Monthly Archives: February 2012

DHNow.org Bryan Alexander: Preparing Teachers and Students to Succeed in an Open-Ended Future

Bryan Alexander: Preparing Teachers and Students to Succeed in an Open-Ended Future

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Chapter One

The most interesting part of chapter one of Debates in the Digital Humanities was reading the descriptions of what is and what is not included in the digital humanities, as Lisa Spiro puts it, “Members of the DH community have … Continue reading

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DH 1

Not only has the advent of the internet created great shifts in academia but it is the evolution of digital humanities that has and continues to, alter the methods of communication amongst scholars. Digital humanities do not exist solely as … Continue reading

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Digital, digitally rhetorical?

For this post I’m going to “mine” Kathleen Fitzpatrick’s piece for a number of reasons which go in tandem with the various dilemmas she tackles. What jumped at me first was the singularity and the plurality implied in the concept … Continue reading

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Ruining the elitist bureaucracy: Could some be threatened by the idea of collaboration and transparency?

In a system (academia) built on elitism (scholars) and hierarchy (institutions) it is not hard to see why this type of information renaissance is causing a controversy for some.  For a long time being an academic was a club where … Continue reading

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Intro/First Week’s Readings

Hey All, Alycia here–I am a member of the library faculty at Brooklyn College, and a student in the MALS program specializing in American Studies. My research interests include the history of alternative materials and print ephemera (and how they … Continue reading

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Digital Humanities for undergrads = information literacy? #cunydh12 | Inside Higher Ed: http://t.co/WBJ82kC6

Digital Humanities for undergrads = information literacy? #cunydh12 | Inside Higher Ed: http://t.co/WBJ82kC6 Continue reading

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Introductory

Well, here’s an introductory blog post: My name is Daniel Terry, and I work as a computer engineer. My shiny new twitter name is “Klapaucius998” if anyone wants to see what I have to say. In class professor Brier encouraged … Continue reading

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Signed up for #cunydh12. Hi everyone.

Signed up for #cunydh12. Hi everyone. Continue reading

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Debates in D.H 2/8/12

Mathew Kirschenbaum states that digital humanities is a means not an end; it’s about both the process and the outcome. If we think about this in the context of the debates on what IS digital humanities, who is/isn’t included,  how … Continue reading

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