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Digital Sankofa: Understanding Black Digital Humanities past and futures

Guest Editors: Rebecca Y. Bayeck, Ph.D and Kevin Winstead, Ph.D

Abstracts due: March 28, 2022

Introduction

Black lives and experiences have been captured, investigated, interpreted, and analyzed from different perspectives and reasons in various ways and different fields/disciplines. The digital world presents new opportunities and challenges for understanding, analyzing, presenting, and making sense of Black lives and experiences. Understanding that Black digital humanities is the intersection of Blackness with technology (Gallon, 2016), we are calling for papers that highlight how emerging technology (ies) has been used and could be employed to a) explore Blackness; b) how technology has been used and could be a tool/space to present, define, and study Black people, culture and history in a digital world and with digital tools. This call is also captured in Sankofa, a concept of the Akan people of Ghana, which calls to remember the past to make positive progress in the future.

We situate Blackness in its globality, and do not limit Blackness to Blacks in the western world, but include Blacks on the African continent. Furthermore, building on Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie' s “The Danger of a Single Story” Ted Talk, we situate Black digital humanities in its globality. In doing so, we intend to avoid the creation of a “single story”; avoid presenting Blackness “as one thing, as only one thing, over and over again” in a digital world. With Digital Sankofa, we consider how Blackness and Blacks have been constructed in digital spaces; we think of Blackness and Black people's past and future intersection with technology.

Whether we have consistently engaged in this work, or are brand new to these considerations, now is an opportune time to reflect on the role of technology in: shaping, defining, presenting, and/or constructing Black lives, Blackness, and Black experiences. In this special issue, we therefore invite scholars in various fields to submit manuscripts (3000-8000 words) that address any of the following areas:

  1. The field of Black digital Humanities (DH), past and future possibilities:
    • Relationship between Black data curation and Black DH
    • Afropessimism and Black DH
    • Intellectual History and Future Possibilities of Black DH
    • Algorithmic explorations of Black history and culture
  2. Privacy and ethics in Black DH
    • Researching Black experiences in a digital world
    • Principles for Black Data curation in a digital world
    • Privacy and ethical approaches for Black Digital Humanities
  3. Interdisciplinary interpretation/framing of Black lives/experiences.
    • Black DH and CRT
    • Building a Black DH: Bridging social sciences and Humanities

Important Dates

February 28, 2022: Call for Proposals for the Special Issue is open

March 28, 2022: 500-word abstract due to the Guest Editors for initial review. Submit through @blackhumanitiesdigital@gmail.com Please name your file by lastname_shortenedabstracttitle

March 30, 2022: Invitation to submit Full Manuscript sent to authors

May 30, 2022: First draft of paper due. Submit manuscript for first round of review by the guest editors @blackhumanitiesdigital@gmail.com

June 15, 2022: Feedback from Guest Editors to authors

June 30, 2022: Submit first draft to DHQ: http://www.digitalhumanities.org/dhq/submissions/index.html. (N.B. Not all invited articles will be accepted. Acceptance will depend on the review process.)

November 30, 2022: Review completed and author(s) notified of decision

December 30, 2022: Revised manuscript due. Submit to DHQ: http://www.digitalhumanities.org/dhq/submissions/index.html

February 30, 2023: Feedback due to author on revised manuscript.

April 1st, 2023: Final manuscript due

May 1st, 2023: Final manuscript accepted and sent to publisher

June, 2023: Publication online

References

Adichie, Chimamanda Ngozi. “The Danger of a Single Story.” TEDGlobal, TED, 23 July 2009, Oxford, UK. Speech.

Gallon, Kim. “Making a Case for Black Digital Humanities.” In Debates in the Digital Humanities 2016, edited by Matthew K. Gold and Lauren F. Klein, 42–49. Minneapolis: University of Minnesota Press, 2016

Digital Humanities Quarterly Special Issue on Critical Code Studies

Guest editors: Mark Marino and Jeremy Douglass

Abstracts due November 15, 2020

Special Issue Description

This special issue of Digital Humanities Quarterly will bring together essays and case studies on the promises and limitations of critical code studies from historical, practical, and theoretical perspectives, as well as within the context of specific research projects and their environments, professional contexts, and arts practice.

