• THATCamp Canberra (review) Saturday August 28-29

    THATCamp (The Humanities and Technology Camp) was held in Canberra on the weekend of August 28-29 at the University of Canberra. This was my second THATCamp having attended my first in London in early July as part of the Digital Humanities Conference. The THATCamp ‘movement’ originated at the Centre for History and New Media at…

  • CALL for Paper: Digital Humanities 2010, Stanford, 19-22 June

    Wow, it seems like I was just there. Here is the call for paper for next years Digital Humanities conference in Stanford Alliance of Digital Humanities Organizations Digital Humanities 2011 Call for Papers Hosted by Stanford University 19-22 June 2011 http://dh2011.stanford.edu Abstract deadline:  November 1, 2010 (Midnight GMT). Please note:  The Program Committee will not…

  • Decoding Digital Humanities (Melbourne)

    We held our second DDH last night in the Price Alfred Hotel in Carlton. Individuals from the Public Records Office, the University of Melbourne, Victoria University, and VeRSI showed up. As it was no longer the beginning of semester, the pub was safe from pub-crawling students.  We discussed issues such as history online (and its…

  • Australia and New Zealand Digital Encyclopedia Group

    One of the most important ‘digital humanities’ groups working in Australia is the Australia and New Zealand Digital Encyclopaedia group. They have a meeting coming up soon; possibly in Melbourne. Keep an eye on there web-site or subscribe to their list. The Australia and New Zealand Digital Encyclopaedia Group (ANZDEG) is a loose affiliation of…

  • Decoding Digital Humanities #2, August 26

    Dear Digital Humanists, Next Thursday 26th , 5.30-7.30 we will meet again in the Prince Albert Hotel, 191 Grattan Street, Carlton, to discuss digital humanities in the pub. ‘Decoding Digital Humanities’ is an informal monthly get together in to discuss all things digital in the humanities.  This is an opportunity to meet others working on…

  • Internet meets Society (politics on the web links)

    I gave a lecture today in a first year breath subject at the University of Melbourne on the web and its use within politics. I have listed the sites shown here (from Web 1.0 to Web 2.0 approaches) (link to ppt. presentation) Melbourne Indymedia http://indymedia.org.au/melbourne S11.org(ant-globalisation protest movement website…on the Pandora Archive) http://pandora.nla.gov.au/parchive/2000/S2000-Sep-14//www.s11.org/ Realjeff.com (1999…