Hi all,
As I noted a couple of days ago, the University of Lethbridge has given me $5,000 to use for Global Outlook DH. The money is budgeted primarily to fund research projects (under the terms of the grant, these research projects must assist me in my research, but since GlobalOutlookDH is one of my research projects, this requirement is easily satisfied).
When we were setting GO::DH up, we though that the best use of the money might be to set up a competition for students and perhaps post-docs and junior faculty to propose research topics that they would investigate concerning global access to and participation in the Digital Humanities. We would then commission the best proposals and pay a consultant's fee upon submission of the completed report (again a requirement of the grant).
I'd like to start this programme up. But as always, I think it is worthwhile consulting with this group first as to the viability of this plan and for advice on both the size of the awards and the parameters of the competition.
I was thinking that a prize of $500 per successfully completed project would be a reasonable amount for each prize. Because I want to keep some money back to assist the web-team in case they need design assistance or similar, I would at this amount be able to offer 8 prizes. What do others think?
In terms of the parameters of the competition, I was thinking of something like the following in terms of language:
"Call for proposals: GO::DH is soliciting proposals for research on topics involving global access to and use of technology in the arts, humanities, and Cultural Heritage sectors.
Possible topics might include: the use of technology in a single project, institution, region, country, or economic region; comparative studies of the use of technology in such contexts in different regions and/or types of economy; barriers to or opportunities for inter-regional collaboration and cooperation; and infrastructure issues. Other topics focussing on the interests of Global Outlook DH are equally welcome.
The form the research may take is also open: theoretical or historical analysis, case study, policy proposals, are all also possible forms and formal experimentation is welcomed.
A maximum of 4 projects will be commissioned in Spring 2013 (a second competition planned for Fall 2013). To apply, submit a CV and 200 word abstract explaining the proposed topic and format by XXX to YYY. Preference in the competition will be given to students, post-doctoral fellows, junior faculty members at institutions of higher learning, and scholars and researchers not associated with universities."
I'm sure this needs a lot of work. But what to people think about the broad outline? Any suggestions?
Dear all,
I think that the idea of the bursaries is great -- we really need to encourage young researchers to investigate this topic and tell us how they see the "global" future of DH.
Personally I'd prefer to have less prizes with a little more money (how about 3 projects / 650$?)
My main concern, as others I guess, is once again LANGUAGE. If we want to encourage students from non-English speaking countries to submit their projects we have at least to offer the possibility to submit in two languages -- English and another. (We might require the knowledge of more than two languages anyway.) Such a requirement (abstract at least in 2 languages) would be also useful for testing and evaluating their potential as contributor to a genuine multilingual and multicultural dialogue.
What do you think?
Buonanotte...
Domenico
2013/2/3 Daniel O'Donnell daniel.odonnell@uleth.ca:
Hi all,
As I noted a couple of days ago, the University of Lethbridge has given me $5,000 to use for Global Outlook DH. The money is budgeted primarily to fund research projects (under the terms of the grant, these research projects must assist me in my research, but since GlobalOutlookDH is one of my research projects, this requirement is easily satisfied).
When we were setting GO::DH up, we though that the best use of the money might be to set up a competition for students and perhaps post-docs and junior faculty to propose research topics that they would investigate concerning global access to and participation in the Digital Humanities. We would then commission the best proposals and pay a consultant's fee upon submission of the completed report (again a requirement of the grant).
I'd like to start this programme up. But as always, I think it is worthwhile consulting with this group first as to the viability of this plan and for advice on both the size of the awards and the parameters of the competition.
I was thinking that a prize of $500 per successfully completed project would be a reasonable amount for each prize. Because I want to keep some money back to assist the web-team in case they need design assistance or similar, I would at this amount be able to offer 8 prizes. What do others think?
In terms of the parameters of the competition, I was thinking of something like the following in terms of language:
"Call for proposals: GO::DH is soliciting proposals for research on topics involving global access to and use of technology in the arts, humanities, and Cultural Heritage sectors.