Critical code studies is the application of hermeneutics from the humanities to the interpretation of the extra-functional significance of computer source code. “Extra” means “growing out from” rather than “outside of.” Critical code studies readings explore technosocial culture through the entry point of computer source code.

In this issue we will strive for equity in gender, race and ethnicity both in the authorship of articles and the authorship of the code being examined.

Suggested Topics

Theoretical lenses and approaches can include but are not limited to:

  • Accessibility
  • Algorithmic Accountability
  • Critical algorithm studies
  • Critical race theory
  • Ecological impact
  • Electronic literature
  • Ethics
  • Ethnoprogramming
  • Feminisms
  • Game studies
  • Indigenous programming
  • Media archaeology
  • Natural language processing
  • Platform studies
  • Postcolonialism
  • Queer theory
  • Rhetorical code studies
  • Software studies

Intersectional applications of multiple approaches will be encouraged. Objects of study may be code snippets, codework, or larger software but also programming paradigms, languages, and communities.

Submission Formats

Articles are welcome in two forms: theoretical approaches (4000-8000 words) and case studies (~2500 words).

Theoretical approaches will look broadly at critical approaches to code using various critical theories. These may articles may make their case using various code examples but will focus more on the overall approach.

Case studies will feature close readings of particular snippets of code. Based on the code critiques model of the Critical Code Studies Working Groups, these code readings should begin with the code they will analyze, followed by a brief description of the code’s functioning, before the interpretation of the overall code.

Submission Details

Please submit abstracts (max. 500 words) to markcmarino@gmail.com and jeremydouglass@gmail.com by Nov. 15, 2020 for a first round of review. Early inquiries are encouraged. If you are invited to submit a full-length article (~4,000-8,000 words) or a case study (~2500 words), we ask that they be submitted by March 1, 2021.

Digital Humanities Quarterly Special Issue on Minimal Computing

Guest editors: Alex Gil (Columbia University Libraries) and Roopika Risam (Salem State University)

Abstracts due January 30, 2020

Special Issue Description

This special issue of Digital Humanities Quarterly will bring together essays and case studies on the promises and limitations of minimal computing from historical, practical, and theoretical perspectives, as well as within the context of specific research projects and their environments.

Minimal computing can be defined as any form of digital or computational praxis done under some set of significant constraints of hardware, software, education, network capacity, power, agency or other factors. Within the context of digital humanities scholarship, minimal computing refers to such computing practices used for teaching, research, and the construction and maintenance of a hybrid -- digital and analog -- scholarly and cultural record.

Broadly construed, our scope is not limited to digital scholarship within the confines of universities and thus includes work undertaken in galleries, archives (institution and community-based), and libraries, as well as in collaboration with communities. In this issue, we strive for equity in gender and particularly encourage submission by women and gender minorities. We further actively seek to include at least one contribution from each of the following geographical areas: Latin America, Africa, and Asia. We are able to accept submissions in English, French, Portuguese, and Spanish.

Suggested Topics

Topics can include but are not limited to:

  • Minimal hardware: aged machines, USBs, arduinos, simple circuits, etc.
  • Minimal computation: simple scripts, bash, tranductions, etc.
  • Static site generation
  • Teaching fundamentals of computing tied to subjects in the humanities and the humanistic social sciences
  • Forms of making-do in relation to computation: jugaad, hacktivism, DIY
  • Technological disobedience, i.e. using technologies in a way they were not intended
  • Marginal forms of knowledge and memory production involving computation
  • A critique of minimal or minimalist approaches undertaken by choice, rather than by necessity
  • Genealogies of minimalist forms of computation
  • Case studies on projects that address a multiplicity of costs (environment, bandwidth, access, maintenance, etc) and needs (publishing, remembrance, resistance, etc) with an overall reduction in complexity
  • Implications of minimal computing practices for universities, libraries and archives.

Submission Formats

The special issue will consist of two sections: The first section will be reserved for scholarly arguments grounded in history or well argued theoretical work on minimal computing, and the second section will include case studies in the form of specific projects or deep descriptions of environments that pose particular challenges or constraints for digital scholarship and strategic responses to them that incorporate minimal computing practices.

