Category: Research
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CFP: Submissions for The Journal of Interactive Technology and Pedagogy special issue – Labor, Political Economy, and Activism
Themed Issue 24: Digital Humanities: Labor, Political Economy, and Activism in the Age of Digital Mediation Issue Editors: Matthew N. Hannah, Purdue University Gabriel Hankins, Clemson University Anna Alexis Larsson, Indiana University The Journal of Interactive Technology and Pedagogy (JITP) seeks scholarly work at the intersection of technology with teaching, learning, and research for a […]
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CFP: On Gathering: Exploring Collective & Embodied Modes of Schol Comm (JEP)
I’m pleased to share a new call for papers for a special issue of Journal of Electronic Publishing, called On Gathering: Exploring Collective and Embodied Modes of Scholarly Communication. Changes in scholarly communication have shifted the boundaries of where and how we share our work, and through which intermediaries. Still, even in more fluid forms […]
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Notes on Metaphor and the Figures of/on the Internet
For this blog post, I introduce a couple of key concepts (remediation, “user,” and metaphor) to start gesturing towards the actually complex role that metaphors play in the digital realm and in constructing our understanding of how digital and internet technologies actually work. This blog post was inspired by a lecture I gave to my […]
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Rethinking Knowledge Production: An Interview with Dr. Lorena Gauthereau
Last year I had the opportunity to sit down virtually with Dr. Lorena Gauthereau for an hour to discuss her academic career and current work with the Recovering the US Hispanic Literary Heritage project. Dr. Gauthereau serves as the Digital Programs Manager for the US Latino Digital Humanities Center at the University of Houston and […]
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An Argument for PubPub: Your new Publishing BFF
PubPub What is PubPub? PubPub is focused on community publishing – emphasizing collaborative editing and writing, multimedia/multimodal incorporation, and free community building. Through this, it is open and accessible for all. Their mission: “PubPub gives research communities of all stripes and sizes a simple, affordable, and nonprofit alternative to existing publishing models and tools.” Beyond […]
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Dissertation to First Book with Ken Wissoker | RECAP
Ken Wissoker of Duke UP says to “write for the fang[x]rls…” If you weren’t one of the 100+ people able to make it to Ken Wissoker’s incredible Dissertation to First Book talk, don’t worry – I’ve got you covered. Wissoker, the Senior Executive Editor at Duke University Press & Director of Intellectual Publics here at […]
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Unboxing Eli Thayer: Exploring Brown University Special Collections
In Spring 2019, I started working on a Digital Humanities project entitled, “The Speech that Settled Kansas: Eli Thayer’s Rousing Lecture” which was both challenging and fascinating for me. It is challenging because it deals with an 1854 speech by Eli Thayer, which has long been absent from the archive; fascinating as the absence has […]
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Curating a microseries of video pathways into the collections for the LGBTQ History Museum of Central Florida
INTRODUCTIONS This summer I will be working as a graduate student intern with the LGBTQ History Museum of Central Florida. To begin, I am completing my first year toward my PhD in Texts and Technology with the University of Central Florida. My concentrations are Public History and Editing, Publishing, and Interdisciplinary Curating (EPIC). I arrived […]
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When in Doubt, Screenshot: Navigating the Challenges of Digital Research
The night before a final research presentation late last spring, I opened my computer, absentmindedly clicked on a saved bookmark, and felt my heart drop into my stomach: the website had vanished. Instead of the normal cursive, Arabic font announcing that this was the homepage of the Moroccan Boutchichi Sufi order, the screen had turned […]