Check out this site from the Save the Internet Coalition in the US. Especially check out the ‘Senate Tracker’. This is web based campaigning and ‘political communication’ at its finest.
Bellamy C. Online Campaigning. craigbellamy.net. 2006. Available at: http://www.craigbellamy.net/2006/10/31/online-campaigning/. Accessed July 25, 2008.
APA citation:
Bellamy, Craig. (2006). Online Campaigning. Retrieved July 25, 2008, from craigbellamy.net Web site: http://www.craigbellamy.net/2006/10/31/online-campaigning/
Wow, this video from Senator Ted Kennedy in the US in interesting on a number of levels. One, he and his campaign has a profile on Youtube (which I find extrodinary), and two, he has some very interesting things to say about Net Neutrality.
Bellamy C. US Senator Ted Kennedy on Net Neutrality. craigbellamy.net. 2006. Available at: http://www.craigbellamy.net/2006/10/31/us-senator-ted-kennedy-on-net-neutrality/. Accessed July 25, 2008.
APA citation:
Bellamy, Craig. (2006). US Senator Ted Kennedy on Net Neutrality. Retrieved July 25, 2008, from craigbellamy.net Web site: http://www.craigbellamy.net/2006/10/31/us-senator-ted-kennedy-on-net-neutrality/
Chicago citation:
Bellamy, Craig. 2006. US Senator Ted Kennedy on Net Neutrality. craigbellamy.net. http://www.craigbellamy.net/2006/10/31/us-senator-ted-kennedy-on-net-neutrality/ (accessed July 25, 2008).
Harvard citation:
Bellamy, C 2006, US Senator Ted Kennedy on Net Neutrality, craigbellamy.net. Retrieved July 25, 2008, from <http://www.craigbellamy.net/2006/10/31/us-senator-ted-kennedy-on-net-neutrality/>
MLA citation:
Bellamy, Craig. "US Senator Ted Kennedy on Net Neutrality." 31 Oct. 2006. craigbellamy.net. Accessed 25 Jul. 2008. <http://www.craigbellamy.net/2006/10/31/us-senator-ted-kennedy-on-net-neutrality/>
The global inter-operability of the internet needs to be preserved, Vint Cerf, one of the founders of the net, has told a global gathering in Athens (from BBC).
Bellamy C. International net domains ‘risky’. craigbellamy.net. 2006. Available at: http://www.craigbellamy.net/2006/10/31/international-net-domains-risky/. Accessed July 25, 2008.
APA citation:
Bellamy, Craig. (2006). International net domains ‘risky’. Retrieved July 25, 2008, from craigbellamy.net Web site: http://www.craigbellamy.net/2006/10/31/international-net-domains-risky/
Chicago citation:
Bellamy, Craig. 2006. International net domains ‘risky’. craigbellamy.net. http://www.craigbellamy.net/2006/10/31/international-net-domains-risky/ (accessed July 25, 2008).
Harvard citation:
Bellamy, C 2006, International net domains ‘risky’, craigbellamy.net. Retrieved July 25, 2008, from <http://www.craigbellamy.net/2006/10/31/international-net-domains-risky/>
October 31, 2006 at 9:48 am · Filed under politics
Here it is; the report from the UK Government on just how much it will cost us if we do not act upon the looming climate change crisis.
Sir Nicholas Stern, Head of the Government Economics Service and Adviser to the Government on the economics of climate change and development, is delighted to present his report to the Prime Minister and the Chancellor of the Exchequer on the Economics of Climate Change:
Bellamy C. Stern Review on the economics of climate change. craigbellamy.net. 2006. Available at: http://www.craigbellamy.net/2006/10/31/stern-review-on-the-economics-of-climate-change/. Accessed July 25, 2008.
APA citation:
Bellamy, Craig. (2006). Stern Review on the economics of climate change. Retrieved July 25, 2008, from craigbellamy.net Web site: http://www.craigbellamy.net/2006/10/31/stern-review-on-the-economics-of-climate-change/
Chicago citation:
Bellamy, Craig. 2006. Stern Review on the economics of climate change. craigbellamy.net. http://www.craigbellamy.net/2006/10/31/stern-review-on-the-economics-of-climate-change/ (accessed July 25, 2008).