In the first section, we welcome historical perspectives on minimal computing that place contemporary practices in dialogue with multiple documented genealogies; theoretical or strategic pieces that examine socio-technical implications of these practices at scale today; and critical or skeptical voices who are familiar with the implications of minimal computing and the informal discussions and practices that have taken place in the recent past.

For the second section we welcome deep descriptions of projects and environments that include, extend, and complicate minimal computing practices, prompting meditations on difference and imperfect similarity between multiple projects or environments. These case studies should help mainstream audiences understand the granular thinking behind design decisions that respond to specific constraints and challenges.

Submission Details

We ask that you send your abstracts (max. 500 words) to rrisam@salemstate.edu and agil@columbia.edu by January 30, 2020 for a first round of review. Early inquiries are encouraged. We will notify all submitters of the status of their submission in late February. If you are invited to submit a full-length article (~4,000-8,000 words) or a case study (~2500 words), we ask that they be submitted by June 30, 2020.

Digital Humanities Quarterly Special Issue on AudioVisual DH: Challenges and Possibilities

Co-Editors: Taylor Arnold, Stefania Scagliola, Lauren Tilton, Jasmijn van Gorp

The Digital Humanities Quarterly Special Issue on AudioVisual DH invites contributions that address digital humanities approaches to audio and/or visual data. DH scholars engaged in fields such as art history, history, film studies, media studies, musicology, oral history, and sound studies have long understood the historical and contemporary centrality of audio and/or visual (AV) to knowledge production. The issue will demonstrate how inquiry into AV materials is shaping DH and how DH is reshaping AV scholarship. It is guided by three questions:

  • What are digital and computational approaches to sound, images, and time-based media?
  • How do these methods and approaches produce new knowledge and shift scholarship in a particular scholarly domain?
  • What are the challenges and possible futures for AV in DH?

We invite multimedia articles as well as written articles (short articles between 1,500 - 3,000 and long articles between 3,000 - 8,000 words), reviews, software, and case studies. Abstracts (500 words with a short bibliography) are due September 20th, 2019. Full contribution will be due November 30th, 2019. Questions and abstract submissions should be sent to AVinDHSpecialIssue@gmail.com.

The Special Issue is endorsed by the ADHO AVinDH Special Interest Group. For more information on the AVinDH SIG, visit https://avindhsig.wordpress.com/.

Call for Papers: DHQ Special Issue for Portuguese-language Digital Humanities

Guest editors: Cecily Raynor and Luis Ferla

English-language version

With the goal of highlighting the work of Digital Humanities in Portuguese to our audience, we invite you to participate in a special issue of the Digital Humanities Quarterly magazine. This number is the third of several planned for DHQ in different languages or regional traditions. The deadline for submitting articles is March 1st, 2018. The items must be presented in Portuguese, and will have a maximum of 25 pages, double spaced (except indented notes and notes) using the editorial guidelines of the magazine DHQ (https://tinyurl.com/ya6qwy6m). You should send the item, following these guidelines to dhq.portugues@gmail.com with the subject "Special Issue DHQ HD". Entries may be submitted individually or co-authored. Accepted articles will be published in Portuguese, with abstracts in Portuguese and English.

DHQ is an open-access, peer-reviewed, digital journal covering all aspects of digital media in the humanities. Published since 2007 by the Alliance of Digital Humanities Organizations (ADHO), DHQ is also a community experiment in journal publication, and welcomes experimental digital publications. For more information about DHQ please visit our about page.

Entries will be judged following a process of anonymous peer review by an interdisciplinary committee of experts. We will encourage our editors to look for:

  • The scholarly contribution of the article.
  • The originality of the work presented.
  • Critical-methodological approach beyond a description of the project.
  • Rigor and respect for editorial standards.
  • Knowledge of Digital Humanities standards and precedents.

Please spread this call to all those who may be interested.

