• A Scientist advocates for the humanities

    I recently joined an international collective of digital humanities scholars called 4humanities who are advocating the importance of the humanities; especially in terms of why departments should not be cut; primarily in North America and Europe where the recession is biting hard into budgets and testing the intellectual courage of university leaders.  In Australia, the…

  • Why free is good for everyone…

    ” 20 years ago, set the agenda for far-reaching transformations in the political sphere, in economies everywhere, in social interaction, even in concepts of our own identity. And Berners-Lee succeeded in doing so for one reason: he released the technology for free. This simple decision, taken by a computer scientist used to work in environments…

  • Decoding Digital Humanities #4 (November 25)

    Decoding Digital Humanities is an informal monthly get together in the pub to discuss all things digital in the humanities. This is an opportunity to meet others working on digital projects (or thinking of starting one) and is open to staff, students, and faculty. This week we will discuss the recent article in the NY…

  • GPS Photo-tagging

    GPS photo-tagging units have come along way of late. I just bought a new camera for a project that I hope to do over summer and it requires that I gather the GPS location for all the buildings that I photograph. Some low-end cameras have GPS units built in, but with the more expensive cameras…

  • eResearch Australasia 2010

    In Australia, all forms of computational research come under the banner of ‘eResearch’. This is probably because Australia has such a small population and our academic traditions tend to favour the generalist. Still, I am not sure that it always works and the eResearch Conference is somewhat indicative of this. Although the Scientists and support…

  • Beyond data: making sense of data in the arts and humanities

    I wrote this proposal some time ago and am now in the Gold Coast at eResearch Australasia in which the BOF is a component. Birds of Feather,  Proposal Beyond data: making sense of data in the arts and humanities BOF, eResearch Australasia, VeRSI, Intersect, Academy of the Humanities, 8-12 November, 2010 Dr Craig Bellamy (eResearch…