I'm pleased to announce that I have accepted a position as Digital Humanities Strategist in Emory's Digital Scholarship Commons. In this role, which I'll begin on 1 July, I'll continue my work to establish our Mellon Foundation-funded center, to manage and develop digital humanities projects, and to work for shifts in the training of both … Continue reading New Job; or, If Digital Humanities is a Game, I Prefer Tactics
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Theses on the Open Humanities
On 25 and 26 April, Roger Whitson and I had the opportunity to visit the University of Florida on the invitation of Laurie N. Taylor, Digital Humanities Librarian in the George A. Smathers Libraries. We had the opportunity to learn about the work of UF's Digital Collections and attended UF's Research Computing Day, where got to see … Continue reading Theses on the Open Humanities
28 Days (or Months) Later
As someone who went to grad school in large part due to a fascination with Derrida, I perhaps shouldn't be surprised that so much of academia seems to be about deferral. Nevertheless I'm always surprised to see something that I wrote months or years ago show up, out of the blue, in its finished form. … Continue reading 28 Days (or Months) Later
Defining “Digital Humanities” 2012
It's that time of the year again: the Day of the Life of the Digital Humanities or Day of DH. As has been the case since 2009, hundreds of digital humanities practitioners will take to the blogs and Twitter (follow #dayofDH) to talk about what they do throughout a single day's work. The goals of … Continue reading Defining “Digital Humanities” 2012
Graphic Novels for 9 Year Olds
My oldest recently turned 9. And with birthdays, it turns out, come gifting opportunities. While there are always some good standbys for him (e.g., LEGO), he's really been enjoying the Tin Tin collections from our public library. Since it's been hard to get him to read long narratives—or even listen to them—we have been excited … Continue reading Graphic Novels for 9 Year Olds