Visualizing Algorithms The power of the unaided mind is highly overrated… Without external aids, memory, thought, and reasoning are all constrained. But human intelligence is highly flexible and adaptive, superb at inventing procedures and objects that overcome its own limits. The real powers come from devising external aids that enhance cognitive abilities. How have we […]
The Constructing Scientific Communities project, part of the AHRC’s Science in Culture theme, is inviting proposals for citizen science or ‘citizen humanities’ projects to be developed as part of the Zooniverse.org platform. Proposals are welcome from researchers whose work would benefit from the active participation of tens or even hundreds of volunteers. Source: Proposals | […]
Registration is now open for THATCamp Games 2014: NASAGA Edition! Join us in Baltimore for workshops, games, conversations, debates, writing, game jams, making, and play! Read full announcement here
This is an exciting opportunity for a leading practitioner in the field to play a key role in promoting digital humanities activity across the School and central University of London, and in championing the digital humanities to the wider academic community and beyond. Source: Chair in Digital Humanities | School of Advanced Study, University of […]
NYU Humanities Initiative video series: Join us to hear a panel of faculty and graduate students present case studies of successful digital projects for teaching and to share best practices and new approaches to using technology in their research. Source: Resource: Using Digital Tools in the Classroom and in Research – YouTube
CODEC are pleased to invite applications for three new posts within this exciting and pioneering Research Project based at St John’s College in the University of Durham. CODEC are looking for: Curator for the Digital Discipleship Project (full-time, Grade 6) Research Fellow in Digital Resources (full-time, Grade 6) Research Fellow in Biblical Literacy (full-time, Grade 6) […]
There have been “dramatic changes in the status of digital forensics within LAMs (Libraries, Archives and Museums) in just a few years”. This is a conclusion of a wide ranging white paper released by the BitCurator Project: From Bitstreams to Heritage: Putting Digital Forensics into Practice in Collecting Institutions. The BitCurator project is funded by the […]
Digital Classicist London & Institute of Classical Studies seminars: Ségolène Tarte (Oxford): On Cognition and the Digital in the Study of Ancient Textual Artefacts (abstract) (video) (audio) (slides) (slides [ppt]) Lorna Richardson (University College London): Public Archaeology in a Digital Age (abstract) (video) (audio) (slides) See Full Program and Resources Here
We all know that vampires don’t exist and that there are no malevolent beings of Carpathian origin walking the streets of London, Nottingham or Whitby. Don’t we. One of the really powerful aspects of Bram Stoker’s 1897 novel ‘Dracula’ is how it creates the impression of authenticity, partially through how it is told (through diaries and […]
My RDFa introduction and codelab materials for the ALA 2014 preconference on Practical linked data with open source are now online! And now I’ve finished leading the RDFa + schema.org codelab that I’ve been stressing over and refining for about a month at the American Library Association annual conference Practical linked data with open source […]