Harvard citation:
Bellamy, C 2006, Stern Review on the economics of climate change, craigbellamy.net. Retrieved July 25, 2008, from <http://www.craigbellamy.net/2006/10/31/stern-review-on-the-economics-of-climate-change/>
MLA citation:
Bellamy, Craig. "Stern Review on the economics of climate change." 31 Oct. 2006. craigbellamy.net. Accessed 25 Jul. 2008. <http://www.craigbellamy.net/2006/10/31/stern-review-on-the-economics-of-climate-change/>
This guy on Youtube is really swithched on. I like him a lot. It’s good to see people doing this stuff (and check out the ‘ratings’). Let’s hope that he doesn’t grow up to become a facile ‘resume blogger’ like many in the academy (see previous video diary entry).
Bellamy C. Bed Time Politics. craigbellamy.net. 2006. Available at: http://www.craigbellamy.net/2006/10/30/bed-time-politics/. Accessed July 25, 2008.
APA citation:
Bellamy, Craig. (2006). Bed Time Politics. Retrieved July 25, 2008, from craigbellamy.net Web site: http://www.craigbellamy.net/2006/10/30/bed-time-politics/
Chicago citation:
Bellamy, Craig. 2006. Bed Time Politics. craigbellamy.net. http://www.craigbellamy.net/2006/10/30/bed-time-politics/ (accessed July 25, 2008).
Harvard citation:
Bellamy, C 2006, Bed Time Politics, craigbellamy.net. Retrieved July 25, 2008, from <http://www.craigbellamy.net/2006/10/30/bed-time-politics/>
Bellamy C. Web Management Principles. craigbellamy.net. 2006. Available at: http://www.craigbellamy.net/2006/10/30/web-management-principles/. Accessed July 25, 2008.
APA citation:
Bellamy, Craig. (2006). Web Management Principles. Retrieved July 25, 2008, from craigbellamy.net Web site: http://www.craigbellamy.net/2006/10/30/web-management-principles/
Chicago citation:
Bellamy, Craig. 2006. Web Management Principles. craigbellamy.net. http://www.craigbellamy.net/2006/10/30/web-management-principles/ (accessed July 25, 2008).
Harvard citation:
Bellamy, C 2006, Web Management Principles, craigbellamy.net. Retrieved July 25, 2008, from <http://www.craigbellamy.net/2006/10/30/web-management-principles/>
The Migration Heritage Centre at the Powerhouse Museum is a New South Wales Government initiative supported by the Community Relations Commission. www.migrationheritage.nsw.gov.au
They do some excellent online oral history work. See some of the sites that they launched last year (thanks to Annette Loudon Website Coordinator).
Bellamy, C 2006, NSW Migration Heritage Online Projects, craigbellamy.net. Retrieved July 25, 2008, from <http://www.craigbellamy.net/2006/10/30/nsw-migratiuon-heritage-online-projects/>
The Internet Governance Forum, set up by the United Nations as a multi-stakeholder space for dialogue, will meet for the first time on 30 October in Athens (from BBC).
Bellamy C. Dialogue Needed for Internet’s Future. craigbellamy.net. 2006. Available at: http://www.craigbellamy.net/2006/10/30/dialogue-needed-for-internets-future/. Accessed July 25, 2008.
APA citation:
Bellamy, Craig. (2006). Dialogue Needed for Internet’s Future. Retrieved July 25, 2008, from craigbellamy.net Web site: http://www.craigbellamy.net/2006/10/30/dialogue-needed-for-internets-future/
Chicago citation:
Bellamy, Craig. 2006. Dialogue Needed for Internet’s Future. craigbellamy.net. http://www.craigbellamy.net/2006/10/30/dialogue-needed-for-internets-future/ (accessed July 25, 2008).
Harvard citation:
Bellamy, C 2006, Dialogue Needed for Internet’s Future, craigbellamy.net. Retrieved July 25, 2008, from <http://www.craigbellamy.net/2006/10/30/dialogue-needed-for-internets-future/>
Bellamy C. Warning Over ‘broken up’ net. craigbellamy.net. 2006. Available at: http://www.craigbellamy.net/2006/10/30/warning-over-broken-up-net/. Accessed July 25, 2008.
APA citation:
Bellamy, Craig. (2006). Warning Over ‘broken up’ net. Retrieved July 25, 2008, from craigbellamy.net Web site: http://www.craigbellamy.net/2006/10/30/warning-over-broken-up-net/
Chicago citation:
Bellamy, Craig. 2006. Warning Over ‘broken up’ net. craigbellamy.net. http://www.craigbellamy.net/2006/10/30/warning-over-broken-up-net/ (accessed July 25, 2008).