Possible topics might include: the use of technology in a single project, institution, region, country, or economic region; comparative studies of the use of technology in such contexts in different regions and/or types of economy; barriers to or opportunities for inter-regional collaboration and cooperation; and infrastructure issues. Other topics focussing on the interests of Global Outlook DH are equally welcome.
The form the research may take is also open: theoretical or historical analysis, case study, policy proposals, are all also possible forms and formal experimentation is welcomed.
A maximum of 4 projects will be commissioned in Spring 2013 (a second competition planned for Fall 2013). To apply, submit a CV and 200 word abstract explaining the proposed topic and format by XXX to YYY. Preference in the competition will be given to students, post-doctoral fellows, junior faculty members at institutions of higher learning, and scholars and researchers not associated with universities."
I'm sure this needs a lot of work. But what to people think about the broad outline? Any suggestions?
-- Daniel Paul O'Donnell Professor of English University of Lethbridge Lethbridge AB T1K 3M4 Canada
+1 403 393-2539
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Hi Domenico!
I think this is a great suggestion. And of course why I sent the proposal to the list for comment. I hadn't mentioned anything about language and I was assuming, once we had good language, that we would translate it for distribution. I'd also like the submissions to be adjudicated and ranked by a panel; I figured we could ensure diversity of experience and language there too.
In terms of amount of money, I confess I'm a little surprised: my impression from our graduate students is that a $500 prize for approx. 20 page paper would be considered pretty good. Certainly most scholarly prizes are less generous.
But, the reason I threw this out was to get this kind of feedback. If $500 is unreasonably low, then it is unreasonably low.
One thing I certainly had a hard time trying to express was the target audience for the competition. In Canadian, U.S., and to a certain extent British contexts, the usual way of describing this target group would be students, post-docs, junior scholars, independent scholars, and/or the under-employed. But in other contexts, the research community is quite different and includes, for example, activitists, writers, publishers perhaps and other categories.
If it is reasonable to want to focus these awards on junior colleagues and students, then I'd really appreciate hearing ways of describing the target audience in ways that respect the different ways we organise ourselves in different regions and countries.
-dan
On 13-02-03 03:44 PM, Domenico Fiormonte wrote:
Dear all,
I think that the idea of the bursaries is great -- we really need to encourage young researchers to investigate this topic and tell us how they see the "global" future of DH.
Personally I'd prefer to have less prizes with a little more money (how about 3 projects / 650$?)
My main concern, as others I guess, is once again LANGUAGE. If we want to encourage students from non-English speaking countries to submit their projects we have at least to offer the possibility to submit in two languages -- English and another. (We might require the knowledge of more than two languages anyway.) Such a requirement (abstract at least in 2 languages) would be also useful for testing and evaluating their potential as contributor to a genuine multilingual and multicultural dialogue.
What do you think?
Buonanotte...
Domenico
2013/2/3 Daniel O'Donnell daniel.odonnell@uleth.ca:
Hi all,
As I noted a couple of days ago, the University of Lethbridge has given me $5,000 to use for Global Outlook DH. The money is budgeted primarily to fund research projects (under the terms of the grant, these research projects must assist me in my research, but since GlobalOutlookDH is one of my research projects, this requirement is easily satisfied).
When we were setting GO::DH up, we though that the best use of the money might be to set up a competition for students and perhaps post-docs and junior faculty to propose research topics that they would investigate concerning global access to and participation in the Digital Humanities. We would then commission the best proposals and pay a consultant's fee upon submission of the completed report (again a requirement of the grant).
I'd like to start this programme up. But as always, I think it is worthwhile consulting with this group first as to the viability of this plan and for advice on both the size of the awards and the parameters of the competition.
I was thinking that a prize of $500 per successfully completed project would be a reasonable amount for each prize. Because I want to keep some money back to assist the web-team in case they need design assistance or similar, I would at this amount be able to offer 8 prizes. What do others think?
