I think that the articles in the Theorizing section presented some provocative and interesting ideas. I was particularly struck by Johanna Drucker’s essay, “Humanist Theory and Digital Scholarship.” In this […]
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What does alt ac mean for the academy?
The selection of readings for today’s class present an interesting and important point of view when considering the state of employment in the academy, and subsequently, what skills the […]
Open Peer Review
In preparation for class today I also tried to participate in one of the on-line peer review experiments. I chose the work about piracy in the music business, a topic […]
Peer Review, Scholarly Publishing, and the Future of the Academy
I thought that Kathleen Fitzpatrick’s excellent work, Planned Obsolescence, raised several very valid and important questions and issues regarding technology, communication, and scholarly publishng. When Fitzpatrick asserts that we must […]
The definition of Digital Humanities…a problematic endeavor
Throughout the selection of readings for this week I noticed one constant theme: it seems impossible to arrive at a consensus on a definition of the Digital Humanities. I think […]