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Seven points on multiculturalism(?)
by Domenico Fiormonte 04 May '13

04 May '13

Dear all, apologies if I'll offer my 2 euro-cents reflections on a previous exciting thread in a disorderly and lengthy fashion. Please skip at your ease. 1) Speaking of norms, normatives and our everyday struggle to make sense of the English language, when I read Craig's post I was not sure I understood 100% of what he was saying. However, I was almost sure (it happens everyday) that I was missing some linguistic and cultural nuances. Barbara's comment confirmed this impression. So now I'm sitting here in front of my computer, writing in language that I've been studying, reading and writing for twenty years, and I feel a bit stupid. I got my PhD from the University of Edinburgh back in 2000, but this will never save me from an ethernal sense of inadequacy. Do you know how many times I've looked up http://www.wordreference.com or equivalent websites for composing this email, or deciphering native speakers' messages? I would like to suggest to all native speakers of this list, before sending messages, to consider carefully what language they use, and ask themeselves (or at least try): "will my [mostly] foreigner colleagues understand me?" But of course I am not suggesting to exchange our frustration with your self-censorship... :-) Let's think about these not in terms of *limits* but of *constraints*. Just like a poet writing in verses who must respect a specific metric or prosodic pattern. Our effort to understand and communicate in English can be balanced by your excercise to improve clarity. 2) Dan noticed that in my Koln article one table showed a "Canadian", rather then Anglo-American dominance (at least in terms of people). But have a look also at the Figure 1 ("DH Organizations: Presence of Individuals by Country of Institutional Affiliation"): the histogram shows in a plastic way (look at those peaks) the overwhelming dominion of the first three countries - USA, Canada and UK. Those data were collected more than one year ago, and no one would be happier than me if the situation has changed. Anyway, let me say that I keep being frustrated at seeing that many colleagues concentrated their attention to that part of the article - the infamous tables - but tended to ignore the rest of it. Those reactions showed that what really hurts is the risk to be represented as colonialists. I can appreciate that, but how about the problem of standards? How about the discussion of knowledge commons? At the end of the text, I proposed to apply design principles for common-pool resource institutions to the DH organizations. Is our community mature enough to discuss these issues? 3) Barbara must have read my mind when she wrote: > I don't think that anyone is suggesting that there is a specific agenda to > exclude non-English from DH, but I am also old enough to see that it > wouldn't be necessary. :-)) Yes, it is not - and in my opinion it will never be - necessary as long as ADHO will reflect organizations based in the Northern emisphere that: 1) include or impose discourses rather than share them (or give them up!); 2) assume that something called DH globally exists; 2) push or sell their own teaching programmes, summer schools, etc. as well as their "open" methodologies, standards and applications (i.e. TEI, which was designed in the 80s for the purpose of producing textual resources for the same people and textual cultures who invented it); 3) recognize the English rhetoric as their privileged discoursive tool. I am sorry if this sounds a bit harsh -- but that's what more or less I think, although I'd be happy to change idea after twenty years of DH conferences, research and teaching around the globe. I am also convinced, as I said many times also in public, that 99% of my Anglo-American colleagues are respectful of all cultures and languages, and sincere in their effort to change the current mono-cultural situation. Their evident intellectual generosity is out of discussion. Our GO::DH SIG is certainly one first important step, although it still sounds - uncounsciously? - as an "octroyée" instrument. Our situation reminds me of Gregory Bateson's ironical paradox: "we want to change things, but using the same things we find in the world that we want to change". 4) Ernesto Priego pointed out the interesting problem of the local DH divides. It seems to me that "divides" are like club sandwiches, with layers of decreasing (or increasing, depending on which part of the sandwich you are) prestige. In fact, I always argued that using or not using English is a false problem. You can publish as much as you want in the lingua franca, but it is exceptional to be considered relevant by your "core" scholarly community. I've studied the phenomenon myself as for discussions and articles on the TEI-XML overlapping hierachies, and in general for the problem of the digital representation of texts. One of the most respected scholar in this field is Dino Buzzetti. But when has he reached "authority"? He has been publishing both in English and Italian for thirty years, however quotations of his work among peers boosted when he published his "famous" article in the "New Literary History" in 2002. This happened when Dino got on his theoretical side an American scholar of the caliber of Jerome McGann. Because it's not enough to have good ideas, work in the Northern emisphere and write them in English: you need good sponsors and authoritative venues. 