In terms of the parameters of the competition, I was thinking of something like the following in terms of language:
"Call for proposals: GO::DH is soliciting proposals for research on topics involving global access to and use of technology in the arts, humanities, and Cultural Heritage sectors.
Possible topics might include: the use of technology in a single project, institution, region, country, or economic region; comparative studies of the use of technology in such contexts in different regions and/or types of economy; barriers to or opportunities for inter-regional collaboration and cooperation; and infrastructure issues. Other topics focussing on the interests of Global Outlook DH are equally welcome.
The form the research may take is also open: theoretical or historical analysis, case study, policy proposals, are all also possible forms and formal experimentation is welcomed.
A maximum of 4 projects will be commissioned in Spring 2013 (a second competition planned for Fall 2013). To apply, submit a CV and 200 word abstract explaining the proposed topic and format by XXX to YYY. Preference in the competition will be given to students, post-doctoral fellows, junior faculty members at institutions of higher learning, and scholars and researchers not associated with universities."
I'm sure this needs a lot of work. But what to people think about the broad outline? Any suggestions?
-- Daniel Paul O'Donnell Professor of English University of Lethbridge Lethbridge AB T1K 3M4 Canada
+1 403 393-2539
globaloutlookdh-l mailing list globaloutlookdh-l@uleth.ca http://listserv.uleth.ca/mailman/listinfo/globaloutlookdh-l
Hi Dan,
I did not mean that 500$ is unreasonably low, but in my experience higher prizes encourage strongly motivated people (and more engaging research) to surface and apply. For example, here in Rome (or Milan) 400-500 euros is the average cost of a student room nearby the university, and usually students work hard for four or five weeks to earn that sum. I'd say that across continental Europe (Madrid, Paris, Berlin) there would be not a great difference in terms of lodging expenses. So if we assume one of these students as a potential target, 150$ would make the difference... and attract more applicants!
But of course this is *my* experience, and others may have a completely different opinion/experience!
Domenico
(very happy with 500$ anyway)
2013/2/4 Daniel O'Donnell daniel.odonnell@uleth.ca:
Hi Domenico!
I think this is a great suggestion. And of course why I sent the proposal to the list for comment. I hadn't mentioned anything about language and I was assuming, once we had good language, that we would translate it for distribution. I'd also like the submissions to be adjudicated and ranked by a panel; I figured we could ensure diversity of experience and language there too.
In terms of amount of money, I confess I'm a little surprised: my impression from our graduate students is that a $500 prize for approx. 20 page paper would be considered pretty good. Certainly most scholarly prizes are less generous.
But, the reason I threw this out was to get this kind of feedback. If $500 is unreasonably low, then it is unreasonably low.
One thing I certainly had a hard time trying to express was the target audience for the competition. In Canadian, U.S., and to a certain extent British contexts, the usual way of describing this target group would be students, post-docs, junior scholars, independent scholars, and/or the under-employed. But in other contexts, the research community is quite different and includes, for example, activitists, writers, publishers perhaps and other categories.
If it is reasonable to want to focus these awards on junior colleagues and students, then I'd really appreciate hearing ways of describing the target audience in ways that respect the different ways we organise ourselves in different regions and countries.
-dan
On 13-02-03 03:44 PM, Domenico Fiormonte wrote:
Dear all,
I think that the idea of the bursaries is great -- we really need to encourage young researchers to investigate this topic and tell us how they see the "global" future of DH.
Personally I'd prefer to have less prizes with a little more money (how about 3 projects / 650$?)
My main concern, as others I guess, is once again LANGUAGE. If we want to encourage students from non-English speaking countries to submit their projects we have at least to offer the possibility to submit in two languages -- English and another. (We might require the knowledge of more than two languages anyway.) Such a requirement (abstract at least in 2 languages) would be also useful for testing and evaluating their potential as contributor to a genuine multilingual and multicultural dialogue.
What do you think?
Buonanotte...
