Following up on my previous topic modeling post, I want to talk about one thing humanists actually do with topic models once they build them, most of the time: chart the topics over time. Since I think that, although Topic Modeling can be very useful, there’s too little skepticism about the technique, I’m venturing to provide it […]
When I was a teenager, I was enthralled by interactive fiction. I loved the idea of the web as an infinite landscape, with stories and poems spiraling out in nonlinear directions. Fifteen years later, the web has evolved tremendously… but hypertext-based interactive art and fiction is still a nerdy sideline at best. A cult of […]
Call for Position Statements | GeoHCI 2013 Workshop. Geography is increasingly important to areas of human-computer interaction (HCI) ranging from social computing to mobile computing to natural user interfaces. Similarly, research in geography focuses more and more on HCI-related topics. There have been few opportunities, however, for intradisciplinary or interdisciplinary knowledge sharing, knowledge creation or […]
UMP | University of Minnesota Press Blog: Just released: Debates in the Digital Humanities, OA edition. Yesterday at the 2013 MLA convention, author Matthew Gold unveiled the brand-new, online, open-access edition of Debates in the Digital Humanities. This website is a joint initiative of The Graduate Center, City University of New York and the University of Minnesota […]
Scholarship Application | MW2013: Museums and the Web 2013. Applications for Professional Scholarships are due by January 15th. New and innovative accomplishments on the Web come from all kinds of organizations throughout the world. Museums and the Web recognizes that many individuals who make significant contributions to the community would be unable to attend Museums […]
Days of DH 2013 | NULab. A Celebration of Digital Humanities Work in New England The “Boston Area Days of DH” will comprise two events in Boston over a five-day span in March and will celebrate innovative work being done in New England’s rapidly-growing digital humanities community. The events will coincide with centerNet‘s annual, international “Day […]
Attend An ODH Funded Institute | National Endowment for the Humanities. The NEH program Institutes for Advanced Topics in the Digital Humanities funds workshops and institutes on various topics in the digital humanities. For most institutes, attendance is free and includes reimbursement for travel and lodging.
High Performance Sound Technologies for Access and Scholarship | HiPSTAS. The HiPSTAS application is now available! DEADLINE EXTENDED to February 1, 2013 Please apply. Welcome to HiPSTAS (High Performance Sound Technologies for Access and Scholarship). We are very excited to have received funding from the National Endowment for the Humanities to host this Institute for Advanced […]
Calling all DHNow Readers! We are working to publish a roundup of the digital humanities work shared at this year’s AHA and MLA Annual Meetings. Please help us be as inclusive as possible by submitting URLs to talks given, papers presented, and projects or exhibits displayed in the form below. Loading…
Digital media allow us to produce, collect, organise and interpret more data about our lives than ever before. Our every digital interaction contributes to vast databases of information that index our behaviour from online movie choices to mapping networks of connections across Twitter. In an age of uncertainty, big data sets promise to provide an […]
