Author: Michael J. Kramer
NUDHL Tomorrow: Knowing in the Age of the Virtual University Continued
NUDHL reconvenes tomorrow, Friday, 14 March 2014, 10am-noon at the Alice Kaplan Institute for the Humanities for Meeting 2.6: Continuing the Conversation: “Knowing in the Age of the Virtual University.” Hope to see you there.
Digital Humanities Meet Public Humanities: GEO, Spring 2014
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The GEO Community Practicum provides interested graduate students with the opportunity to undertake a quarter-long internship or field study in the overlapping areas of civic engagement, social justice, or community studies. Simultaneously, students will enroll inCFS 495: Civic Engagement and Graduate Education. The seminar will allow students to share their experiences at the work site as well as connect the practicum experience to their studies.We work closely with each student to find a placement that is aligned with the student’s interest, and have placed students with organizations that can help further the student’s research agenda and advance their career goals. A few examples of past placements include: the Newberry Library, the Field Museum, the Evanston Health Department,Illinois Humanities Council and the Trust for Public Land.
2013 Chicago Colloquium on Digital Humanities & Computer Science
Program now posted:
Next NUDHL Meeting: #dhsound: Digital Humanities and Sound Studies
Hear Here!
Please join us for the next NUDHL meeting:
#dhsound: Digital Humanities and Sound Studies
With special guest, Jonathan Sterne, McGill University, author of The Audible Past, MP3: The Meaning of a Format, and editor of The Sound Studies Reader.
**Note special time and place**
**Wednesday, November 6, 2013, 11am-1pm, Ver Steeg Lounge, NU Library**
#dhsound: Digital Humanities and Sound Studies
In this session, special guest Jonathan Sterne, Department of Art History and Communication Studies and the History and Philosophy of Science Program at McGill University, author ofThe Audible Past, MP3: The Meaning of a Format, and editor of The Sound Studies Reader, will join us for an informal discussion of digital sound studies. Michael Kramer and Jillana Enteen moderate. **Special Event: In lieu of our usual monthly Friday meeting, we are convening on Wednesday, 11/6, 11am-1pm in the Ver Steeg Faculty Lounge, Northwestern University Library. Coffee and pastries served. All are welcome to join the conversation.**
For reading and more information: https://sites.northwestern.edu/nudhl/?page_id=840.
SAIC/NU Data Viz Collaborative
SAIC/NU Data Viz Collaborative
August 16–22
Reception: Friday, August 16, 4:00–6:00 p.m.
Gallery X, 280 S. Columbus Dr., room 113
Twenty-one students and nine faculty members from Northwestern University and the School of the Art Institute of Chicago (SAIC) are combining big data with collaborative research, studio arts, and visual communication design this summer at SAIC’s downtown campus. The results—creative approaches to information visualization developed in an intensive new course, called Data Viz Collaborative—will go on view at SAIC’s Gallery X from August 16 through 22 with related installations in the lobby of the LeRoy Neiman Center from August 16 through September 13.
The free exhibition will showcase the latest developments at SAIC in a long history of connecting artistic and scientific practices via their shared processes of discovery. Divided into three research groups, each set of participants was given six weeks and a $500 budget to develop the experimental projects that will be on display. The areas of concentration are Big Data and School Choice in Chicagoland, Mapping Genealogy and Ancestry, and Eye-tracking: tracing the gaze in an image.
“In today’s increasingly data-driven world, artists and designers have much to contribute to innovation alongside scientists and engineers,” says SAIC President Walter E. Massey. “The complexity and scale of the issues presented by visualizing information in the age of big data require a creativity of approach and mindset in both research and problem-solving. Only by combining the interpretive powers of artists and scientists can we continue to achieve the kinds of breakthroughs necessary to sustain an innovative society and economy.”
http://www.saic.edu/academics/areasofstudy/artandscience/datavizcollaborative/
CFP: 8th Annual Chicago Colloquium on Digital Humanities and Computer Science
The Chicago Colloquium on Digital Humanities and Computer Science (DHCS) aims to bring together researchers and scholars in the humanities and computer science to examine the current state of digital humanities and to identify and explore new directions and perspectives for future research.
This year, the 8th Annual Chicago Colloquium on Digital Humanities and Computer Science will take place December 6-8, 2013, on the Lincoln Park Campus of DePaul University. The conference will consist of a plenary address by a significant Digital Humanist, as well as panels, roundtables, or other kinds of sessions proposed by scholars relating to recent issues and advances in the digital humanities.
Interested scholars are invited to present proposals for individual papers, entire panels or roundtable sessions by September 15, 2013. Panels will consist of three papers and a commentator/moderator, although other formats are possible. Panel proposals should include a title and brief description of the session as a whole (300 words or less), along with paper titles and abstracts (300 words or less) of all panelists. Short-form CVs (1-2 pages, including institutional affiliation and contact information) should also be attached. Proposals for individual papers will also be considered and are encouraged.
All proposals should be sent by email to BOTH of the Program Co-Chairs for the conference: Professor Robin Burke (rburke@cs.depaul.edu), and Professor Paul B. Jaskot (pjaskot@depaul.edu). Applicants will be informed regarding inclusion on the conference program by September 30, 2013.
Registration will be free. Participants and other interested scholars may register beginning in Fall 2013. At that point, information on the venue, detailed program, local arrangements for hotels and other pertinent information will also be available at the DHCS website: http://chicagocolloquium.org/.