Domenico
2013/2/3 Daniel O'Donnell daniel.odonnell@uleth.ca:
Hi all,
As I noted a couple of days ago, the University of Lethbridge has given me $5,000 to use for Global Outlook DH. The money is budgeted primarily to fund research projects (under the terms of the grant, these research projects must assist me in my research, but since GlobalOutlookDH is one of my research projects, this requirement is easily satisfied).
When we were setting GO::DH up, we though that the best use of the money might be to set up a competition for students and perhaps post-docs and junior faculty to propose research topics that they would investigate concerning global access to and participation in the Digital Humanities. We would then commission the best proposals and pay a consultant's fee upon submission of the completed report (again a requirement of the grant).
I'd like to start this programme up. But as always, I think it is worthwhile consulting with this group first as to the viability of this plan and for advice on both the size of the awards and the parameters of the competition.
I was thinking that a prize of $500 per successfully completed project would be a reasonable amount for each prize. Because I want to keep some money back to assist the web-team in case they need design assistance or similar, I would at this amount be able to offer 8 prizes. What do others think?
In terms of the parameters of the competition, I was thinking of something like the following in terms of language:
"Call for proposals: GO::DH is soliciting proposals for research on topics involving global access to and use of technology in the arts, humanities, and Cultural Heritage sectors.
Possible topics might include: the use of technology in a single project, institution, region, country, or economic region; comparative studies of the use of technology in such contexts in different regions and/or types of economy; barriers to or opportunities for inter-regional collaboration and cooperation; and infrastructure issues. Other topics focussing on the interests of Global Outlook DH are equally welcome.
The form the research may take is also open: theoretical or historical analysis, case study, policy proposals, are all also possible forms and formal experimentation is welcomed.
A maximum of 4 projects will be commissioned in Spring 2013 (a second competition planned for Fall 2013). To apply, submit a CV and 200 word abstract explaining the proposed topic and format by XXX to YYY. Preference in the competition will be given to students, post-doctoral fellows, junior faculty members at institutions of higher learning, and scholars and researchers not associated with universities."
I'm sure this needs a lot of work. But what to people think about the broad outline? Any suggestions?
-- Daniel Paul O'Donnell Professor of English University of Lethbridge Lethbridge AB T1K 3M4 Canada
+1 403 393-2539
globaloutlookdh-l mailing list globaloutlookdh-l@uleth.ca http://listserv.uleth.ca/mailman/listinfo/globaloutlookdh-l
-- Daniel Paul O'Donnell Professor of English University of Lethbridge Lethbridge AB T1K 3M4 Canada
+1 403 393-2539
¿Saben? 500 usd por un ensayo de 20 páginas es una cantidad tremenda de dinero en Cuba, donde el salario promedio de un profesional con maestría es de 20 usd mensuales. y un texto similar en una revista (pienso en Temas, que está reconocida como revista de Ciencias Sociales por el Ministerio de Ciencias) se paga con 5 o 6 usd, acaso 10, si eres realmente importante. Por supuesto, el valor del dinero depende de dónde vivas, pero del lado de acá del Caribe, ese es un premio valioso, que puede movilizar. Un detalle importante, ¿podemos aplicar quienes estamos en esta lista?
You know? 500 usd for an 20 pages essay is a tremendous amount of money in Cuban Standard. Here, the average salary for a MsC is 20 usd by month For the same work (a 20 pages text), some important cuban journal may pay 5-6, maybe 10 usd for very important people (I think in Temas, wich is a certificaded social sciences journal of the Sciences Ministery). Of course, the money meaning depends of where you live and which are your spectations, but I think that, in the Caribean, 500 usd can get strongly motivated people. One last detail: can the mail list members aply?