5) Three years ago an American publisher asked us to translate our book "L'umanista digitale" in English. Our volume was recently reprinted and I think was a little best-seller in the field (it sold more than 2500 copies in Italy). We were very excited about the translation, and invested a lot of energies and money in the project. The publisher asked a sample chapter, letters of support from international experts, table of contents, detailed project, etc. We sent them everything and contracted a professional translator. Result: after six months from delivering, the book was rejected, and one of the main reasons was that "the tranlsation was not idiomatic". We were surprised. In fact, what is an "idiomatic translation"? Is it possible to translate "idiomatically" from one culture to another culture? I know that there are very few translations of non-English DH books out there, but what the American publisher was expecting? Probably an American book. 6) Can we change all this? And how? I insist: we have to imagine completely new intellectual tools. This include the structures of our current academic organizations: teaching, researching, publishing... Everything. But we will not be able to change if first we don't change are our attitudes, mentality, expectations, and HABITS. 7) Let me conclude this long email with a personal note. What does it mean to be multicultural? I am afraid I don't know the answer -- like may of us I guess. I can simply tell you my experience. I've been working since 2008 with an NGO that thirteen years ago created a school in a small village of Southern India. I've learned many things from this people -- both European and Indian --, but perhpas the most important one was "imparare a disimparare", or "to learn how to forget your learning" (Viola Padovani, founder of the group). They started (or at least try) to forget what they knew when they had to deal with internal ethnic, gender and religious conflicts within the village, where Muslim, Hindu and Christian communities did *not* cohabit in harmony. At first, they tried to mediate between them with "traditional" rhetorical strategies. But they soon realize that the roots of these conflicts were rooted deeply in the social and cultural fabric, and their/our concept of "negotiation" was not seen as an option. So, guees what? They avoided traditional discourses (I mean literally, "to speak"), and started... to dance! Yes, they invited all people to gatherings where music and dance were the only shared language (in all senses), and... suddendly a little miracle happened. First children, and then adults used this "language" to communicate between them. It was not enough for a stable peace, but they all started to accept the existence of the "difference". This is just an example, limited to a specific context. And no, I am not suggesting to introduce Indian dancing in DH gatherings ;-). However, we should be aware that effective cultural exchange processes can take years and years, and in fact never ends. Will we be patient enough? There are no ideal places and neutral cultures, but it is not possible to "feel" another culture without opening your arms -- and, to a certain extent, surrender to it. Western analytical understanding (call it "reason"(?), or whatever you like) will prove, in many critical situations, useless or counterproductive. You can't really "understand" another culture. You can just experience it. Saluti cari a tutt* Domenico 2013/4/30 O'Donnell, Dan <daniel.odonnell(a)uleth.ca>: > Very good points Barbara! > > In terms of Anglo - Americans needing to be self-aware of assumptions that > their way is normative, I think you are spot on. This is true of everybody > to a certain extent, of course, but I think it is especially true in terms > of use of English and especially assumptions about what is normal academic > discourse. At the ADHO executive there recently was a discussion about multi > lingual issues and somebody made the interesting observation that it might > be the Anglophones that reed the most instruction in the use of English in > the sense that they don't always realize the extent to which Native Speaker > English and International English are not the same thing. That struck a > chord with me as I am a serial offender. > > I also agree on the centrality of exchange to this project. The. most > important lesson taught to me at our meeting in Cuba is how important it is > to believe in and value the opportunities for reciprocal learning: GO::DH > will only work if it lives up to the claim that it is not an aid programme > but a space for bridging gaps and especially discovering new learning and > teaching and collaborations. > > > > > Daniel Paul 0'Donnell > Department