Harvard citation:
Bellamy, C 2006, Warning Over ‘broken up’ net, craigbellamy.net. Retrieved July 25, 2008, from <http://www.craigbellamy.net/2006/10/30/warning-over-broken-up-net/>
(from the discussion list, Humanist. This will give you some idea of the projects underway in the Digital Humanities in Europe)
This is to announce the forthcoming events of the
London Seminar in Digital Text and Scholarship
for 2006-7, a description of which follows. All events
take place at 5.30 pm in Senate House, Malet Street,
unless otherwise noted.
[2 November]
Dr Peter Garrard (Royal Free and University College Medical School,
London), “Textual Pathology”. Room NG15.
As we humans age, physical and functional changes are detectable in all
organs of the body, yet it is the physical structure and performance
characterisitics of the brain that excites more interest than any other.
The reasons for this cognitive bias are diverse, but a major factor is
undoubtedly the devastating and widespread phenomenon of senile
dementia. Alzheimer’s disease is now recognised as a major (though by no
means the only) cause of dementia, and the changes that take place
within the brain are easily recognised when the brain is examined at
post mortem. By destroying the dense network of neuronal connectivity
with which the brain achieves the highest levels of intellectual
activity, Alzheimer’s pathology disrupts the operation of a profoundly
complex system. Moreover, because of the predilection of this pathology
for some lobes of the brain rather than others, characteristic patterns
of abnormal performance are observed in the early stages of the disease.
These include a typical pattern of linguistic difficulty characterised
by a shrinking vocabulary in the presence of apparently normal sentence
structure. Using well-established techniques of digital textual
analysis, Garrard and colleagues were able to demonstrate similar
changes in the late work of Iris Murdoch, who began to exhibit signs of
cognitive failure soon after publication of her final novel, Jackson’s
Dilemma (1995)*.
Arising from the findings of this seminal work are a series of further
questions concerning the relationship between the complex structure of a
text and that of the brain in which it originated. Specifically, whether
ageing is reflected in progressive changes to a higher order structure,
which - just like physical ageing - may follow either a normal or a
pathological trajectory. Similarly, might the presymptomatic phases of
different cerebral pathologies give rise to distinct patterns of textual
change in the same way that Alzheimer’s disease, Pick’s disease, and
vascular dementia are recognisable to the experienced clinician?
Results of an approach to plotting such a trajectory through the final
two decades of Murdoch’s life will be presented, as will similar
analyses using serially sampled bodies of spoken rather than written
language output (a modality that is arguably more sensitive than the
written word).
Bellamy C. Digital Humanities seminar series at King’s College, London. craigbellamy.net. 2006. Available at: http://www.craigbellamy.net/2006/10/30/digital-humanities-seminar-series-at-kings-college-london/. Accessed July 25, 2008.
APA citation:
Bellamy, Craig. (2006). Digital Humanities seminar series at King’s College, London. Retrieved July 25, 2008, from craigbellamy.net Web site: http://www.craigbellamy.net/2006/10/30/digital-humanities-seminar-series-at-kings-college-london/
Chicago citation:
Bellamy, Craig. 2006. Digital Humanities seminar series at King’s College, London. craigbellamy.net. http://www.craigbellamy.net/2006/10/30/digital-humanities-seminar-series-at-kings-college-london/ (accessed July 25, 2008).
Harvard citation:
Bellamy, C 2006, Digital Humanities seminar series at King’s College, London, craigbellamy.net. Retrieved July 25, 2008, from <http://www.craigbellamy.net/2006/10/30/digital-humanities-seminar-series-at-kings-college-london/>
MLA citation:
Bellamy, Craig. "Digital Humanities seminar series at King’s College, London." 30 Oct. 2006. craigbellamy.net. Accessed 25 Jul. 2008. <http://www.craigbellamy.net/2006/10/30/digital-humanities-seminar-series-at-kings-college-london/>
This is a forum that was on earlier this year. Willard McCarty is from Kings College London, a leader in the field of Digital Humanities. I think that the issue that McCarty is stressing is that Arts Informatics is a practice; ie. it requires an advancement of both the technologies that are useful for the humanities and the ideas that are central to the humanities. As I glean from this, the problem with the Chris Chester approach is that it is only the sound of ‘one hand clapping’ (Australia doesn’t really have a real Arts informatics program anywhere).
