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In addition to Wikipedia’s blackout …
Jan. 18, 2012—Google Homepage seems to be doing something similar with a large black box placed over the logo. Click on the black box, and it leads you to the following website, named “End Piracy, Not Liberty”: https://www.google.com/landing/takeaction/ There is even a form on this page to send an anti-online censorship message directly to Congress! Also, the following...
Good to know…
Jan. 17, 2012—I just read the short article entitled, “Whatever made you think it was your data anyway?” (Thanks, Lyn!) I appreciate Steven Poole’s matter-of-fact tone, and I think his article will inspire me in two main ways: (1) to become more aware of the roles I play as an internet user, and (2) to become more...
Wiki blackout!
Jan. 17, 2012—Wikipedia will have a 24 hour blackout beginning tomorrow in order to protest the legislation concerning copyright law which will soon be put before congress. This is the first time I have heard of any type of boycott by a web site provider. Not only is this tactic new, it is meant to address copyright...
So, what’s this all about? How is it different from what we normally do?
Jan. 17, 2012—After our first class, I wondered if many of the students had a grasp of exactly about what we were discussing. There were two salient questions that I felt were unanswered. First, what exactly IS Digital Humanities? It’s hard to describe, as you can imagine. If you were to ask, “what is French literature?” The...
We have collaboration!
Jan. 15, 2012—I recently posted about our class on HASTAC, and we already have some interested collaborators working on similar projects that could be of benefit to us. Steven Berg is a history professor at a community college. His challenge is to interest his students in projects similar to ours although they may have a somewhat limited...
HASTAC
Jan. 13, 2012—I wanted to quickly give some information about HASTAC that I mentioned in class. For those of us just entering the world of Digital Humanities, I think HASTAC provides a good jumping off point. Initially, I felt somewhat overwhelmed with HASTAC. But after attending the 2011 conference this past December, I’ve become aware that it...
Who owns this site?
Jan. 12, 2012—It’s a good question. Someone else had a concept, roped me in and the site grows and changes with the input of many, many individuals. So my sense would be at first that no one “owns” the site. On the other hand, I do pay for the hosting, the WordPress theme, etc. Yet much of...
Off we go!
Jan. 11, 2012—After months of brainstorming, planning and teeth-gnashing, our DH course starts today. In the days to come, we’ll be joined by our graduate students as we explore digital tools, practices and questions that will make a difference in travel studies. Bon voyage, bonne aventure!
Alt-Ac: HASTAC 2011 considers careers in the academy that don’t entail the tenure track
Dec. 2, 2011—I had a very affirming moment, the evening of December 1, at the HASTAC pre-conference workshop in Ann Arbor. I learned that my personal career trajectory, which has led me to my present position as the Director of Instructional Technology at the CSLS at Vanderbilt University, has a name: Alt-Ac. Alternative Academic Careers are those...
The voyage begins…
Dec. 1, 2011—Pre-modern travel. “Digital Humanities.” A brave new world not unlike other encounters with new and different cultures. As we navigate this space, new to us though certainly not to others, we are blogging the creation of this site on pre-Columbian contact with the New World in a sort of travel journal inspired by Pordenone, Mandeville,...