of English > University of Lethbridge > Lethbridge AB T1J 2X5 > CANADA > > +1 403 393 2539 > daniel.odonnell(a)uleth.ca > @DanielPaulOD > http://people.uleth.ca/~daniel.odonnell/ > http://dpod.kakelbont.ca/ > > Sent from Samsung tablet > Tags: > > > > -------- Original message -------- > From: "Bordalejo, Barbara" <bab995(a)mail.usask.ca> > Date: 04-30-2013 13:42 (GMT-07:00) > To: "O'Donnell, Dan" <daniel.odonnell(a)uleth.ca>,"globaloutlookdh-l, > MailList" <globaloutlookdh-l(a)uleth.ca> > Subject: Re: [globaloutlookDH-l] A revolution yet to happen > > > Craig Bellamy's post impacted me in ways that I had not envisioned and I > thought I should reply to that and to some observations by Dan and Ernesto > Priego. > > After thinking about it for a while, I have concluded that it is important > to be aware of our deep cultural differences when we post to this list. If > we do not take them into account, we run the risk of alienating other people > and might even push them away. > > Dan is right about stereotypes of "Anglo-American" domination, but it is up > to Anglo-Americans not to behave (or write) in ways that might be construed > as imperialistic. This does not mean that we cannot communicate in English > or that we should give up the idea of working together. Instead, it means > that we have to find the best possible ways to cooperate with each other. > Provided, of course, this is our intent. > > I am glad that Ernesto brought up the "'big two' London units," because I > think he is correct that for many people these embody the "real DH," while > many other scholars are just ignored even though they might be working on > great projects just around the corner. This shows that even within > environments dominated by white English-speaking (should I say it?) males > there is a hierarchy. Often, centres with a long history and a good > reputation attract a high percentage of funding, causing others to be > excluded. > > I don't think that anyone is suggesting that there is a specific agenda to > exclude non-English from DH, but I am also old enough to see that it > wouldn't be necessary. In countries devastated by poverty or with profound > social problems, there is very little place to support DH. Anyone that > protests against positive discrimination doesn't understand this: the > inequalities in the world are so marked that we need to bridge the gap to > integrate people from less privileged backgrounds. If you think that you are > not privileged just because you are white, born in a rich country or a male; > then take a hard look at yourself and think how different your life would > have been if those circumstances had been others. > > All that said, those of us who have a different background have something > else in common... At least part of our education has occurred in English (in > the UK or the US or Canada) and we want to jump to defend these systems. > However, when we create those avenues for collaboration Isabel, Ernesto and > Alex have talked about, I don't want them to be another form of hegemony. > They cannot be some kind of charitably enterprise given like the rusty coin > one throws to the homeless at the subway station. I want collaboration to > occur because we truly need each other and can benefit in a symbiotic way, > no because to have a "pet third world person" would get you a grant. > > Craig Bellamy´s idea that: >> The DH is about technology and if there are barriers to applying >> technology in all sorts of social or cultural contents then there are some >> really nice people who could be asked for assistance. > misses the point of GO::DH. Our objective is not that the "little people" > come nicely to ask for assistance. Instead, we want to empower scholars in > different environments to work together in an environment of equality and > respect. When we achieve this, then we will have done an important part of > our work. > > Best, > > BB > > > > On 30 Apr 2013, at 08:01, Daniel O'Donnell wrote: > >> And I think also it is worth noting that globaloutlookdh was founded >> precisely to address this problem: which I think personally involves >> network, terminological, and cultural issues, as well as linguistic. Here >> are two of my statements of the background that led to forming the group: >> http://dpod.kakelbont.ca/2012/11/02/in-a-rich-mans-world-global-dh/ and the >> proposal to ADHO: http://ubuntuone.com/187LiVZpJKwFNaRV0lZJeD >> >> At the same time, as Ernesto points out, you need to be careful about >> stereotypes in discussing the "Anglo-American" domination. As I recently >> pointed out in a blog posting, for example, Domenico's article in the Koln >> dialogues actually points to a Canadian, rather than Anglo-American, >> hegemony of the institutions he discusses. >> http://dpod.kakelbont.ca/2013/03/07/the-true-north-strong-and-hegemonic-or-… >> >> This is important because it suggests that academic cultures are really >> micro-environments and that you need to be very open to what makes things >> tick in each environment. I hope myself that this will be the way this >> happens. >> >> The one great advantage we have, as