Versão em português

Com o propósito de difundir o trabalho das Humanidades Digitais em português para nosso público, convidamos você a participar em um número especial da revista Digital Humanities Quarterly. Este número é o terceiro de uma série programada em diferentes idiomas ou práticas regionais. A data limite para a apresentação de artigos é 1 de março 2018. Os artigos devem ser apresentados em português, e devem respeitar uma extensão máxima de 25 páginas, com espaço 2 (exceto notas e citações recuadas), usando as normas de publicação da revista DHQ (https://tinyurl.com/ya6qwy6m). O artigo deverá ser enviado, respeitando tais normas, ao endereço de e-mail dhq.portugues@gmail.com com o assunto “DHQ Número Especial HD”. Os trabalhos poderão ser individuais ou em co-autoria.

DHQ é uma revista acadêmica digital de acesso aberto e revisada por pares que aborda o uso e a crítica dos meios digitais em humanidades. Publicada desde 2007 pela Aliança de Organizações de Humanidades Digitais (ADHO), DHQ é também um experimento comunitário na publicação de revistas, dando acolhida a publicações digitais experimentais. Para obter mais informações acerca de DHQ, visite nossa página de informação.

Os trabalhos serão avaliados respeitando-se um processo de revisão anônima por pares. A tarefa será executada por um comitê interdisciplinar formado por especialistas das diferentes áreas envolvidas. Para aqueles trabalhos que forem aprovados e não possam ser publicados por razões de espaço, serão oferecidas outras opções de publicação, se os autores assim desejarem.

Serão especialmente valorizados:

  • A contribuição ao conhecimento em humanidades.
  • A originalidade do trabalho apresentado.
  • A contribuição metodológica do artigo, para além de uma simples descrição de projeto.
  • O rigor no respeito às normas editoriais.
  • A utilização de padrões e o conhecimento dos precedentes próprios das Humanidades Digitais.

Por favor, ajude a difundir essa chamada a todos aqueles que possam estar interessados.


Call for Papers: Special Issue on Tools Criticism

Guest editors: Adriaan van der Weel and Peter Verhaar

Scholarly research increasingly relies on digital tools which can create and analyse data. In evaluating the results emerging from scholarly work based on tools, it is important to recognise that tools have typically been developed for a particular scholarly purpose and/or within a particular methodological framework. Human software engineers consciously or unconsciously take decisions on the types of results that can be produced by tools, and as research instruments they therefore almost inevitably introduce a certain theoretical, practical or methodological bias. Tools criticism assumes that all scholarly resources are artefacts that implicitly express an argument, about methodological issues, about the outcomes desired, or about the social or political contexts in which the tool may be applied. Research in tools criticism aims to recognize such bias, to give an explicit expression to the various assumptions on which software tools are based, and to evaluate the potential impact of these assumption on research outcomes. 

In recent decades, the number of publicly available digital research tools has proliferated. Tools criticism stimulates a greater awareness of the implications of the use of particular tools, enabling scholars, for example, to make a reasoned choice. Tools criticism can also be relevant for scholars actively involved in the development of research instruments, because it draws attention to the inevitable theoretical, practical or methodological bias involved in the process. By examining and analysing the scholarly work necessary for tool development, tools criticism may also help scholars to receive academic recognition for this type of work, which is more than merely practical.  

The Special Issue for Digital Humanities Quarterly about Tools Criticism aims to clarify the goals and the methodology of Tools criticism in general as well as to illustrate how tools criticism may illuminate the bias introduced by digital research instruments. The editors invite contributions on the following five aspects of tools criticism.

  1. Rationale of tools criticism: Why do we need tools criticism? Is it possible and desirable to trace the social or political implications of tools? What are or should be the aims of tools criticism? How may digital humanities research benefit from tools criticism?
  2. Data criticism: What does data criticism entail? How does it differ from tools criticism? What are or should be the aims of data criticism?
  3. Methodologies in tools criticism: Is it possible to evaluate the degree to which tools affect the outcomes of scholarly research? Can the bias that is introduced by tools be demonstrated or even quantified? Assuming that tools mostly make implicit statements, is it possible to make these statements explicit? Which methods can we use to make these statements explicit?
  4. Responsibility: What type of skills are necessary to critique data and tools? Is it necessary to be proficient in programming and in statistics? Does tools criticism demand an understanding of the inner workings of the tools, or can a tool also be criticized if it is treated as a black box? Is it necessary for full open access to be provided to the code in which the logic of the tool is implemented?
  5. Ethical implications: Can tools criticism lead to a fair and impartial comparison of tools? What are the practical implications of tools criticism? If it is found that a tool displays a heavy bias, for instance, should a use of this tool be discouraged?  

