Re: [globaloutlookDH-l] Circulating announcement to other lists

-- Jentery Sayers, PhD Assistant Professor, English Director, Maker Lab in the Humanities University of Victoria jentery@uvic.ca | http://www.jenterysayers.com/ On 13-01-15 1:14 PM, Daniel O'Donnell wrote: > Hi all, > > ADHO chair Neil Fraistat posted an announcement about GO::DH to Humanist > yesterday. This was very effective in getting word out and we had about > 20 people join the list yesterday. > > Since this group is in part about crossing dividing lines, it might also > make sense for our members to post the announcement to other relevant > lists they know of, especially national, regional, or disciplinary > lists. If we reported back the names of some of the lists we used, this > would also be a good step in collecting a sense of how we can contact > the global DH community. > > I'm copying Neil's announcement below. If you are posting to a > non-English speaking list, please feel free to translate or paraphrase > the more important parts if you think that would be useful. > > I'll post it now to digitalmedievalist (dm-l@uleth.ca) and the TEI lists. > > Dear all, > > On behalf of The Alliance of Digital Humanities Organizations (ADHO), I'm > delighted to announce the creation of our first Special Interest Group: > Global Outlook::Digital Humanities (GO::DH) and to invite your > participation. > > GO::DH is a Community of Interest whose purpose is to address barriers that > hinder communication and collaboration among researchers and students of > the Digital Arts, Humanities, and Cultural Heritage sectors across and > between High, Mid, and Low Income Economies. > > The core activities of GO::DH are Discovery, Community-Building, Research, > and Advocacy. Its goal is to leverage the complementary strengths, > interests, abilities, and experiences of participants through special > projects and events, profile and publicity activity, and by encouraging > collaboration among individuals, projects, and institutions. It is founded > on the principle that work is being done in many countries and regions and > that we all have much to learn from each other. > > Participation in GO::DH is open to all who share its aims. If you are > interested in participating in this initiative, you can visit the GO::DH > website http://www.globaloutlookdh.**org/ http://www.globaloutlookdh.org/ , > join the GO::DH mailing list (http://listserv.uleth.ca/**mailman/listinfo/** > globaloutlookdh-l > http://listserv.uleth.ca/mailman/listinfo/globaloutlookdh-l ), > or follow it on Facebook or Twitter (@globaloutlookdh). > > Best, > Neil