March 29th, 2017

Emergent Ontologies, Modelling Interpretation, and Other Imaginative Possibilities in Digital Humanities May 4, 12:30 PM – 2:00 PM, Perez 302 Bio: Johanna Drucker, Breslauer Professor of Bibliographical Studies at UCLA, is internationally known for her work in the history of graphic design, typography, experimental poetry, fine art, and digital humanities. Recent publications include What Is? (Cuneiform Press, 2013), Graphesis: Visual Forms
Read morePeux-t’on penser les humanités numériques sans un centre? May 5, 12:30 PM – 2:00 PM, Perez 302 Bio: Michael E. Sinatra is Professor of English at the Université de Montréal. He has published extensively on Leigh Hunt and other Romantic figures. He is also the founding director of the Centre de recherche interuniversitaire sur les humanités numériques (crihn.org) http://www.michaelsinatra.org/
Read moreContemplating a a text-encoding project? This introduction to the theory and practice of encoding electronic texts is for you. The course is also suitable for those who would like to better understand the philosophy, theory, and practicalities of encoding in XML (Extensible Markup Language) using the Text Encoding Initiative (TEI) Guidelines in order to aid others who are embarking on
Read moreThe machine will read and write in our own language, if we can speak its own language. And if we do, it will help us understand our language better, and thus read, understand, and critically assess texts faster, better, and in greater amounts than we could ever do on our own. It will actually be able to do all this
Read moreThis workshop will address topics in the curation of digital research data in each of the phases of its lifecycle, including its generation, acquisition, meta-data, archiving and retrieval. We will examine the structure and organization of research datasets in a sample of disciplines and examine how they are managed, referenced, used and re-purposed. The workshop will cover the identification and
Read more3D printing has become a popular tool in the maker community as well as in educational settings in recent years. It is not only used to make toys, prototype engineering projects or teach geometry and math, but you can make anything you want with limitless possibilities. This 10-hour workshop will introduce you to 3D modelling with various softwares, the intricacies
Read moreThis workshop will survey the theory and effects of quantifiable data on human activity, and will explore how an interdisciplinary design approach employing media with data processing can be a form of creative resilience. From new media visualization samples to common text applications, digital forms of data will be examined in open-source programs to offer an alternate means of producing
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