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Mimesis and Computers
elotroalex Mimesis and Computers[Reposted from the Scholars' Lab blog] “Computers are inherently dumb.” I hear this all the time, even from folks in computer science. I like to think of them as...
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towards a geo-textual humanities
elotroalex towards a geo-textual humanities[Reposted from the Scholars' Lab blog] Maps are texts, and texts are maps. At the beginning of the movie The English Patient, as Márta Sebestyén’s “Szerelem,...
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Praxis, MLA 2012 and timeliness
elotroalex Praxis, MLA 2012 and timeliness[Cross-posted at the Scholars' Blog] I’m finally settling back into my C’ville routine. My last stop this winter break was the MLA convention in Seattle. Like...
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other ways of doing it
elotroalex other ways of doing itColleagues in North America have a lot to learn about the possibilities of the digital world from my colleagues down in the global south. Sometimes, when we feel we...
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Derri(co)da
elotroalex Derri(co)da[A slightly modified version of this post was originally posted as a code-critique for the Critical Code Studies Working Group 2012] Language: English and French. Prior to...
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on sequences, noise and Juxta.
elotroalex on sequences, noise and Juxta.[Cross-posted at the NINES blog] If you mention tokens and strings to a textual scholar, do not be surprised to receive a polite reprimand in response. Most...
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Day of DH
elotroalex Day of DHAround here we usually wake up around 6:30 am to Henry’s complaints. He asks to be let out of the room, but has not learned how to open the door himself. I’m sitting on the couch in...
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…and then the Herokulypse
elotroalex …and then the Herokulypse[Cross-posted on the Scholars' Lab blog] After two and some years hanging around the Scholars’ Lab and earning my badges in the DH community, I finally learned a...
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Theory is dead, long live theory!
elotroalex Theory is dead, long live theory!Follow me on a caricature in two movements for mixed company. First movement (Allegro Appassionato): Excessive Theory can lead to blindness. For all the...
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Interview for 4Humanities
elotroalex Interview for 4Humanities[This interview by Ernesto Priego appeared earlier today in 4Humanities. Ernesto y yo creamos también una versión en Español.] Ernesto Priego: Can you describe who...
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Spreading the love: The wrong and the right in digital humanities
elotroalex Spreading the love: The wrong and the right in digital humanities[Thanks to my penchant for travel-induced clumsiness, I missed my own panel at the American Studies Association, “Digital...
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MLA 2014 Notes
elotroalex MLA 2014 NotesOn Arrival The 2014 Modern Language Association annual conference took place on the week when the polar winds descended on the United States. Many students, faculty, librarians...
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Why do the humanities matter, and what does that have to do with a bus?
elotroalex Why do the humanities matter, and what does that have to do with a bus?One of my favorite humans in the world is my cousin Edwin. He makes a good living exporting used cars in Houston. We...
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The (Digital) Library of Babel
elotroalex The (Digital) Library of Babel [This talk was delivered as the closing keynote before the Digital Humanities Summer Institute in Victoria, B.C. on June 6, 2014. It was a bittersweet delivery...
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elotroalex Las humanidades digitales en el Antropoceno [Esta es una traducción al español de la charla magistral de Bethany Nowviskie, "The Digital Humanities in the Anthropocene," leída en Lausanne...
View ArticleA Sentimental Education in the Humanities, Part I
elotroalex A Sentimental Education in the Humanities, Part I [Last year I accepted 4 invitations to lecture in 4 different cities (New Haven, College Station, Nashville and Pittsburgh) on 4 different...
View ArticleA Non-Peer-Reviewed Review of a Peer-Reviewed essay by Adeline Koh
elotroalex A Non-Peer-Reviewed Review of a Peer-Reviewed essay by Adeline Koh [What follows is a response to a recent Hybrid Pedagogy article making the rounds. It serves as a companion piece to one...
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[During the #dhpoco 2013 summer school the important question of the role of DH in activism and vice versa came up . My contribution followed some lines of thought and practice I have continued to...
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