CFP: Digital Death: Mortality and Beyond in the Online Age
CALL FOR SUBMISSIONS
Digital Death collection
(10/1/13; 12/1/13)
We invite proposals for a collection of essays on the subject of
Digital Death: Mortality and Beyond in the Online Age. This proposed
book, co-edited by Christopher M. Moreman and A. David Lewis, will
consist of 12-15 chapters representing a diversity of perspectives and
approaches to the subject. We are seeking submissions for new writing
from scholars across a spectrum of fields, including religious
studies, theology, media studies, digital humanities, and any other
area that explores the topic of death and dying in a digital
environment, with reference to religion and/or the study of religion.
Digital Death includes analyses of mortality, remembrances, grieving,
posthumous existence, and afterlife experience via a variety of
digital media (e.g. Facebook & social media, World of Warcraft & video
games, YouTube & video services, internet memorials, etc.). We invite
proposals for papers of excellent academic merit on any topic and from
any academic perspective or discipline.
Proposals should include a 200-300 word abstract, a one-page C.V., and
potential titles for the chapter, submitted to cmoreman@gmail.com by
Oct. 1, 2013; complete 5000-7000-word drafts in Chicago format of
accepted abstracts will be due by December 1st, 2013.
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Christopher Moreman
<cmoreman@gmail.com>
CFP: American Art History and Digital Scholarship: New Avenues of Exploration
Call for Papers
Archives of American Art, Smithsonian Institution
American Art History and Digital Scholarship: New Avenues of Exploration
November 15-16, 2013, Washington, DC
The Archives of American Art announces an upcoming symposium, American
Art History and Digital Scholarship: New Avenues of Exploration, to be
held at the Donald W. Reynolds Center for American Art and
Portraiture, in Washington, DC, on Friday, November 15, followed by a
one-day workshop at the Archives of American Art on Saturday, November
16. We seek proposals for Friday’s presentations and applications for
participation in Saturday’s moderated workshop.
The purpose of the symposium is to convene scholars, archivists,
librarians, graduate students, technical experts, and the public to
consider American art history in a digital world. The symposium will
examine ways to integrate digital tools and/or resources into the
study of American art and to encourage collaboration.
Conference organizers seek original, innovative scholarship from a
variety of disciplines, institutions, and research centers. The
symposium will assess the potential values and limitations of
technical tools in digital humanities including crowdsourcing,
high-resolution imaging and dynamic image presentation, mapping,
visual recognition software, network analysis, topic modeling, and
data mining. Are there particular digital tools and methods that will
transform research? What new knowledge can be gained? The symposium
will also consider future directions in the fields of art history and
digital humanities so that research centers and archives can prepare
for emerging research trends and questions. Additionally, the
symposium may consider the creative potential of online publishing for
presenting peer-reviewed scholarship in American art.
Day One symposium will feature talks and panels by key thinkers and
innovative practitioners who are currently using digital approaches to
advance the study of American art. Papers may address the following
topics: research practices and trends, tools and methods, pedagogy,
publishing, and outreach.
Proposals should include a 300-word abstract and a short CV and be
sent via email to AAAsymposium@si.edu Deadline for submissions: August
15, 2013
Day Two workshop will be a moderated discussion on developing
partnerships and projects in the field of American art. The success of
new ventures in digital research depends on collaborations among
archivists, scholars, teachers, students, and IT specialists. What can
we learn from each other? Participants should apply via email at
AAAsymposium@si.edu and submit a brief statement of interest about
potential applications of digital research for American art history.
Please include in your statement particular subject areas, methods,
and/or projects that you would like to develop. Organizers may screen
applications for Day Two to ensure a wide representation of
specialties, subject areas, and institutions.
Deadline for registration: September 30, 2013
Confirmed speakers will be required to submit a revised abstract by
October 30, 2013. The symposium will be free and open to the public,
webcast, and archived for later viewing. Schedule and materials will
be posted to www.aaa.si.edu/symposium
Funds for travel and accommodations are available for accepted speakers.
This symposium is funded by the Terra Foundation for American Art.
For more information about the symposium, please contact Kelly Quinn,
Terra Foundation Project Manager for Online Scholarly and
Educational Initiatives quinnk@si.edu.
For more information about the Archives of American Art visit aaa.si.edu.
Mary Savig
Curator of Manuscripts
Archives of American Art, Smithsonian Institution
Phone: 202.633.7959 | Fax: 202.633.7994
SavigM@si.edu
Josh Honn, “On (Actually, Really, Digitally) Supporting Humanities Graduate Students”
Thoughtful new post by our own Josh Honn on how to support digital humanities scholarship among graduate students:
“On (Actually, Really, Digitally) Supporting Humanities Graduate Students,” http://joshhonn.com/?p=2456.
DHQ articles
Catching up on the DHQ, thought nudhlers might be interested in the following articles:
- Fred Gibbs and Trevor Owens, Building Better Digital Humanities Tools: Toward broader audiences and user-centered designs, http://digitalhumanities.org/dhq/vol/6/2/000136/000136.html
- Patrik Svensson, The Landscape of Digital Humanities, http://digitalhumanities.org/dhq/vol/4/1/000080/000080.html
More good stuff at http://digitalhumanities.org/dhq/.
Join Us This Friday, 6/7: Final NUDHL Meeting of the Year!
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