Yasmín S. Portales Machado -------------------------------------- Marxista, Feminista y Bloguera
Facebook http://www.facebook.com/profile.php?id=663817529 Mi blog: http://yasminsilvia.blogspot.com/
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Parte de Observatorio Crítico de Cuba ¡A la izquierda, pero por la izquierda! http://observatoriocriticodesdecuba.wordpress.com/
"Debemos recordar que... Si la gente se reúne para una causa común, cualquiera que sea su nombre y cualquiera que sea su razón, pronto se convertirán en un grupo político" Carta del Emperador Trajano a Plinio el Joven, s. II
An issue with the idea of course is that money means different things in different economies. But since $500 is not bad in a high income economy, the positive thing is that it generally will mean even more in mid- and low-
In terms of application, I was thinking that we would just put out an open call once we've worked out the terms,topics, and adjudication procedure and committee. Anybody could apply, with our preference being towards students and researchers who are starting out. Does that sound reasonable? '
The only slightly unpleasant thing about the idea is that for legal reasons the winners have to be ultimately approved by me and the work has to be usable in my research (this is just a condition of the funding agency): I say unpleasant because it could introduce an element of arbitrariness. But since an important part of my research is investigating global DH and how it is understood differently by different people, I believe that running an open call and asking a small international committee to recommend the most relevant projects is entirely in keeping with the spirit and letter of the agency's rules.
What did you think of the proposed topics?
Daniel Paul 0'Donnell Department of English University of Lethbridge Lethbridge AB T1J 2X5 CANADA
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-------- Original message -------- From: "Yasmín S. Portales Machado" yasmin@cubarte.cult.cu Date: 02-04-2013 07:56 (GMT-07:00) To: "globaloutlookdh-l, MailList" globaloutlookdh-l@uleth.ca Subject: Re: [globaloutlookDH-l] Research bursaries: a request for some advice
¿Saben? 500 usd por un ensayo de 20 páginas es una cantidad tremenda de dinero en Cuba, donde el salario promedio de un profesional con maestría es de 20 usd mensuales. y un texto similar en una revista (pienso en Temas, que está reconocida como revista de Ciencias Sociales por el Ministerio de Ciencias) se paga con 5 o 6 usd, acaso 10, si eres realmente importante. Por supuesto, el valor del dinero depende de dónde vivas, pero del lado de acá del Caribe, ese es un premio valioso, que puede movilizar. Un detalle importante, ¿podemos aplicar quienes estamos en esta lista?
You know? 500 usd for an 20 pages essay is a tremendous amount of money in Cuban Standard. Here, the average salary for a MsC is 20 usd by month For the same work (a 20 pages text), some important cuban journal may pay 5-6, maybe 10 usd for very important people (I think in Temas, wich is a certificaded social sciences journal of the Sciences Ministery). Of course, the money meaning depends of where you live and which are your spectations, but I think that, in the Caribean, 500 usd can get strongly motivated people. One last detail: can the mail list members aply?
Yasmín S. Portales Machado -------------------------------------- Marxista, Feminista y Bloguera
Facebook http://www.facebook.com/profile.php?id=663817529 Mi blog: http://yasminsilvia.blogspot.com/
Parte de Proyecto Arcoiris Colectivo LGBT de Cuba, anticapitalista e independiente http://proyectoarcoiris.wordpress.com/
Parte de Observatorio Crítico de Cuba ¡A la izquierda, pero por la izquierda! http://observatoriocriticodesdecuba.wordpress.com/
"Debemos recordar que... Si la gente se reúne para una causa común, cualquiera que sea su nombre y cualquiera que sea su razón, pronto se convertirán en un grupo político" Carta del Emperador Trajano a Plinio el Joven, s. II
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Dan:
You ask "What did you think of the proposed topics?"
I´m OK with most what you propose
Possible topics might include: 1) the use of technology in a single project, institution, region, country, or economic region; 2) comparative studies of the use of technology in such contexts in different regions and/or types of economy; 3) barriers to or opportunities for inter-regional collaboration and cooperation; and infrastructure issues. NOT THIS "4) Other topics focussing on the interests of Global Outlook DH are equally welcome", Call my old fashion, but fundng most have a clare tematic line, because prepare an abstrac takes time and in that case any person can put there any subjet.
