENT: http://www.nwu.ac.za/it/gov-man/disclaimer.html DISCLAIMER: This e-mail message and attachments thereto are intended solely for the recipient(s) and may contain confidential and privileged information. Any unauthorised review, use, disclosure, or distribution is prohibited. If you have received the e-mail by mistake, please contact the sender or reply e-mail and delete the e-mail and its attachments (where appropriate) from your system. ________________________________

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Job opening: Computational linguist
by Menno Van Zaanen 19 Jul '22

19 Jul '22

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. Suspicious emails should be forwarded to phishing(a)uleth.ca. Computational Linguist Purpose of the position: As a Computational Linguist at the South African Centre for Digital Language Resources (SADiLaR) you will have the opportunity to initiate and lead Human Language Technology and Digital Humanities projects stemming from your own research interests. You will work closely with a team of researchers as part of SADiLaR’s extended network, both on your own and commissioned projects. Dissemination of project results at national and international conferences will be encouraged and supported. This position is crucial for research and development in Human Language Technology and Digital Humanities, fields that form the essence of SADiLaR, which is a national Research Infrastructure supported by the Department of Science and Innovation. Minimum Requirements * PhD in one of the following fields: Computational Linguistics, Natural Language Processing, General Linguistics, Human Language Technology, Digital Humanities, Computer Science, Information Technology, Artificial Intelligence or related fields with a focus on computational aspects of linguistics. * Applicable experience in the use of Python (recommended). Other programming languages used within the computational linguistics domain can also be considered. * Experience as a supervisor/co-supervisor of students or playing a mentorship/supervising role for individuals. * Evidence of peer-reviewed academic publications. * Advanced computer literacy. Other competency requirements * Ability to work independently or as part of a team. * Ability to effectively liaise and communicate with public, students, colleagues, and other stakeholders at various levels and from diverse backgrounds. * Demonstration of language proficiency in order to function optimally in the various multilingual environments of SADiLaR. Recommendations: * Experience with writing research reports. * Ability to lead research projects. * Evidence of acquiring research funding. * Experience with using and/or developing computational tools. * Experience related to research within the domain of Language Technology or Digital Humanities. * Experience in the presentation of research-based results at national and international conferences. * Experience related to teaching within the domain of Language Technology or Digital Humanities. * Strong interest in the advancement of under-resourced South African languages. Responsibilities: * Research in the area of Human Language Technology and Digital Humanities. * Teaching in the area of Human Language Technology and Digital Humanities. * Initiating and leading Human Language Technology and Digital Humanities projects. * Mentorship of researchers in the field of Computational Linguistics and Digital Humanities. ENQUIRIES: Prof Menno van Zaanen, menno.vanzaanen(a)nwu.ac.za CLOSING DATE: 29 July 2022 COMMENCEMENT OF DUTIES: As soon as possible TO APPLY: https://bit.ly/3yQqcnd -- Prof Menno van Zaanen menno.vanzaanen(a)nwu.ac.za Professor in Digital Humanities South African Centre for Digital Language Resources https://www.sadilar.org ________________________________ NWU CORONA VIRUS: http://www.nwu.ac.za/coronavirus/ NWU PRIVACY STATEMENT: http://www.nwu.ac.za/it/gov-man/disclaimer.html DISCLAIMER: This e-mail message and attachments thereto are intended solely for the recipient(s) and may contain confidential and privileged information. Any unauthorised review, use, disclosure, or distribution is prohibited. If you have received the e-mail by mistake, please contact the sender or reply e-mail and delete the e-mail and its attachments (where appropriate) from your system. ________________________________

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