Video game subcultures. Playing at the periphery of mainstream culture « G|A|M|E. Abstract deadline: 26th April This issue of G|A|M|E aims to investigate the above issues relating to the audiences, the different practices, and the possible ideologies at work in this medium, in the contexts of the economic systems in which games are made and…
Scholars’ Lab We are delighted to announce an exciting job opportunity here at the Scholars’ Lab as the Head of Graduate Programs, which includes both the Praxis Program and the Graduate Fellows in Digital Humanities program. Read on for more details!
Visualising Data » Blog Archive » Are you interested in data visualisation? Are you interested in data visualisation? A very open question but given you are reading this post the chances are you are. Whether you only occasionally read blogs, are a full-time professional, or fall somewhere in between, it doesn’t matter – you are a key…
Welcome to the American Converts Database With this database, you can explore the lives and relationships of converts in American history. Convert records are categorized by geographical location, date, religion, and sex, among others, and you can also track familial, social, and religious relationships between converts. Finally, you can collaborate with scholars around the world to deepen…
In the posts in this series so far I’ve demonstrated that games condition humanities. The rulesets of the past, beginning (from the perspective of the traditional canon of Western literature) with the homeric epics, enable the performances of the present; those performances iterate the rulesets, inviting future performances in the great chain of practomime. My next task, as I see it, is to advocate…
CFP: 2013 Digital Humanities Forum: Return to the Material, University of Kansas (Sept. 12-14, 2013) | laurie n. taylor. CALL FOR PAPERS 2013 Digital Humanities Forum: Return to the Material University of Kansas September 12-14, 2013 Thursday, September 12: Workshops Friday, September 13: THATCamp Kansas Saturday, September 14: Return to the Material conference Recently digital…
Software Studies: Call for Proposals: Graduate Center CUNY Provost’s Digital Innovation Grants. Deadline: April 8, 2013 To submit: Send a single PDF file containing all parts of the application to gcdi@gc.cuny.edu with “Provost’s Digital Innovation Grant Proposal” in the subject line. The Graduate Center CUNY Digital Initiatives project of the Provost’s Office is delighted to announce a…
Roy Rosenzweig Center for History and New Media » Blog Archive » Another Successful WebWise Conference. Once again this year, RRCHNM collaborated with the Institute of Museum and Library Services to plan and produce the agency’s signature WebWise conference, http://imlswebwise.org/, held March 6-8, 2013 in Baltimore, Maryland. Due to the Center’s experience with unconference formats, RRCHNM’s WebWise team—…
Visualizing Geography: Maps, Place, and Pedagogy | HASTAC. Mapping technology has recently been the focus of much critical attention as evidenced by numerous efforts to develop new ways of visualizing physical and textual spaces. The proliferation of tools such as Neatline,The DM Project, Google Earth, and Walking Through Time has made mapping the stuff of both academic…
2013 Cultural Heritage Informatics (CHI) Fieldschool | Shreds and Patches. The 2013 Cultural Heritage Informatics (CHI) Fieldschool introduces students to the tools and methods required to creatively apply information and computing technologies to cultural heritage materials and questions. The CHl Fieldschool is a unique experience in which students come together for 5 weeks to collaboratively…