http://www.craigbellamy.net digital humanities, web 2.0, eResearch... Fri, 12 Mar 2010 01:19:56 +0000 http://backend.userland.com/rss092 en I was recently looking for a good article on Text Encoding in the Humanities and found this article written by Allen H Renear. It is a good introduction to Text Encoding and posits a excellent argument on why it is important. This chapter will provide a general orientation to some of ... http://www.craigbellamy.net/2010/03/12/text-encoding-in-the-digital-humanties/ http://www.dariah.eu/ What is DARIAH? DARIAH (Digital Research Infrastructure for the Arts and Humanities) is a project to support the digitisation of arts and humanities data across Europe. (((Strictly speaking, that should be “DRIAH.” Maybe history was dry enough already.))) DARIAH brings together researchers, information managers and ... http://www.craigbellamy.net/2010/03/11/digital-research-infrastructure-for-the-arts-and-humanities/ http://www.craigbellamy.net/2010/02/26/midnight-foil-batts-are-burning/ A interesting crew from Sydney called Intelligence Squared that run deliberative Town-Hall style debates and online forums.  The first one in Melbourne is on the Nuclear Energy debate on March 4 and is run in conjunction with the new Wheeler Centre. http://www.craigbellamy.net/2010/02/26/intelligence-squared/ Thanks to Alexis B for the link http://www.craigbellamy.net/2010/02/25/how-to-approach-a-stranger-in-london/ This conference recently held at Yale looks very interesting. One of the organisers, Miriam Posner, also has a Digital Humanities blog (link). How is digital technology changing methods of scholarly research with pre-digital sources in the humanities? If the “medium is the message,” then how does the message change when primary ... http://www.craigbellamy.net/2010/02/24/the-pasts-digital-presence-database-archive-and-knowledge-work-in-the-humanities/ Second Call For Papers 4th Symposium, Cultural Heritage Knowledge Visualisation, CHKV A symposium in the 14th International Conference Information Visualisation, 26, 27-29 July 2010, London South Bank University, London, UK. http://www.graphicslink.co.uk/IV10/ Click on Symposia hypertext Important Dates: 1 March 2010: Submission of papers 16 April 2010: Notification of Peer Review Result 30 April 2010: ... http://www.craigbellamy.net/2010/02/23/4th-symposium-cultural-heritage-knowledge-visualisation-chkv/ Overview of VeRSI from VeRSI on Vimeo. http://www.craigbellamy.net/2010/02/23/what-is-versi/ Today there is a growing abundance of data often in large-scale collections or with great complexity. It is pertinent to every pressing strategic challenge, to the deep questions that research addresses and the urgent application sciences. A great deal of thought is needed to improve our capabilities to use data ... http://www.craigbellamy.net/2010/02/22/data-intensive-research-how-should-we-improve-our-ability-to-use-data/ Call for Presentations The Digital Classicist will once more be running a series of seminars at the Institute of Classical Studies, University of London, with support from the British Library, in Summer 2010 on the subject of research into the ancient world that has an innovative digital component. We are especially interested in work that ... http://www.craigbellamy.net/2010/02/22/digital-classicist/