people who are interested in the use >> of computers in the Arts, Humanities, and Cultural Heritage sectors, is that >> this interest can act as a paradisciplinary bridge: that is to say, that our >> interest in the common problem of how computing can be used in these >> environments seems to me to give us a great opportunity to find common >> purpose in a way that is often surprisingly difficult in the traditional >> humanities, where our networks are further broken down by the cultural, >> linguistic, and chronological specificity of our disciplines. >> >> Because my background is in the study of Anglo-Saxon England, I come at >> this connection very much through the paradisciplinary aspects of things. >> One of the other things I've been really inspired by is the extent to which >> already we are teaching each other in (what I think is) an exchange of ideas >> and experiences that is breaking down previous disconnects. >> >> Does this match other's experiences? >> >> -dan >> >> On 13-04-30 01:34 AM, Ernesto Priego wrote: >>> Hello everyone, >>> >>> This is a debate I myself am very interested in. I have tried to do >>> things about it, for example by doing bilingual interviews >>> (http://4humanities.org/?s=redhd&x=0&y=0), or by participating remotely >>> and IRL in events back in Mexico >>> (http://disidenciacognitiva.wordpress.com/). >>> >>> The effort it takes to individually do something bilingually, for >>> example, is, literally, a double effort. Sometimes to little reward. At >>> least immediate reward. I keep hopeful it will be useful somehow for >>> someone in the future at least. >>> >>> I'd like to say as well that a concentration of power or notoriety does >>> not only happen between English-speaking academic cultures and the rest. >>> It happens here in London (UK) too, for example. If you are outside the >>> 'big two' London unis, it's like you don't exist. Plenty of people doing >>> interesting stuff around/about/ digital technologies in the humanities >>> and social sciences, but because our workplaces are not officially >>> labeled as DH then it's harder to intervene, coexist or even get >>> recognised by 'the centres'. This does not happen at the individual, >>> social, human level though, it's more of a cultural phenomenon that >>> often transcends individual wills or agencies. >>> >>> I agree with Isabel there is a need to develop channels for >>> communication. I'd also say we need to develop a culture of >>> communication and collaboration. And more importantly, a *global* >>> culture of communication and collaboration: that is, one that has an >>> awareness of difference and that is willing to do things and think >>> outside the box. This means doing stuff beyond the job description, and >>> often in other languages than our own. >>> >>> As a member of ACH and ADHO committees I can say that from >>> English-speaking countries/institutions there is A LOT of interest in >>> integrating/recognising/encouraging/acknowledging/getting to >>> know/collaborating with non-English speaking scholars and their >>> institutions. There is no anti non-English DH agenda at all, but a lot >>> of good will and eagerness to widen access and participation. >>> >>> As Alex has suggested, I also believe that those of us who also do or >>> want to do DH-related research/practice in other languages than English >>> need to reach out. Reach out to each other regardless of country or >>> mother tongue. In my humble opinion there is both the need to develop >>> 'literatures' in our mother tongues --as Alex also suggested-- but we >>> also need to stop seeing the English language as the de facto enemy, >>> "the language of conquest, the influx/of the language of hard nouns,/the >>> language of metal," (Atwood). >>> >>> In the same way that it is expensive, complicated and mostly impractical >>> to host fully multilingual international conferences (maybe only the >>> European Parliament and the United Nations have the infrastructure to >>> make this viable) I honestly don't see a time in which it is not >>> necessary to engage in scholarly communications in English at some point >>> or another. Expecting DH to become completely multilingual (for example >>> in a conference in Nebraska) seems very unlikely. If they don't come to >>> us, we might need to go to them. If they ignore us, we need to make >>> ourselves unavoidable, unmissable, ubiquituous. >>> >>> Just my two cents... >>> >>> All the best >>> >>> Ernesto >>> >>> >>> >>> > > > _______________________________________________ > globaloutlookdh-l mailing list > globaloutlookdh-l(a)uleth.ca > http://listserv.uleth.ca/mailman/listinfo/globaloutlookdh-l > > You are currently subscribed to this list in NON-digest mode. This means you > receive every message as it is posted. > > If this represents too much traffic, you can also subscribe in DIGEST mode. > This sends out a single email once a day containing the entire day's > postings. To change your settings go to > http://listserv.uleth.ca/mailman/options/globaloutlookdh-l You can request a > password reminder from this page if you have forgotten yours. >