OK this "The form the research may take is also open: theoretical or historical analysis, case study, policy proposals, are all also possible forms and formal experimentation is welcomed."
And I like Domenico´s idea: "abstract at least in 2 languages) would be also useful for testing and evaluating their potential as contributor to a genuine multilingual and multicultural dialogue."
Yasmín S. Portales Machado -------------------------------------- Marxista, Feminista y Bloguera
Twitter: @nimlothdecuba Facebook http://www.facebook.com/profile.php?id=663817529 Mi blog: http://yasminsilvia.blogspot.com/
Parte de Proyecto Arcoiris Colectivo LGBT de Cuba, anticapitalista e independiente http://proyectoarcoiris.wordpress.com/
Parte de Observatorio Crítico de Cuba ¡A la izquierda, pero por la izquierda! http://observatoriocriticodesdecuba.wordpress.com/
"Debemos recordar que... Si la gente se reúne para una causa común, cualquiera que sea su nombre y cualquiera que sea su razón, pronto se convertirán en un grupo político" Carta del Emperador Trajano a Plinio el Joven, s. II
Hi all,
Back on the main channel.
I agree with Yasmin that #4 might be a bit vague. I also think that more $500 dollar prizes will allow us to reach more regions. This is one of those rare occasions where I would favor breadth over depth. I would also emphasize #2 (the comparative). I would also leave room for slightly shorter papers provided there is an extra piece of work in the form of a list of known regional projects (with short descriptions and links) in the following categories: a) Digital archives; b) Tools that were created specifically to aid researchers and teachers in relevant disciplines; c) Blog networks of researchers or researcher-activists; d) Multi-modal and other forms of experimental scholarly work online; e) Digital art; f) [Insert category here which you think belongs in the DH galaxy].
Yasmín, claro que se puede aplicar si estas en la lista!
A.
On Wed, Feb 6, 2013 at 10:13 PM, Yasmín S. Portales Machado < yasmin@cubarte.cult.cu> wrote:
Dan:
You ask "What did you think of the proposed topics?"
I´m OK with most what you propose
Possible topics might include:
- the use of technology in a single project, institution, region,
country, or economic region; 2) comparative studies of the use of technology in such contexts in different regions and/or types of economy; 3) barriers to or opportunities for inter-regional collaboration and cooperation; and infrastructure issues. NOT THIS "4) Other topics focussing on the interests of Global Outlook DH are equally welcome", Call my old fashion, but fundng most have a clare tematic line, because prepare an abstrac takes time and in that case any person can put there any subjet.
OK this "The form the research may take is also open: theoretical or historical analysis, case study, policy proposals, are all also possible forms and formal experimentation is welcomed."
And I like Domenico´s idea: "abstract at least in 2 languages) would be also useful for testing and evaluating their potential as contributor to a genuine multilingual and multicultural dialogue."
Yasmín S. Portales Machado ------------------------------**-------- Marxista, Feminista y Bloguera
Twitter: @nimlothdecuba
Facebook http://www.facebook.com/**profile.php?id=663817529http://www.facebook.com/profile.php?id=663817529 Mi blog: http://yasminsilvia.blogspot.**com/http://yasminsilvia.blogspot.com/
Parte de Proyecto Arcoiris Colectivo LGBT de Cuba, anticapitalista e independiente http://proyectoarcoiris.**wordpress.com/http://proyectoarcoiris.wordpress.com/
Parte de Observatorio Crítico de Cuba ¡A la izquierda, pero por la izquierda! http://**observatoriocriticodesdecuba.**wordpress.com/http://observatoriocriticodesdecuba.wordpress.com/
"Debemos recordar que... Si la gente se reúne para una causa común, cualquiera que sea su nombre y cualquiera que sea su razón, pronto se convertirán en un grupo político" Carta del Emperador Trajano a Plinio el Joven, s. II
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