http://www.craigbellamy.net digital humanities, web 2.0, eResearch... Thu, 02 Jul 2009 10:04:47 +0000 http://backend.userland.com/rss092 en I recently attended a workshop sponsored by the Joint information Systems Committee (JISC) that presented some of the findings from the JISC funded community engagement and virtual research environments (VRE) projects. The three community engagement projects presented were the engage project (engaging researchers with e-infrastructure), the e-uptake project (enabling uptake ... http://www.craigbellamy.net/2009/07/02/leaping-hurdles-planning-it-provision-for-researchers/ (The magnifying glass is perhaps a form of 'Interpretation Support System'. The eSAD project is another ambitious and well-conceptualised project from AHRC-EPSRC-JISC Arts and Humanities e-Science Initiative (sorry, an overly complicated set of acronyms here...my acronym is bigger than your acronym!) Anyhow what particularly attracts me to this project is its use ... http://www.craigbellamy.net/2009/06/30/what-is-the-esad-project/ An article in the Times Higher Education supplement about the Arts and Humanities e Science support Centre (AHESSC) here at King's College in London. Imagine the research possibilities of being able to view three-dimensional scans of museum objects, write dance moves electronically or study ancient documents that were previously considered too ... http://www.craigbellamy.net/2009/06/30/digital-boost-for-work-of-arts/ (thanks to that wonderful blog net.effect for the image) http://www.craigbellamy.net/2009/06/23/the-value-of-slow-thinking/ (A interesting new report from the Oxford Internet Institute) The Oxford Internet Institute, University of Oxford, has today released the OxIS Report 2009, the latest report in a series of Oxford Internet Surveys (OxIS) that cover the changing landscape of Internet access, use and attitudes in Britain. ... http://www.craigbellamy.net/2009/06/22/oxford-internet-survey-2009-report-the-internet-in-britain/ Digital Humanities Quarterly is a refreshing and innovative online journal in the Digital Humanities field. The latest issue is about the concept of 'completion' in a Digital Humanities work. As Mathew Kirschenbaum atates: "How do we know when we're done? This cluster of articles explores completion and incompletion in the ... http://www.craigbellamy.net/2009/06/19/new-digital-humanities-quarterly-dhq-available-spring-2009-v3-n2/ There is a lively debate in the UK about the influence of Web 2.o on eReseach and new computing research infrastructures.  The eScience institute in Edinburgh has a theme relating to this which is led by Professors Mark Baker and David De Roure. The number of Web 2.0 services and applications, ... http://www.craigbellamy.net/2009/06/16/the-influence-of-web-2-on-eresearch-and-computing-infrastructures/ A smashed computer monitor in a room in a Tehran University dormitory after it was attacked by militia forces during riots in Tehran (thanks to Payman for the link). http://www.craigbellamy.net/2009/06/16/photoes-from-iran-elections-iranelections/ Here is how to find out about the Iranian elections online. Please send me your links. Also, Twitter's down time has been rescheduled because of the important role that it is playing in the US elections (see link). Hash Tag: #Iranelections (search and post your blogs and tweets with this). Breaking Tweet ... http://www.craigbellamy.net/2009/06/15/iran-elections-online-media-iranelections/ One of my favourite projects within the broader Digital Humanities field; a masterpiece of Persian art and a damn fine piece of Digital Humanities scholarship as well. Firdausi's Shahnama (Book of Kings), completed in eastern Iran in around A.D. 1010, is a work of mythology, history, literature and propaganda: a living ... http://www.craigbellamy.net/2009/06/15/the-shahnama-project-iran/