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CFP: Special Issue of The College English Association (Spring 2014): Digital Humanities Pedagogy
by Iantorno, Luke 04 May '13

04 May '13

Dear all, Please consider the following cfp for a special issue of The CEA Critic on digital humanities pedagogy. CFP: Special Issue of The CEA Critic, Spring 2014 Digital Humanities Pedagogy Guest Editors: Leigh Bonds and Luke Iantorno As “digital humanities” becomes more prevalent in English course syllabi, faculty and instructors are seeking new ways to teach undergraduates to consider the decisions editors and other scholars make when transforming cultural, historical, and literary texts into digital form. This special issue of The CEA Criticon digital humanities pedagogy will be a resource for those interested in incorporating DH instruction into their own English classes. We are seeking proposals that move beyond DH theory to the practical application. Proposed articles should address the practical pedagogical approaches that introduce undergraduates to digital humanities: • transcribing, metadata writing, annotating, and basic TEI coding in conjunction with a startup or established digitization project • datamining: creating narratives of digital texts based on searched terms or defining search terms for future researchers • using digital editions to teach students paratextual influence • analyzing and evaluating the vitality of and scholarly rigor within digital editions with ancillary editorial apparatuses versus open-source digital libraries (e.g. Project Gutenburg, Internet Archive, Google Books, Gale databases) • using TEI tags to enhance research skills and develop annotation awareness as both creator and user • writing hyperlinked annotations as a tool to increase scholarship and boost students’ researching skills • collaborating across disciplines to engage the non-humanities major in digital humanities projects The editors are not interested in exploring how new media—or social media—engages the classroom. Proposals for the 3,000-5,000-word articles should not exceed 500 words. Please submit proposals to digitalhumanities(a)ttu.edu<mailto:digitalhumanities@ttu.edu> by 15 June 2013. All queries should also be sent to the aforementioned email address. Please consult The CEA Critic site for formatting guidelines: http://www.cea-web.org/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=15&Item… Luke Iantorno Department of English The Digital Humanities Laboratory, Project Manager Texas Tech University "Revolutions exhibit man acting on a great scale: hence they produce great virtues, and at the same time great vices." -- Helen Maria Williams, 1793.

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CfP Libro Colectivo sobre Ciencias Sociales y Humanidades Digitales
by igalina 03 May '13

03 May '13

Estimados: Les comparto este llamado para participar en un libro colectivo sobre Ciencias Sociales y Humanidades Digitales que podría ser de su interés. La fecha límite es el 30 de mayo. http://estebanromero.com/2013/04/call-for-papers-para-libro-colectivo-sobre… Saludos Isabel ------- Dra. Isabel Galina Instituto de Investigaciones Bibliográficas, UNAM igalina(a)unam.mx

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Call for Nominations
by Neil Fraistat 02 May '13

02 May '13

[With apologies for cross-posting.] Dear all, The centerNet Executive Committee seeks nominations for Advisory Board members for its new publication, *DHCommons*, which will provide peer review for mid-stage digital projects. *DHCommons* aims to provide a truly global picture of the DH community. To that end, its leadership will be comprised of members from each of centerNet’s regions. The Advisory Board will join Co-Lead-Editor Ryan Cordell, a Co-Lead-Editor from outside North America to be named soon, and Technical Editor Quinn Dombrowski. The Board will be drawn from centerNet's regions and help ensure the global vision of the *DHCommons*journal. To nominate someone to the Advisory Board, please send an email to info(a)dhcommons.org with the nominee’s name and affiliation, as well as a brief nominating statement describing the scholar’s qualifications for the position. Self nominations are permitted. *DHCommons* is intended to address the “evaluation gap” between the Digital Humanities and more traditional disciplinary scholarship. Digital projects can often stretch over many years as a continuum of work—not necessarily building to a finished project in the same way monographs do, though there are significant milestones in a project's life. DH practitioners need concrete ways to certify the value of long-standing, influential, but unfinished projects to colleagues unfamiliar with the contours of DH work. * DHCommons*aims to meet these challenges, pioneering a model of peer review focused on mid-stage digital projects from around the world. With Co-Editors-in-Chief and an international advisory drawn from each of centerNet’s worldwide regions, By reviewing well-developed but unfinished projects, *DHCommons* aims to foster a developmental model that will help DH scholars hone their work while certifying the value of their projects to both the DH field and to their home disciplines. Best, Neil -- Neil Fraistat Professor of English & Director Maryland Institute for Technology in the Humanities (MITH) 0301 Hornbake Library North University of Maryland 301-405-5896 or 301-314-7111 (fax) http://www.mith.umd.edu/ https://twitter.com/fraistat

