Itinerant, flexible, adaptable, transferable, motile, adjustable... tech.
Tecnología itinerante, flexible, adaptable, transferible, ajustable, etc.
These synonyms describe well what the technology is able to do, and the way that it can be deployed in diverse environments.
Estos sinónimos describen bien lo que puede hacer la tecnología, y a la vez, la manera que se pueden distribuir en diferentes ecosistemas.
My .02, Mis dos cheles, A.
On Fri, Jan 11, 2013 at 3:08 PM, Neil Fraistat nfraistat@gmail.com wrote:
Yep. My concern, too, Dan. Let's try to move with the idea and come up with a better name for it.
Neil
On Fri, Jan 11, 2013 at 2:37 PM, Daniel O'Donnell < daniel.odonnell@uleth.ca> wrote:
I've been wondering about this as well... and something I've discovered in this project already is just how important correct terminology is.
In various discussions I've heard, I've seen Low-tech DH, low capacity computing, low bandwidth. What I don't like about all those terms is that they don't seem to be to be neutral, but instead suggest a deviation from an implied norm.
I wonder therefor if something like "minimal requirement computing" or "Minimalism" or something might be a more accurate description of the field.
Anyway, a terminology debate is not central to the technological work. But I have been impressed by how important language does become in the end.
On 13-01-11 09:05 AM, Neil Fraistat wrote:
I've had very similar thoughts to John's since the Cuba conference and have been thinking of labeling such efforts "Low-Tech DH," which would include John's DH on a Stick idea and other creative ideas being used in Cuba and other such places around the world.
It was interesting to hear the Cubans critique obsolescence as a capitalist ideology: the repurposing of equipment and DIY ethos would also be a part of Low Tech DH, and I think that many DHers would be interested in working in this vein if we launched an initiative.
What do you all think? Neil
On Fri, Jan 11, 2013 at 10:23 AM, John Simpson <jes6@ualberta.ca mailto:jes6@ualberta.ca> wrote:
Hello Global DHers, I'd like to pursue an idea that came up in Havana that can be roughly summarized as "DH on a Stick". Roughly it would focus on the minimal tools and materials necessary to get started doing DH in environments that are less ideal. The core idea is to understand what software and materials could be loaded on a USB drive for distribution, taking into consideration space limitations, language constraints, processing power, end user needs/goals, etc. Building out from this are ideas having to do with new simple techs like Raspberry Pi. Beyond the practical value of linking the community together and enabling new members it would also have deep research value in creating discussions around what is essential. Various snapshots of stick flavours or versions taken over time would be valuable to analyze in the future. Here's a link to the summary that I wrote up after the INKE Havana Conference that is in my Dropbox: https://www.dropbox.com/s/**7tosulwfwwk5rgq/DH%20on%20a%**20Stick%202012-12-14.pdfhttps://www.dropbox.com/s/7tosulwfwwk5rgq/DH%20on%20a%20Stick%202012-12-14.pdf
If the link doesn't work and you are interested then let me know and I'll send the file directly. -John On 2013-01-11, at 5:00 AM, globaloutlookdh-l-request@**uleth.ca<globaloutlookdh-l-request@uleth.ca> <mailto:globaloutlookdh-l-**request@uleth.ca<globaloutlookdh-l-request@uleth.ca>>wrote:
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Message: 1 Date: Thu, 10 Jan 2013 10:44:11 -0700 From: Daniel O'Donnell <daniel.odonnell@uleth.ca <mailto:daniel.odonnell@uleth.**ca <daniel.odonnell@uleth.ca>>> Subject: [globaloutlookDH-l] Executive and Chair Nominations/Volunteers To: A list for participants in the ADHO DH Global Outlook Community <globaloutlookdh-l@uleth.ca <mailto:globaloutlookdh-l@**uleth.ca<globaloutlookdh-l@uleth.ca>Message-ID: <50EEFDEB.6080009@uleth.ca <mailto:50EEFDEB.6080009@**uleth.ca <50EEFDEB.6080009@uleth.ca>>> Content-Type: text/plain; charset="UTF-8"; format=flowed Hi all, As many of you will know, we received approval from the ADHOsteering Committee last week to be recognised as a formal Special Interest Group (SIG).
