Pirated Books as per our last discussion... - 42 views
Origins of copyright and intellectual property emerged in concert with capitalist structures and institutions. Ridha is correct in pointing out the fact that the academic community is not as a fina...
Textual Analysis tools beyond the technical pecularities - 10 views
Following last week's class topic Text and Discourse Analysis, I thought to invigorate the discussion around this particular topic of interest , given my academic background in applied linguistics ...
Debates in the Digital Humanities - 3 views
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The alternativeness of careers in digital humanities has in fact been a subject of long debate and much concern; many early researchers in what was then termed “humanities computing” were located in liminal and academically precarious institutional spaces
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how and whether this domain could become a discipline, with its own faculty positions and academic legitimation.
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And although those faculty positions and degree programs are starting to appear, many jobs in what is now called “digital humanities” are still para-academic, though their funding and institutional position has been consolidated somewhat
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Julia Flanders explores what "work" means within academia, what is considered payable labour in comparison to what needs to be done first (that is not paid for and done on our own time) . She discusses means of redefining academic labour, what (and who else) it involves and strategies for changing the relationships between students, faculty and para-academic staff.
» Napster, Udacity, and the Academy Clay Shirky - 3 views
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How did the recording industry win the battle but lose the war? How did they achieve such a decisive victory over Napster, then fail to regain control of even legal distribution channels?
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Hey kids, Alanis Morisette just recorded three kickin’ songs! You can have them, so long as you pay for the ten mediocrities she recorded at the same time.
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Napster told us a different story. Napster said “You want just the three songs? Fine.
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Small Assignment #1 - 25 views
The text analysis tools selected are Voyant and AntConc. These tools were mentioned on Shawn Graham's website "The Historian's Macroscope of Big Digital History." Initially I wanted to conduct a te...
Something interesting and a little bit wacky - 17 views
That is an incredible piece of wearable technology. This 'augmented book' has the potential to animate the reading experience beyond the longstanding ink-on-paper ritual and recent e-book adaptatio...
Film Studies Graduate Conference - 4 views
I don't have a paper, but I'll be there for sure!
CUAG Double Major Talk Feb 11 - Open Source Bureaucracy (Laura Wesley) and Sexy Beasts ... - 6 views
for more info, see the FB event: https://www.facebook.com/events/208666409333356/?previousaction=join&source=1
DIGH 5000 Jan 20 Libraries, Archives and Databases - 28 views
When Christina mentioned that the article she was looking for on Hacking the Academy archive no longer existed, I thought about the issues that digital preservation programs in archives and museums...
DIGH5000 Blogs - 92 views
So I know I'm a little late to the party for the first blog post, but to be fair I was somewhat distracted by preparing for my presentation. Also I seem to have a hard enough time keeping up with m...
Tools and Humans - 14 views
Although I had wanted to write this reflection at the end of the first week, it, for some reason or another, eluded me. I'll try to formulate some of the ideas I was, and still am, thinking about w...
Reading and Presentation: Fitzpatrick's "Planned Obsolescence" (Monday) - 15 views
Yes Brian, your posted instructions provide precise guidance on what should the class focus on, hence, our discussion is specific as DH issues can drag on and on
Graduate Research Forum - March 6, 2014 - 2 views
http://gradstudents.carleton.ca/professionaldevelopment/3-minute-thesis/
Looking for Interdisciplinary Perspectives - 19 views
I read your comment with immense interest in your thought provoking questions and critical approach. My reaction to Kirschenbaum's explanation for the strong association between DH and English is t...