“The blueprint for modern digital computing was codesigned by Charles Babbage, a vocal champion for the … industrial capitalist class who condemned organized workers and viewed democracy and capitalism as incompatible … His influential theories on how “enterprising capitalists” could best subjugate workers are well documented in conventional labor scholarship.”
Hello Mastodon World #Introduction! I'm Josh, a Prof of Anthropology & Social Informatics at Indiana University South Bend, principal investigator w/Digital Index of North American Archaeology (DINAA). I work at intersections of people, heritage, tech, & research, love to help folks use data systems more humanely, openly, & equitably
My new side project https://www.colorama.app lets you explore original color photos from the early 1900s on a world map. The first batch consists of over 60,000 Autochromes commissioned by Albert Kahn. More collections coming soon!
One of my #DH students wants to do a project on word separation in #Sanskrit manuscripts. The project is very interesting, but unfortunately I have no experience with any Indian languages/scripts. Can anyone recommend
a) a database of transcribed (not transliterated) Sanskrit texts;
New #openaccess article out today describes how the Digital Index of North American Archaeology's (DINAA) strategies can help everybody connect heritage data better. Check out the whole open theme issue from @aap_saaorg
Neller, A., J. Heckman, E. Bollwerk, K. Myers, and J. Wells. "Making Archaeological Collections More Findable and Accessible through Increased Coordination." Advances in Archaeological Practice, 2024, 1-9. https://doi.org/10.1017/aap.2023.31
At the @internetarchive a light blinks on their servers every time you use their collections. What a great way to visualise the impact of free access to knowledge. Do not take libraries, museums or archives for granted, we must defend them at all costs! https://www.battleforlibraries.com
After a long wait I'm happy to announce that #Empirical#Musicology#Review just published our #data report on ~260 fully annotated #piano pieces from the long 19th century 🎉 I donate this #violin#plot to the @vagina_museum 😏 Thanks to our collaborators, annotators, and to my co-authors!
In Oldenburg an der UB ist übrigens eine unbefristete E13 als Referent:in für #DigitalHumanities ausgeschrieben. Man hat dort auf jeden Fall einen netten Chef und viel Gestaltungsspielraum. Wer nach unbefristeter Perspektive schaut, sich mit dem Schnittstellengebiet #DH an wissenschaftlichen Bibliotheken anfreunden kann und Lust hat, etwas aufzubauen, sollte da mal vorbeischauen.
Struggling with the right search tools, confs, and wording - Looking for anyone with a good classifier to detect setting descriptions in fiction. Anyone in #DH#NLP know?
Call for papers about "AI and Resilience" for a special issue of Frontiers in Artificial Intelligence. This is an interdisciplinary call for a range of perspectives. Critical, humanistic, cultural, historical perspectives are all welcome => https://www.frontiersin.org/research-topics/62761/ai-and-resilience
I've been in touch with the folks at Native-Land.ca to see about adding India's indigenous (Adivasi) communities to their project. They already have great coverage of North America and Australia (and now Taiwan!).
It's going to be hard -- the Indian government keeps good census data, but not GIS maps that I know of. To help facilitate it, I put together a primer for them with links to some existing resources:
Endlich ist die Katze aus dem Sack: Wir suchen Beiträge für unseren Sammelband "From Global to Local? Digitale Methoden in den Geisteswissenschaften im deutschsprachigen Raum: ein Triptychon"! Reicht etwas ein und/oder leitet den Call gerne weiter! Infos gibt es hier: https://dhd-blog.org/?p=20783
Liebe #DH/ #NFDI Crowd, ist euch manchmal die Zeit bei Vorträgen für technische Aspekte zu knapp? Würdet ihr gerne viel mehr Details erfahren? Dann kommt doch zur #DHtech mini-conference auf der @adhorg#dh2024 in Washington! Bei dem CfP seit ihr z.B. mit Tool-Präsentation dabei! Wollt ihr ein komplett neues Format ausprobieren? Dann reicht es ein! Deadline ist bald! Hier könnt ihr mehr lesen: https://dh-tech.github.io/blog/2023/12/19/dh-inside-out-dh2024/ oder einfach direkt einreichen: https://form.jotform.com/233466066208053 , gerne boosten!
Last week in the #PleiadesGazetteer of ancient places, the editorial college published 19 new and 185 updated place resources, reflecting the work of Jeffrey Becker, Catherine Bouras, Tom Elliott, Greta Hawes, Brady Kiesling, Chris de Lisle, Rosemary Selth, R. Scott Smith, and Richard Talbert.