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Conference CFP: "Les humanités délivrées" ("Humanities unbound"), Lausanne
by Aurélien Berra 01 May '13

01 May '13

Dear all, Please find below the announcement of a conference on "Les humanités délivrées" ("Humanities unbound") organised in Lausanne by Claire Clivaz, Frédéric Kaplan and Dominique Vinck in October. The call for papers will be open until 15 May. Details are available online at <http://calenda.org/244526>. Alex kindly suggested I should post this announcement on the GO::DH list. It might be of interest to some of you indeed! Amitiés, Aurélien Berra --- Le LADHUL (Laboratoire des cultures et humanités digitales de l'Université de Lausanne) et le DHLab (EPFL) organisent un colloque les 1er et 2 octobre prochains à l'Université de Lausanne : « Les humanités délivrées. Cultures parlées, visuelles, écrites, réinventées hors du livre ». Comité scientifique: Aurélien Berra (Paris), Claire Clivaz (Lausanne), Éric Guichard (Paris et Lyon), Frédéric Kaplan (Lausanne), Christian Licoppe (Paris), Claudine Moulin (Trier), Christian Vandendorpe (Ottawa), Dominique Vinck (Lausanne). Conférenciers externes : - Julianne Nyhan (UCL, London) : « Oral History, Hidden Histories and the emergence of the Digital Humanities 1945-1980 » - Geoffrey C. Bowker (Santa Clara, USA) : « Memory Practices in the Sciences and Digital Humanities » - Philippe Martin (Lyon) : « L'histoire, le probabilisme et le digital : réflexions autour de l'exemple d'Alain Corbin » Le mardi soir aura lieu une une table ronde grand public : « Création musicale, droit d’auteur et diffusion virtuelle : quel partage ? », avec des invités impliqués dans la SUISA, le parti Pirate suisse, etc. (org. Marc Audétat, Interface Sciences-Société) L'argumentaire et l'appel à contribution, ouvert jusqu'au 15 mai, se trouvent à l'adresse suivante : <http://calenda.org/244526>. Les contributions doivent a priori porter sur les thématiques suivantes : • Les formes culturelles originales ou hybrides en train de se faire - Modes de production, d’agrégation et de circulation - Débordements « du livre » et nouvelles porosités de la catégorie « livre » - Nouvelles identités intermédiaires, construites ou émergentes • Les humanités hors du/des livres et des institutions qui les portent - Prise en compte des cultures hors du livre à travers les siècles - Analyse des pratiques culturelles hors du livre aujourd’hui • Les disciplines académiques confrontées aux littératies plurielles - Ce que les littératies orales, visuelles et la réinvention de l’écriture font aux chercheurs - Défis méthodologiques en sciences humaines et sociales posés par les cultures hors du livre • Les Digital Humanities et les cultures hors du livre

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A revolution yet to happen
by Domenico Fiormonte 30 Apr '13

30 Apr '13

I guess people on this list would be interested in reading this post by Frédéric Clavert: http://www.clavert.net/the-digital-humanities-multicultural-revolution-did-…

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Spanish Translation of Rewriting Wikipedia Project #GWWI Report by Silvia Gutiérrez (La traducción del informe #GWWI)
by Adeline Koh 30 Apr '13

