Author: Craig
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The death of reality
Jean Baudrillard, a French philosopher and social theorist known for his provocative commentaries on consumerism, excess and what he said was the disappearance of reality, has died at the age of 77. Baudrillard died on Tuesday at his home in Paris after a long illness, said Michel Delorme, of the Galilee publishing house (from the…
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Humanities Research Institute: The University of Sheffield
The Humanities Research Institute at the University of Sheffield, like the Centre for Computing in the Humanities at King’s College London, is one of the leading centres in the UK in the digital humanities. Check out their range of projects.. As its history of successfully completed projects demonstrates, the HRI has to date concentrated on…
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The Long Room Hub: Trinity College
On of the major centres for digitisation projects in Ireland is the Long Room Hub at Trinity College. They have a list of projects that they are working on (although the links are broken so you mights have to search for the web pages yourself). This image is of James Ussher, Archbishop of Armagh, one…