Important Dates

Deadline for submission of abstract: 15 December 2017
Notification of acceptance: 1 February 2018
Deadline for final paper submission: 15 March 2018
Proposals and inquiries may be sent to Peter Verhaar, P.A.F.Verhaar@library.leidenuniv.nl


Call for Papers

Invisible Work in the Digital Humanities
Special Issue of Digital Humanities Quarterly (2018)

Guest editors: Tarez Samra Graban, Paul F. Marty, Allen Romano, and Micah Vandegrift
Florida State University

Project Description

At a recent symposium at Florida State University, digital humanists, librarians, and technology specialists explored the challenges of diverging expectations, unequal labor, and invisible work in the digital humanities -- http://iwdh.cci.fsu.edu/. The symposium provided an opportunity for participants to address questions such as the following: In intellectual and economic climates that prioritize external over internal validation, how do we define and defend the value of the digital humanities work? Whom do our projects and conversations include and exclude? How can we make the invisible work of digital humanities workers more visible? and What is the epistemic potential for questioning agency, access, participation, and use in digital humanities projects?

To further explore these questions, the symposium organizers are pleased to announce a special issue of Digital Humanities Quarterly (DHQ) to be published in late 2018. For this special issue, we seek contributions that theorize, highlight, and illustrate the challenges facing researchers and practitioners in the digital humanities when their work is invisible to a wide range of audiences and stakeholders. Questions to be addressed in this issue include, but are not limited to:

  • What is the nature of invisible work in the digital humanities, to whom is this work invisible, and why might they not see it?
  • What problems arise when invisible work in the digital humanities remains invisible, and how can we address those problems?
  • To whom should we strive to make invisible work in the digital humanities visible, and why should we focus our efforts on those entities or individuals?
  • Conversely, should "visibility" be an unquestioned value in the digital humanities, within or without of the academic institution, or is there an inherent value to work being invisible?
  • How might we write a counter-narrative to the kinds of external validation that often drive (and often kill) most digital humanities initiatives? What would that counter-narrative look like?
  • How might we argue for making invisible work in the digital humanities more visible internally (to ourselves) rather than externally (to outside observers), and what might the consequences of such a decision be?
  • How can a focus on the internal or external validation of invisible work in the digital humanities heighten the unique methodologies of practitioners in certain disciplines, or bring their fields' critical questions into deeper relief?

Submission Instructions

For this special issue, we seek contributions of two principal types:

  • Article-length pieces describing original research (~8000 words in length); and
  • Substantive, provocative, opinion-driven short essays (~1500 words in length).

If you wish, you may submit an optional abstract for feedback from the editors by emailing your abstract (max. 500 words) to Tarez Samra Graban (tgraban@fsu.edu) by June 1, 2017.

Please follow Digital Humanities Quarterly's guidelines for preparation, content, formatting, and submission: http://www.digitalhumanities.org/dhq/submissions/. All submissions should be marked as intended for the special issue on "Invisible Work in the Digital Humanities." We prefer submissions in RTF, OpenOffice, or Word, but may be able to work with other formats as needed.

If you have any questions about this special issue, please contact the editors by emailing Tarez Samra Graban at tgraban@fsu.edu.

Important Dates

  • Optional Abstract Deadline: June 1, 2017
  • Manuscript Submission Deadline: November 15, 2017
  • Review Decisions/Acceptances: May 15, 2018
  • Final Versions Due: September 1, 2018
  • Publication: End of 2018

A PDF version of this CFP is available at http://iwdh.cci.fsu.edu/dhq_cfp.pdf

DHQ Special Issue: French-language Digital Humanities

CFP issued 17 April 2016; deadline extension to 17 October 2016

With the goal of highlighting the work of Digital Humanities in French to our audience, we invite you to participate in a special issue of the Digital Humanities Quarterly magazine. This number is the second of several planned for DHQ in different languages or regional traditions. The deadline for submitting articles is September 30, 2016. The items must be presented in French, and should be in the range of 10-30 pages, using the editorial guidelines of the DHQ journal. You should send the item, following these guidelines to dhqfrench@gmail.com, with the subject “DHQ numéro spécial FR”, with French and English versions of the abstract. Entries may be submitted individually or co-authored. Accepted articles will be published in French, with both abstracts.