30 Apr '13

Hi all: La traducción del informe #GWWI <https://twitter.com/search?q=%23GWWI> por la maravillosa Silvia Gutiérrez (Spanish translation of the #GWWI report by the wonderful Silvia Gutiérrez): http://dhpoco.org/2013/04/30/reporte-del-maraton-global-de-escritura-de-la-… Adeline Adeline Koh, Ph.D. Visiting Faculty Fellow, Humanities Writ Large, Duke University (Fall 2012-Spring 2013) Assistant Professor of Literature, Richard Stockton College Email: Adeline.Koh(a)duke.edu or Adeline.Koh(a)stockton.edu Twitter: @adelinekoh w: http://adelinekoh.org On Mon, Apr 29, 2013 at 10:55 AM, Adeline Koh <adelinekoh(a)gmail.com> wrote: > Hi everyone, > > I've posted a summary of the *Rewriting Wikipedia Project's* recent > event, the Global Women Write-In (#GWWI), on our main page. The summary is > co-written with my co-director, Roopika Risam. > > In short: we had about 31 participants (self-reported on the Wiki meetup > page), 18 pages/stubs were created and 17 pages improved upon. > > Report here: > > http://www.globaloutlookdh.org/report-on-the-global-women-write-in-gwwi-fri… > > We've also started a post which will be continuously updated with the > different results of each RWP event: > http://www.globaloutlookdh.org/rewriting-wikipedia-project-outcomes/ > > *We plan to schedule RWP projects once every academic semester, > tentatively in October and February*. Let us know if you'd like to be > involved in the next event. > > Thanks! > > Adeline > > Adeline Koh, Ph.D. > Visiting Faculty Fellow, > Humanities Writ Large, Duke University (Fall 2012-Spring 2013) > Assistant Professor of Literature, Richard Stockton College > Email: Adeline.Koh(a)duke.edu or Adeline.Koh(a)stockton.edu > Twitter: @adelinekoh > w: http://adelinekoh.org > >

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Report on GO:DH Working Group: Rewriting Wikipedia Project
by Adeline Koh 29 Apr '13

29 Apr '13

Hi everyone, I've posted a summary of the *Rewriting Wikipedia Project's* recent event, the Global Women Write-In (#GWWI), on our main page. The summary is co-written with my co-director, Roopika Risam. In short: we had about 31 participants (self-reported on the Wiki meetup page), 18 pages/stubs were created and 17 pages improved upon. Report here: http://www.globaloutlookdh.org/report-on-the-global-women-write-in-gwwi-fri… We've also started a post which will be continuously updated with the different results of each RWP event: http://www.globaloutlookdh.org/rewriting-wikipedia-project-outcomes/ *We plan to schedule RWP projects once every academic semester, tentatively in October and February*. Let us know if you'd like to be involved in the next event. Thanks! Adeline Adeline Koh, Ph.D. Visiting Faculty Fellow, Humanities Writ Large, Duke University (Fall 2012-Spring 2013) Assistant Professor of Literature, Richard Stockton College Email: Adeline.Koh(a)duke.edu or Adeline.Koh(a)stockton.edu Twitter: @adelinekoh w: http://adelinekoh.org

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Fwd: CFP: Social, Digital, Scholarly Editing Conference, Saskatoon July 11-13
by Alex Gil 25 Apr '13

