Monthly Archives: February 2012

MT @dancohen Very good thoughts about the incentives/process/outcome of open peer review from @fredgibbs http://t.co/5yxN3bMb #cunydh12

MT @dancohen Very good thoughts about the incentives/process/outcome of open peer review from @fredgibbs http://t.co/5yxN3bMb #cunydh12 Continue reading

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For next week, #cunydh12 will read @kfitz’s _Planned Obsolescence_ & (we hope) participate in @dhnow open peer review http://t.co/LBACDwul

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To DH, or not to DH: that is the question.

I do hereby accept DH into my life, for better or worse or really for the future of humanity. At this point and time I define the Digital Humanities as a field of study that includes a collaborative approach to … Continue reading

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What is Digital Humanities?

What is Digital Humanities? The truth is that I have more questions than answers to this matter.  John Unsworth said that DH is “using computational tools to do the work of the humanities”…That tell us of the use of technology … Continue reading

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“Isn’t that an oxymoron?”

I had hoped to begin this entry by relating the first time I heard the term “digital humanities,” but I honestly cannot remember.  I can, however, relate the reactions I’ve received from friends and family when I explain my course … Continue reading

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Defining DH 2.15

I think the best way to define the Digital Humanities at this point is as a morphing field of study that encompasses a methodological collaborative approach to research, knowledge, and access to information. It creates open and malleable outcomes because … Continue reading

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For valentines, I got a horrible head cold that is keeping me from blogging and may keep me from class tomorrow too, #cunydh12 #theworst

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@AlyciaicylA yes, I often find myself thinking "That’s what librarians do!" when I read about DH. #cunydh12

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MT @IHEpublishing: New platform Anvil Academic to allow DH work to be peer reviewed and published http://t.co/cxCh63Fr #cunydh12

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Merely a means to an end?

It seems to me that the central question of this week’s readings was whether Digital Humanities is a means to an end or an end to itself.  I was particularly taken with Rafael Alvarado’s piece, in which he states, “the … Continue reading

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