DHQ is an open-access, peer-reviewed, digital journal covering all aspects of digital media in the humanities. Published since 2007 by the Alliance of Digital Humanities Organizations (ADHO), DHQ is also a community experiment in journal publication, and welcomes experimental digital publications. For more information about DHQ please visit our about page.

Entries will be judged following a process of anonymous peer review by an interdisciplinary committee of experts. The items with the best score obtained in that review will be published. We will encourage our editors to look for:

  • the scholarly contribution of the article
  • the originality of the work presented
  • a critical-methodological approach beyond a description of the project
  • rigor and respect for editorial standards
  • knowledge of Digital Humanities standards and precedents

Please spread this call to all those who may be interested.

The editorial committee : Aurélien Berra, Claire Clivaz, Sophie Marcotte, Emmanuelle Morlock and Louis-Pascal Rousseau, members of Humanistica steering committee

Numéro spécial de DHQ : Digital Humanities francophones

17 avril 2016; appel prolongé jusqu'au 17 octobre 2016

Dans le but de porter les productions des humanités numériques francophones à l’attention de notre lectorat, nous vous invitons à contribuer à un numéro spécial de la revue Digital Humanities Quarterly. Ce numéro est le second d’une série que DHQ prévoit de publier en différentes langues ou sur diverses traditions liées à des zones géographiques. Le délai de soumission est fixé au 30 septembre 2016. Les articles, rédigés en français, devront comporter de 10 à 30 pages et suivre les consignes éditoriales de la revue. Nous vous prions d’envoyer votre article, mis en forme selon ces normes, à dhqfrench@gmail.com, en précisant « DHQ numéro spécial FR » dans le champ du sujet, et en l’accompagnant de résumés en français et en anglais. Les articles peuvent être individuels ou collectifs. Les contributions retenues seront publiées en français, avec les deux résumés.

DHQ est une revue numérique en Open Access qui repose sur l’évaluation par les pairs et couvre tous les aspects des médias numériques envisagés dans leurs relations avec les sciences humaines. Publiée depuis 2007 par l’Alliance of Digital Humanities Organizations (ADHO), DHQ aborde la publication comme une expérimentation à l’échelle d’une communauté. Les productions numériques expérimentales sont donc bienvenues. Pour plus d’informations sur DHQ, vous pouvez consulter notre présentation.

Les propositions seront jugées selon un processus d’évaluation anonyme par un comité interdisciplinaire d’experts. Seront retenues pour ce numéro les contributions qui auront obtenu les meilleures évaluations. Les critères d’évaluation seront les suivants :

  • l’apport scientifique de la contribution
  • l’originalité des travaux présentés
  • l’existence d’une méthodologie critique, au delà de la description d’un projet
  • la rigueur et le respect des standards éditoriaux
  • la connaissance des standards et de l’histoire des humanités numériques

Merci de diffuser cet appel auprès de toute personne susceptible d’être intéressée.

Le comité éditorial : Aurélien Berra, Claire Clivaz, Sophie Marcotte, Emmanuelle Morlock et Louis-Pascal Rousseau, membre du comité d’Humanistica

DHQ Special Issue: Creative Pedagogical Approaches in Information Design

9 June 2016; extended submission deadline 15 November 2016

Digital Humanities Quarterly invites submissions for a special issue on creative pedagogical approaches in the instruction of information visualization. Contributions are invited on methodologies, tools, and resources that practitioners have used to teach any facet of information visualization, which may include (but is not limited to) best practices in design, the use of specific tools, or data literacy. These approaches may include any resources, workshops, activities, or other materials that translate principles of information visualization both widely across as well as within specific disciplines, cultures of scholarship, and technical backgrounds. Alternatively, contributions may be submitted about theoretical and philosophical perspectives on information visualization that inform the ways in which visualization is taught, where “teaching” may encompass engagement with audiences at any level of academe (e.g., students, faculty, administrators, or staff).

