centerNet is an international network of digital humanities centers
The Alliance of Digital Humanities Organisations (ADHO) and centerNet are very pleased to announce that with effect from 1 January 2012 centerNet is to become a fully fledged ‘Constituent Organisation’ within the ADHO umbrella. The formal agreements were finalised at meetings held in conjunction with the international Digital Humanities 2011 conference, held at Stanford University in Palo Alto, California.
Featured Center
- Digital Humanities Center for Japanese Arts and CulturesThe Digital Humanities Center for Japanese Arts and Cultures is located at Ritsumeikan University and is working on projects related to the old Japanese manuscripts, wood block prints, painting, calligraphy and traditional performing arts. As a global COE program, their funding is provided by MEXT. 2010-12-20 22:06:45
Centers Screencasts
Project screencasts from digital humanities centers
We feature here short videos that highlight the work produced at digital humanities centers.
Our initial set of videos was compiled for viewing during the CHCI/centerNET meeting in June 2011 by Stéfan Sinclair.
News
- Join the World Fair of DH Centres in Hamburg!centerNet is inviting submissions of short videos to introduce and showcase activities from digital humanities centres around the world. These videos will be premiered as a collection at the centerNET meeting during DH2012 in Hamburg, and compiled on the centerNet website. 2012-04-11 16:49:41
- Jean Bauer Appointed Secretary of centerNetWe are delighted to announce the appointment of Jean Bauer as centerNet's Secretary. Jean is the Digital Humanities Librarian at Brown University and part of the Brown University Library's Center for Digital Scholarship, where she works with faculty, students, and fellow librarians to design and implement digital systems that showcase and facilitate scholarship in the humanities.2012-03-26 21:12:57
Member Center Aggregated Feeds
Is Education Obsolete? Sugata Mitra at the MIT Media Lab Wednesday, 16 May 2012, 10:53 pm
Today, we are hearing from Sugata Mitra, visiting professor at the MIT Media Lab and Professor of Educational Technology at the school of education at Newcastle University (blog here). Mitra is best known for the "Hole in the Wall" computer learning systems in India (TED Talk) and the related educational philosophy, "Minimally Invasive Education." My Media Lab colleage Sayamindu Dasgupta helped. […]Source: MIT Center for Civic Media - Innovating civic media tools and practices together with communities | natematias
The Future of Museums -- New Forum is Live! Wednesday, 16 May 2012, 7:51 pm
The Future of MuseumsOur latest HASTAC Scholars forum is now live. Everyone is welcome to register on HASTAC and jump into the conversation. We have an amazing group of hosts and guests, but we need to hear YOUR thoughts, questions & projects!Scholar Class 2012 read moreScreen. Image. Text. Wednesday, 16 May 2012, 1:57 pm
Tauba Auerbach, RGB Colorspace Atlas. (2011) I once heard Leon Botstein, the President of Bard College, compare books to stairs. “They’ve invented the elevator,” he said, “but sometimes you still walk up.” There are countless discussions on the future of the book—they are picked up in magazine feature articles, in trade conferences, and in academic roundtables—and in all of these,. […]Source: The Rhizome Frontpage RSS | Orit Gat
CfP: historyblogosphere.org | Bloggen in den Geschichtswissenschaften. Ein Open Peer Review-Buchprojekt Wednesday, 16 May 2012, 6:00 am
Das Medium Blog oder Weblog ist in den Geschichtswissenschaften angekommen: Historische Museen, Geschichtsdozierende, lokale Geschichtsvereine – in allen Bereichen des geschichtswissenschaftlichen Feldes wird gebloggt. Doch während im angelsächsischen Raum ein wissenschaftlicher Blog bereits zum persönlichen Portfolio insbesondere jüngerer Forscher/innen gehört, ist die Akzeptanz im deutsch. […]Source: weblog.histnet.ch | Peter Haber
Announcing the Digital Humanities Winter Institute Tuesday, 15 May 2012, 12:59 pm
. . . Continue ReadingSource: Maryland Institute for Technology in the Humanities | MITH
Prochaines formations Lodel à Marseille et à Paris Tuesday, 15 May 2012, 12:22 pm
Il reste quelques places pour les sessions de formation à Lodel les 24 et 25 mai à Marseille et les 5 et 6 juillet à Paris. Les formations “Lodel utilisateurs” sont organisées régulièrement par l’équipe du Cléo. Elles sont destinées aux équipes éditoriales qui préparent et mettent en ligne des revues et des livres sur des sites sous Lodel. Ces formations sont gratuites et se d. […]Source: L'édition électronique ouverte | Lisa George
Decision in Georgia State copyright case Monday, 14 May 2012, 12:01 pm
On Friday afternoon (5/11/2012) a decision was handed down in the copyright infringement lawsuit brought by three publishers against Georgia State over their electronic reserves service. The judge found no infringement in 94 out of the 99 cases that made it to the last stage of the trial*. The decision is long, at 350 pages, but contains very interesting criticism of the Classroom Copying Guidelin. […]Uszkalo launches new journal Thursday, 10 May 2012, 6:11 pm
CIRCA is happy to announce that the first issue of Preternature: Critical and Historical Studies in the Preternatural has been delivered to university libraries and to individual subscribers. Preternature is edited by CIRCA Scholar Dr. Kirsten Uszkalo. A thin thread pulls the the witch, the demon, the monster, the magician through history. Some of these figures [...]Source: CIRCA | GeoffreyRockwell
Future possibilities for Prism Sunday, 6 May 2012, 3:11 pm
It’s been incredibly exciting to watch Annie, Alex, Lindsay, Brooke, Sarah, and Ed work together over the course of the last two semesters to take Prism from idea to working software. Considering the fact that most of them hadn’t ever written a line of Ruby, Javascript, or CSS when they started last semester, the end…. More.Source: Scholars' Lab | dm4fn
Did you miss the 2012 Great Lakes That Camp @ Western? Saturday, 5 May 2012, 3:26 am
… this post will fill you in. As you most likely know, we ended the Winter term with two presentations at the 2012 Great Lakes That Camp that took place at Western University this year. The conference was a great … Continue reading →Source: The Official CulturePlex Blog | The CulturePlex Lab.