This brings with it some organisational and reporting responsibilities. We must elect a chair and establish an executive that includes (in addition to other volunteers or elected members) ex officio representation from the various constituent organisations that make up ADHO. In order to set up our initial administrative structure, we ask youto
a) Nominate or volunteer to be a candidate for chair. b) Nominate somebody or volunteer to be a member of our first year's executive committee. This will be a group of 6-10 people that will help with general administrative tasks, which include coordinating different activities and regional efforts, administering and raising funds, managing our web presence and outreach. The chair and executive will also work this year on drafting bylaws for approval by the SIG andon helping establish regional and project-oriented workgroups. We'd especially like to ensure that we have a diversity of views, experiences, languages, etc. on this, so if you have any interest at all in the committee, please consider volunteering.
If you would like to nominate or volunteer for either chair or executive you can do so by writing to Alex Gil (colibri.alex@gmail.com <mailto:colibri.alex@gmail.com**>) with the subject line GO::DH Exec Council. Alex will coordinate the election of the chair if required. If he receives a larger or smaller number of volunteers for the executive than is manageable, he will return to the list for advice. We'd like to have the executive and chair in place by the end ofnext week, so nominations/self-nominations should be submitted to Alex no later than next Thursday (January 17, 2013).
In addition to the core council, we will be supporting working groups. I've been discussing with Neil Fraistat, the ADHO chair, Alex Gil, and Marcus Bingenheimer, who have been acting with me as(self-appointed) co-chairs of the initial proposal, and we think that it might also be useful to follow the following principles in structuring and staffing these working groups:
1) That our core activities are Discovery, Community-building, and Research. 2) That we seek always to ensure that perspectives from different regions, types of economies, languages, ranks, and types of employment are represented in our leadership, activities, and working groups 3) That we support the use of multiple languages in our activities and leadership as much as possible. We are also working hard on our web presence (http://www.globaloutlookDH.**org/<http://www.globaloutlookDH.org/>)and we will have some news about that shortly, including a list of current activities that fall under our purview.
All the best, =dan -- Daniel Paul O'Donnell Professor of English University of Lethbridge Lethbridge AB T1K 3M4 Canada +1 403 393-2539 <tel:%2B1%20403%20393-2539> ------------------------------ Message: 2 Date: Thu, 10 Jan 2013 12:05:10 -0700 From: Daniel O'Donnell <daniel.odonnell@uleth.ca <mailto:daniel.odonnell@uleth.**ca <daniel.odonnell@uleth.ca>>> Subject: [globaloutlookDH-l] Infrastructure discussion To: A list for participants in the ADHO DH Global Outlook Community <globaloutlookdh-l@uleth.ca <mailto:globaloutlookdh-l@**uleth.ca<globaloutlookdh-l@uleth.ca>Message-ID: <50EF10E6.7090205@uleth.ca <mailto:50EF10E6.7090205@**uleth.ca <50EF10E6.7090205@uleth.ca>>> Content-Type: text/plain; charset="UTF-8"; format=flowed Hi all, One of the many exciting things that have been going on in the last week is a discussion among a number of the Canadians who were at the INKE meeting in Cuba last month picking up the question of computing infrastructure, and working with minimal resources (this is a discussion that was started in the Cuban meeting). Not everybody in the discussion was on the globaloutlook list at the time, so it was happening off list. But since this is a topic on which different perspectives are absolutely constructive, it would make a lot of sense to move it here, at least initially, so that others who are interested can get to know each other. We don't really have a model for conducting such discussions. Should people work things out on this list, for example, or instead invite people to participate off list and report back so as not to flood people's inboxes? It seems to me that once the executive is established, we may find that we want to set up working groups on specific projects and regionswho could initiate projects and report back periodically. Maybe this is one of those.
Anyway: I'll had the floor over to John Simpson at Alberta and Jentery Sayers at UVic to explain more about the discussions they've allbeen having on this topic.
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