Monthly Archives: March 2012

#cunyevents RT @AlyciaicylA: Come to the next CUNY OA Meetup! http://t.co/YvSRdo61 Please RT! #cunydh12

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Computational humanities vs. #digitalhumanities by @manovich http://t.co/Yh4fLXXo #cunydh12

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RT @koreybjackson: Shoutout to @miriamkp’s wonderful bibliography: Digital Humanities and the Library http://t.co/Rdr9D788 #cunydh12

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Open Mapping Resources

Post about Streeteasy switching from Google Maps https://plus.google.com/118383351194421484817/posts/foj5A1fURGt One of the biggest tools mentioned is TileMill, put out by MapBox http://mapbox.com/tilemill/ And Open Street Maps http://www.openstreetmap.org/ It looks like Foursqaure very recently made a similar move, also using TileMill/MapBox tools … Continue reading

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Graph, Maps, and Trees/Project Idea

In the spirit of generating discussion I’d like to put an idea I had out there. I am sure it needs a lot of refinement, but I am curious whether other people see this as a feasible or informative line … Continue reading

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May be of interest: Tooling Up for Digital Humanities | Spacial Analysis http://t.co/lPk6vbed #cunydh12

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Lev Manovich’s “Trending: The Promises & Challenges of Big Social Data

Lev Manovich’s article in DinDH on big social data poses a challenge to DHers to consider the ways in which they (we) can begin to use huge data sets (e.g., Flickr photos or YouTube videos) to deepen and improve our … Continue reading

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Franco Moretti: Graphs Maps Trees

Moretti’s Graphs Maps Trees opens the door to endless possibilities. I really enjoyed it because it discusses the very things I have always found to be missing in literary criticism. Although the field is largely based on close reading, why … Continue reading

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Graphing and mapping literature

Moretti presents a novel idea of doing research. Even though I still believe that in some cases and in some departments, especially English, it’s hard to make academics see quantitative research as academic research, I’ve witnessed a new trend shaping … Continue reading

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