From the announcement: If you feel inspired to help fellow researchers and students learn about and work with data analysis methods and tools, we’re interested in hiring you. We are the Social Sciences Data Laboratory (D-Lab). We have an open, inclusive culture that values diversity and open exchange. We’ll let you develop leadership in a […]
From the announcement: The Director for Online Strategy will act as the senior leader in charge of the Library’s strategy, development, and operations for Web, mobile, and social media platforms, including locally and collaboratively developed, externally acquired, and cloud-based. Coordinate and oversee technology-related operations of the Library in close collaboration with the other members of […]
From the announcement: From the G8 demonstrations to the Occupy Movements, Idle No More, and revolutions in the Middle East, the last few years have witnessed a phenomenal upswing in the use of social media in popular protest. Social technology has played an important role in mobilizing grassroots opposition and, according to some scholars and […]
From the announcement: Register to attend the 2015 CUNY Games Festival. Registration opens November 1st, 2014. The deadline for advanced registration is December 31st at midnight (EST). Attendees can register in advance using PayPal or credit cards. Because the conference is likely to sell out, advance registration is recommended. Read more and register: The CUNY Games Festival 2.0 […]
Beneath our cities lies vast, labyrinthine sewer systems. These have been key infrastructures allowing our cities to grow larger, grow more densely, and stay healthy. Yet, save for passing interests in Urban Exploration (UrbEx), we barely think of them as ‘beautifully designed systems’. In their time, the original sewer systems were critical long term projects […]
In recent months there has been a lot of talk about big stuff. Between ‘Big Data’ and calls for a return to ‘Longue durée’ history writing, lots of people seem to be trying to carve out their own small bit of ‘big data’. This post represents a reflection on what feels to me to be […]
From the record: This Guide is for anyone who finds themselves curating scholarly and educational content at UCT, even if you don’t know that it is called curation. You may be a postgraduate student tasked to put a professor’s research output online, or you may be a communications officer whose tasks have now extended to […]
From the ad: The Experimental Humanities initiative at Bard College seeks a Digital Projects Coordinator to join its ranks beginning July 2015. Bard’s Experimental Humanities initiative is Bard’s liberal arts-driven answer to the Digital Humanities. It emphasizes both “new” media technologies and the reconsideration of “old” media in the study of what it means to […]
From the announcement: Presented in partnership with TAG (Technoculture, Arts and Games, Concordia University), CMS|W (Comparative Media Studies | Writing, MIT), Canada Research Chair In Game Studies & Design (Concordia University), LUDOV (Laboratory for the Documentation and Observation of Video Games, UdeM), Homo Ludens (UQAM), and BAnQ (Bibliothèque et Archives nationales du Québec), this second […]
From the ad: Reporting to the English and Digital Humanities Librarian, the Visiting HTRC Digital Humanities Specialist will assist with the development of training and outreach initiatives in support of libraries who wish to start their own HTRC research services as well as researchers working with the Hathi Trust Research Center. Responsibilities will include planning, […]