25 Apr '13

Hi all, Hola a todos, This invitation from Peter Robinson is particularly open to "proposals from the GO::DH (Global Outlook::Digital Humanities) community, addressing digital scholarly editing in a global context." If you are a digital editor, I would encourage you to apply. I know Peter has funds that can help you get to Saskatoon. Esta invitación de Peter Robinson es para editores que trabajen en el medio digital. Como dice su mensaje, le interesa mucho las aplicaciones del grupo GO::DH. Peter tiene fondos para cubrir los gastos de viaje y hospedaje. Yo estaré en la reunión. A. ---------- Forwarded message ---------- From: Peter Robinson <P.M.Robinson(a)bham.ac.uk> Date: Mon, Apr 8, 2013 at 9:21 AM Subject: CFP: Social, Digital, Scholarly Editing Conference, Saskatoon July 11-13 To: TEXTUALSCHOLARSHIP(a)jiscmail.ac.uk Proposals are invited for the Social, Digital, Scholarly Editing conference, to be held in Saskatoon, Saskatchewan, Canada, from 11-13 July 2013. This conference comes at a critical inflection point in the transformation of scholarly editing caused by the two massive shifts of the digital revolution: the movement of all data into digital form and the creation of new modes of collaboration. For the first: the creation of massive amounts of data in digital form has already transformed the basic materials of scholarly editing, while digital tools offer new methods for exploration and publication. For the second: where scholarly editing in the past has been typically the work of a single dedicated scholar, the development of social media opens up the possibilities of collaborative work across whole communities. These changes affect every aspect of scholarly editing. This conference will explore the theoretical, practical, and social implications of these changes. Proposers accepted from this open call will join some thirty invited conference participants, drawn from scholarly editing, digital humanities, and the 'citizen scholar' movement. Confirmed participants are Barbara Bordalejo, Susan Brown, Ben Brumfield, Gabriel Egan, Paul Eggert, Paul Flemons, Alex Gil, James Ginther, Tuomas Heikkilä, Fotis Jannidis, Laura Mandell, Murray McGillivray, Brent Nelson, Catherine Nygren, Dan O'Donnell, Roger Osbourne, Wendy Phillips-Rodriguez, Elena Pierazzo, Ken Price, Peter Robinson, Geoffrey Rockwell, Peter Shillingsburg, Ray Siemens, Michael Eberle-Sinatra, Joshua Sosin, Melissa Terras, Edward Vanhoutte, and Joris van Zundert (to be confirmed: Hans Gabler and Jerome McGann). The conference will be preceded by a one-day workshop on collaborative editing systems. Proposals should focus on some aspect of contemporary digital scholarly editing. We welcome descriptions of current projects, theoretical or speculative discussions, bibliographic work, or any aspect of scholarly digital editing. Papers considering scholarly editing in a communal, collaborative context are particularly encouraged. Proposals will be accepted under two strands: one for students of graduate and doctoral programs, one for all others. We particularly welcome proposals from the GO::DH <http://www.globaloutlookdh.org/> (Global Outlook::Digital Humanities) community, addressing digital scholarly editing in a global context. We will able to offer financial support for accepted proposals, if needed, in the form of bursaries and/or funding for all travel and other costs, and will give preference in allocating funding to proposers from circumstances where support is rarely or never available. As well as a 500 word abstract, proposers should submit a cover letter explaining their interest in the conference theme, why they want to attend and indicate what level of support (if any) they might need to come to the conference. Proposal submission will close on 26 April; successful proposers will be notified by 10 May 2013. The call is at https://ocs.usask.ca/conf/index.php/sdse/sdse13/schedConf/cfp.; the conference website is at https://ocs.usask.ca/conf/index.php/sdse/sdse13. On behalf of the conference organizing committee: Barbara Bordalejo, Susan Brown, Michael Eberle-Sinatra, Murray McGillivray, Brent Nelson, Dan O'Donnell, Peter Robinson, Geoffrey Rockwell, Ray Siemens

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Progress Report: THATCamp Caribe 2 (aka THATCampCuba)
by Alex Gil 08 Apr '13

08 Apr '13

Hi all, We have great news to report! Casa de las Americas recently agreed to host the event. We were waiting for confirmation before delving into the planning in earnest. The event will likely take place on the second week of November. Our organizing committee is fully formed, with two teams, one in Cuba, one international. The Cuban team:Sandra Alvarez RamírezYasmín S. Portales MachadoMilena Recio SilvaLuis Rondón PazMaité Hernádez Lorenzo The International team:Sonya Donaldson (Jamaica)Rachel Finn (USA)Amanda French (USA)Alex Gil (Republica Dominicana)James Neal (USA)Amilcar Priestley (Panama)Mamyrah Prosper (Haiti)Marta S. Rivera Monclova (Puerto Rico)German Vargas (Puerto Rico) The Cuban team will be in charge of local logistics and local advertising. We will try to arrange for hotels and room rentals (a more economic option). Casa de las Americas is centrally located and it is easy to reach it from many different quarters. Local advertising will hopefully draw campers from the cities and the countryside. The international team will be in charge of fundraising and running the site. The site will be run in both Spanish and English. We are still working out the translation duties. We will also try to have a version of the site that can operate on low bandwidths. Fundraising is a major goal of this THATCamp because it helps us attract scholars and students from the Caribbean. We hope to be even more aggressive than on last year’s THATCamp. We are also placing few limits on the range of possible funders. We do have to consider that some funders are out of the question because on their relationship to Cuba. The whole team will soon meet to decide on registration dates and admission caps! Stay tuned for more.

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