And I think this is why the Arts Informatics program was renamed at Sydney. ie it wasn’t really ‘Arts Informatics’ as in understood in the International arena (even before Chester); it’s critical cultural theory and Information systems (which is fine btw, but in my mind, the Digital Humanities is something else).
Also see this report (Feb 2004) that is an application for ARC (Australian Research Council) funding for an Australian E-Humanities research network, that was unfortunatly unsuccesfull.
ARTS INFORMATICS SEMINAR: WHAT IS DIGITAL HUMANITIES?
Bellamy C. What is Digital Humanities?. craigbellamy.net. 2006. Available at: http://www.craigbellamy.net/2006/10/30/what-is-digital-humanities/. Accessed July 25, 2008.
APA citation:
Bellamy, Craig. (2006). What is Digital Humanities?. Retrieved July 25, 2008, from craigbellamy.net Web site: http://www.craigbellamy.net/2006/10/30/what-is-digital-humanities/
Chicago citation:
Bellamy, Craig. 2006. What is Digital Humanities?. craigbellamy.net. http://www.craigbellamy.net/2006/10/30/what-is-digital-humanities/ (accessed July 25, 2008).
Harvard citation:
Bellamy, C 2006, What is Digital Humanities?, craigbellamy.net. Retrieved July 25, 2008, from <http://www.craigbellamy.net/2006/10/30/what-is-digital-humanities/>
MLA citation:
Bellamy, Craig. "What is Digital Humanities?." 30 Oct. 2006. craigbellamy.net. Accessed 25 Jul. 2008. <http://www.craigbellamy.net/2006/10/30/what-is-digital-humanities/>
(Mark Bernstein of Eastgate Systems was in Sydney this month talking about ‘History and Hypertext’…what I did my MA on in 1998).
SOME THOUGHTS ON HYPERTEXT AND HISTORICAL NARRATIVE
Mark Bernstein
At times, hypertext has seemed incompatible with historical
narrative, either because non-sequential writing is at odds with
understanding cause and effect, or because hypertext caters to short
attention spans and immersive, unreflective visual appeal. Since the
future of serious writing so clearly lies in electronic writing
spaces, this incompatibility has inspired alarm, and the most
commonly-cited advantages of new media for the historian — cheap
publication and economical illustration — are not powerful allies in
this contest. Fortunately, the literary qualities of hypertext turn
out to be well adapted to the needs of historical discussion.
Mark Bernstein is chief scientist at Eastgate Systems and designer of
Tinderbox, a personal content management assistant for making,
analyzing, and sharing notes. Since 1982, Eastgate has created
hypertext tools and published original hypertext fiction and
nonfiction. A graduate of Swarthmore College, he received his
doctorate (in Chemistry) from Harvard University.
Bellamy C. History and Hypertext. craigbellamy.net. 2006. Available at: http://www.craigbellamy.net/2006/10/30/history-and-hypertext/. Accessed July 25, 2008.
APA citation:
Bellamy, Craig. (2006). History and Hypertext. Retrieved July 25, 2008, from craigbellamy.net Web site: http://www.craigbellamy.net/2006/10/30/history-and-hypertext/
Chicago citation:
Bellamy, Craig. 2006. History and Hypertext. craigbellamy.net. http://www.craigbellamy.net/2006/10/30/history-and-hypertext/ (accessed July 25, 2008).
Harvard citation:
Bellamy, C 2006, History and Hypertext, craigbellamy.net. Retrieved July 25, 2008, from <http://www.craigbellamy.net/2006/10/30/history-and-hypertext/>
(via Chris Chester at the University of Sydney from October of last year. I don’t think that the proposal went anywhere).
Is there any value in raising a Digital Humanities umbrella in
Australia?
Next Thursday 6-8pm, Arts Informatics and RIHSS at the University of
Sydney are hosting a talk by Harold Short, and a public forum to
probe the possibilities of establishing an Australian chapter of the
international umbrella body ADHO: the Association of Digital
Humanities Organisations (see my fibreculture-announce post last
week, or the RIHSS website: http://www.rihss.usyd.edu.au/short/ ).
Bellamy C. A Digital Humanities umbrella?. craigbellamy.net. 2006. Available at: http://www.craigbellamy.net/2006/10/30/a-digital-humanities-umbrella/. Accessed July 25, 2008.
