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CFP: The 6th AISB Symposium on Computing and Philosophy: The Scandal of Computation – What is Computation?

The 6th AISB Symposium on Computing and Philosophy: The Scandal of Computation – What is Computation?. April 2 – 5th 2013 University of Exeter, Exeter, UK As part of the AISB Annual Convention 2013 Organised by the Society for the Study of Artificial Intelligence and Simulation of Behaviour (AISB) Website:  http://extranet.smuc.ac.uk/events-conferences/AISB-Symposium-2013/Pages/default.aspx Poster: http://extranet.smuc.ac.uk/events-conferences/AISB-Symposium-2013/Documents/AISB-Symposium-2013-Poster.pdf SYMPOSIUM OVERVIEW What is computation? Society builds […]

News, Resources

Resource: Digitising your collection – Part 1: Project Planning

Digitising your collection – Part 1: Project Planning. This is the first in a series of posts on starting a digitisation program. In the series we’ll be talking about: project planning; technical specifications; handling the archives; scanning tips; file storage, and; metadata and access. Much of this advice is based on experiences at State Records […]

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CFP: HASTAC Conference 2013

CFP: HASTAC Conference 2013 | HASTAC. Call for Papers: HASTAC 2013 — The Decennial The Storm of Progress: New Horizons, New Narratives, New Codes April 25-28, 2013 York University, Toronto, Canada Submissions will be accepted online: October 5 – November 15, 2012 What’s next? 2013 marks the 10th anniversary of HASTAC’s founding. In that spirit […]

Editors' Choice

Editors’ Choice: What They Preach

A few weeks ago, I posed the idea of global prayer metrics. I compared the function of prayer notices to journalism and reflected on the theology of quantifying prayer. Today’s post is a thought experiment and dataviz on measuring global religious activity across cultures. During a brainstorm with Andy Moore and James Doc at the International Fellowship of Evangelical Students a few […]

Editors' Choice

Editors’ Choice: Digital Writing Uprising: Third-order Thinking in the Digital Humanities

“The intellectual is still only an incompletely transformed writer” — Roland Barthes, Writing Degree Zero There could be many epigraphs hailing a discussion of digital writing, many pithy observations about its nature, becoming, qualities, mysteries, dilemmas. From Oscar Wilde: “A writer is someone who has taught his mind to misbehave.” Virginia Woolf: “We are nauseated by […]

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CFParticipation: American Library Assoc. and Library & Info Tech Assoc. Seek Submissions for Cutting-edge Technology Practices Awards

The American Library Association’s (ALA) Office for Information Technology Policy (OITP) and the Library & Information Technology Association (LITA) are now soliciting submissions for the best library practices using cutting-edge technology. Nominations must be submitted by November 6, 2012, and winners will be announced at the upcoming January 2013 ALA Midwinter Meeting.

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CFParticipation: Humanities Hack in London

Humanities Hack is the first Digital Humanities hack organised jointly by the Department of Digital Humanities, DARIAH, the Digitised Manuscripts to Europeana (DM2E) project and the Open Humanities Working Group at the Open Knowledge Foundation.

Job Announcements, News

Job: Asst. Prof. English and Digital Humanities, Southern New Hampshire U.

The School of Arts and Sciences at Southern New Hampshire University seeks candidates for three full-time positions in the English Department at the assistant professor rank starting September 2013. The positions will serve composition in relation to our new general education program. Therefore, the successful candidate for one of these positions will also specialize in […]