Following guidelines provided by DHQ, submissions may include research articles, case studies, opinion pieces, or reviews, such as ones written about digital materials that have been used in teaching information visualization. Individuals who wish to submit pieces that are more experimental in form beyond the DHQ guidelines above should contact the editor (below) in advance to discuss feasibility and other options for execution.

The deadline for submitting pieces is October 1, 2016. Full submissions should follow the author guidelines provided by DHQ and should be 10 - 20 pages in length, with the possibility of longer pieces approved in exceptional instances. (For more details about DHQ submission guidelines, please refer to the DHQ submission guidelines. Please send all completed submissions to the guest editor of this issue, Steven Braun (s.braun@neu.edu), with the subject line "DHQ Special Issue Infovis." Please submit any questions or concerns about submissions to this address as well.

Submissions will undergo anonymous peer review through standard DHQ review processes, and the editor(s) will work with submission authors to ensure that final submissions follow appropriate guidelines for publication in DHQ.

Special issue: Spanish-Language Digital Humanities

October 8, 2015

English Version

With the goal of highlighting the work of Digital Humanities in Spanish to our audience, we invite you to participate in a special issue of the Digital Humanities Quarterly magazine. This number is the first of several planned for DHQ in different languages or regional traditions. The deadline for submitting articles is January 30, 2016. The items must be presented in Spanish, and will have a maximum of 25 pages, double spaced (except indented quotes and notes) using the editorial guidelines of the DHQ journal. You should send the item, following these guidelines to dhqspanish@gmail.com, with the subject "DHQ Número Especial HD". Entries may be submitted individually or co-authored. Accepted articles will be published in Spanish, with abstracts in Spanish and English.

DHQ is an open-access, peer-reviewed, digital journal covering all aspects of digital media in the humanities. Published since 2007 by the Alliance of Digital Humanities Organizations (ADHO), DHQ is also a community experiment in journal publication, and welcomes experimental digital publications. For more information about DHQ please visit our about page.

Entries will be judged following a process of anonymous peer review by an interdisciplinary committee of experts. The items with the best score obtained in that review will be published. We will encourage our editors to look for:

  • The scholarly contribution of the article.
  • The originality of the work presented.
  • Critical-methodological approach beyond a description of the project.
  • Rigor and respect for editorial standards.
  • Knowledge of Digital Humanities standards and precedents.

Please spread this call to all those who may be interested.

Versión en español

Con el proposito de difundir el trabajo de las Humanidades Digitales en español para nuestro público, los invitamos a participar en un número especial de la revista Digital Humanities Quarterly. Este número es el primero de varios planteados en diferentes idiomas o prácticas regionales. La fecha tope para la presentación de artículos será el 30 de enero. Los artículos han de ser presentados en español, y contarán con una extensión máxima de 25 páginas a espacio 2 (salvo notas y citas sangradas) usando las pautas de presentación de la revista DHQ. Se deberá enviar el artículo, siguiendo estas normas de edición al correo electrónico dhqspanish@gmail.com, indicando en el asunto “DHQ Número Especial HD”. Los trabajos podrán ser individuales o presentados en coautoría.

DHQ es una revista académica digital de acceso abierto y revisada por expertos que abarca el uso y la crítica de los medios digitales en las humanidades. Publicada desde 2007 por la Alianza de Organizaciones Humanidades Digitales (ADHO), DHQ es también un experimento comunitario en la publicación de revistas, y da la bienvenida a las publicaciones digitales experimentales. Para obtener más información acerca de DHQ visite nuestra página de información.

Los trabajos serán juzgados siguiendo un proceso de revisión anónima en pares por un comité interdisciplinar formado por especialistas de las diferentes disciplinas. Los artículos que mejor puntuación obtengan en dicha revisión, serán publicados. Para aquellos trabajos que superen la revisión y no puedan publicarse por razones de espacio, se ofrecerán otras opciones de publicación si los autores así lo desean.

Se valorará especialmente:

  • La contribución a la investigación humanística del artículo.
  • La originalidad del trabajo presentado.
  • La contribución metodológica del artículo, más allá de una simple descripción de proyecto.
  • El rigor y el respeto de las normas editoriales.
  • La utilización de estándares y precedentes propios a las Humanidades Digitales.

Se les ruega difundir esta información a todos aquellos que puedan estar interesados.