APA citation:
Bellamy, Craig. (2006). A Digital Humanities umbrella?. Retrieved July 25, 2008, from craigbellamy.net Web site: http://www.craigbellamy.net/2006/10/30/a-digital-humanities-umbrella/
Chicago citation:
Bellamy, Craig. 2006. A Digital Humanities umbrella?. craigbellamy.net. http://www.craigbellamy.net/2006/10/30/a-digital-humanities-umbrella/ (accessed July 25, 2008).
Harvard citation:
Bellamy, C 2006, A Digital Humanities umbrella?, craigbellamy.net. Retrieved July 25, 2008, from <http://www.craigbellamy.net/2006/10/30/a-digital-humanities-umbrella/>
MLA citation:
Bellamy, Craig. "A Digital Humanities umbrella?." 30 Oct. 2006. craigbellamy.net. Accessed 25 Jul. 2008. <http://www.craigbellamy.net/2006/10/30/a-digital-humanities-umbrella/>
(This is a project that was proposed for Australia to promote the ‘e-humanities’, but unfortunatly it didn’t get up).
NATIONAL COLLABORATIVE RESEARCH INFRASTRUCTURE STRATEGY
SUBMISSION TO THE SYSTEMIC INFRASTRUCTURE SUB-COMMITTEE
OCTOBER 2005
This is a submission on systemic infrastructure needs of the broad
humanities and creative arts research communities from a consortium
consisting of leading researchers, centres and agencies. It has been
facilitated by the Australian Academy of the Humanities via the E-
Humanities network.[i]
The submission seeks to define and justify research capabilities and
the broad systemic research infrastructure needs of this sector which
flow from them provides a concise description of current research
infrastructure and exemplary projects, some of which have been
supported by previous Commonwealth research infrastructure schemes
provides an account of the added value to Australia’s research
infrastructure which would occur from this proposal, including the
“buy in” by the next generation of researchers outlines an indicative
investment budget.
Bellamy C. NCRIS The National Collaborative Research Infastraucture Strategy. craigbellamy.net. 2006. Available at: http://www.craigbellamy.net/2006/10/30/ncris-the-national-collaborative-research-infastraucture-strategy/. Accessed July 25, 2008.
APA citation:
Bellamy, Craig. (2006). NCRIS The National Collaborative Research Infastraucture Strategy. Retrieved July 25, 2008, from craigbellamy.net Web site: http://www.craigbellamy.net/2006/10/30/ncris-the-national-collaborative-research-infastraucture-strategy/
Chicago citation:
Bellamy, Craig. 2006. NCRIS The National Collaborative Research Infastraucture Strategy. craigbellamy.net. http://www.craigbellamy.net/2006/10/30/ncris-the-national-collaborative-research-infastraucture-strategy/ (accessed July 25, 2008).
Harvard citation:
Bellamy, C 2006, NCRIS The National Collaborative Research Infastraucture Strategy, craigbellamy.net. Retrieved July 25, 2008, from <http://www.craigbellamy.net/2006/10/30/ncris-the-national-collaborative-research-infastraucture-strategy/>
MLA citation:
Bellamy, Craig. "NCRIS The National Collaborative Research Infastraucture Strategy." 30 Oct. 2006. craigbellamy.net. Accessed 25 Jul. 2008. <http://www.craigbellamy.net/2006/10/30/ncris-the-national-collaborative-research-infastraucture-strategy/>
Bloggers are being asked to show their support for freedom of expression by Amnesty International. The human rights group also wants web log writers to highlight the plight of fellow bloggers jailed for what they wrote in their online journals. The organisation said fundamental rights such as free speech faced graver threats than ever before. The campaign coincides with the start of a week-long UN-organised conference that will debate the future of the net (from the BBC Link)
Bellamy, C 2006, Free Speech online ‘under threat’, craigbellamy.net. Retrieved July 25, 2008, from <http://www.craigbellamy.net/2006/10/29/free-speech-online-under-threat/>
...this blog is obsessively directed at profiling some of the 'Web2.0' developments (in a cultural, political and social sense and in terms of books, technologies, and applications)...it is an aggregation or 'meta' style weblog with the occasional commentary; the broad themes are online deliberative systems, eResearch, and the Digital Humanities...
Hi, my name is Dr Craig Bellamy and I am an Australian in London and I work at the Centre for eResearch at King's College. My task is to build, maintain, and promote a resource within the Digital Humanities called ICT Guides...and it is my goal to join every online social networking thingee in the whole damn world!...
PLEASE SEND ME YOUR LINKS...
