Global Digital Humanities Symposium March 26-27, 2020 Michigan State University msuglobaldh.org
Call for Proposals Deadline: November 1 Proposal formhttp://www.msuglobaldh.org/submit-a-proposal/
The conference planning committee works to provide a welcoming space for all at the event. When considering whether to apply to present, we work to mitigate funding concerns as much as possible.
* Funding bursaries for travel are available to all symposium presenters. * Registration is free, and food is provided throughout the event (see the schedulehttp://www.msuglobaldh.org/schedule/). Dietary restrictions and needs are taken into account in ordering food. There are always vegetarian, vegan, and gluten-free options available. * There are free or low-cost accommodation options. We run a home stay program, and housing in MSU’s dormitories is available for $50/night (minimum 3 night stay). Find out more on the accommodation pagehttp://www.msuglobaldh.org/accommodation/. * While parking is not free by default, we will have a number of parking vouchers available. * There are several available places on the schedule for virtual presentations for speakers unable to travel to Michigan State University.
The conference keynote presentations will come from Carrie Heitmanhttps://www.unl.edu/anthropology/carrie-heitman, whose work includes the Chaco Research Archivehttp://www.chacoarchive.org/cra/ and work on digital indigeneity, and from Miguel Escobar Varelahttp://miguelescobar.com/, whose work includes digital theatre projects as well as biometric study of Javanese dancehttps://villaorlado.github.io/dance/html/index.html.
Read the full Call for Proposalshttp://www.msuglobaldh.org/cfp
This symposium, which will include a mixture of presentation types, welcomes 300-word proposals, particularly on the following themes and topics by Friday, November 1, midnight in your timezone:
* Critical cultural studies and analytics * Cultural heritage in a range of contexts, particularly non-Western * DH as socially engaged humanities and/or as a social movement * Open data, open access, and data preservation as resistance, especially in a postcolonial context * How identity categories, and their intersections, shape digital humanities work * Global research dialogues and collaborations within the digital humanities community * Indigeneity – anywhere in the world – and the digital * Digital humanities, postcolonialism, and neocolonialism * Global digital pedagogies * Borders, migration, and/or diaspora and their connection to the digital * Digital and global languages and literatures * Digital humanities, the environment, and climate change * Innovative and emergent technologies across institutions, languages, and economies * Scholarly communication and knowledge production in a global context * Surveillance and/or data privacy issues in a global context * Productive failure
Presentation Formats:
* 5-minute lightning talk * 15-minute presentation * 90-minute workshop * 90-minute panel * Poster presentation * There will be a limited number of slots available for 15-minute virtual presentations Please note that we conduct an anonymous review process, so please refrain from identifying your institution or identity in your proposal.
Submit a proposal herehttp://www.msuglobaldh.org/submit-a-proposal/ Notifications of acceptance will be given by December 9, 2019
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@msu.edu | @kmapesy she/her/hers