Social Transformations and the Digital Age | World Social Science Forum 2013. The role of digital technologies in nearly all aspects of life – most notably in the form of “social media” –has been a constant news focus in recent years, and it has also become a major focus of social research. As far as…
This inter-disciplinary and multi-disciplinary project aims to explore what it is to be human and the nature of human community in cyberculture, cyberspace and science fiction. In particular, the project will explore the possibilities offered by these contexts for creative thinking about persons and the challenges posed to the nature and future of national, international,…
Wanted: Professor for the Initiative for Digital Humanities, Media, and Culture | Initiative for Digital Humanities, Media, and Culture. Texas A&M University seeks to hire a dynamic researcher with an established record in digital humanities research and/or humanities, artistic, or information visualization to participate in establishing an interdisciplinary Institute for Digital Humanities, Media, and Culture…
Vacancy / Secondment Opportunity at the DPC | Digital Preservation Coalition. Position Type: Full time, 12months fixed term Salary: 31,948 to 39,257 GBP Closing Date: 1200 15/02/2013 Location: Glasgow or York The Digital Preservation Coalition (DPC) seeks to recruit an experienced and capable member of staff to work closely with the Executive Director of the…
Jobs at King’s. The Department of Digital Humanities at King’s College London is looking for a highly motivated and technically sophisticated individual to join the research and development team. The position will involve data modelling and analysis, plus the design and development of both editorial and administrative tools and public facing web applications, for the…
Biträdande lektor/ Assistant Professor. We are looking for a person with a Ph.D. or the equivalent qualifications from a humanities discipline or a discipline relevant to the position. The position will be placed at HUMlab and is part of the research project Multiple Screens as Material. HUMlab is a meeting place for the humanities, culture and…
The project, Digital Bridges, grows out of interconnections between these groups – and out of the recognition that Cambridge has over many years been at the forefront of producing great writers, actors and directors for the theatre even in the absence of a theatre studies program. This project thus explores bridges between the academic world…
The Research Data Curation Bibliography includes selected English-language articles, books, and technical reports that are useful in understanding the curation of digital research data in academic and other research institutions. For broader coverage of the digital curation literature, see the author’s Digital Curation Bibliography: Preservation and Stewardship of Scholarly Works,which presents over 650 English-language articles, books, and technical…
Version 0.7 includes a number of important, under-the-hood improvements. Some highlights: The way Anthologize loads itself has been largely rewritten, which means that it fires up more reliably – and using fewer resources – than ever before. Some validation issues with epub exportsr have been cleared up In previous version of Anthologize, PDF exports sometimes…
The conference title is “Chercher le Texte: Locating the Text in Electronic Literature.” Electronic literature is explicitly defined as literature. Yet there is great confusion about the concept of text at work in it. What defines the textuality of games, visual works, and works without any evident language? The ELO 2013 conference in Paris will…