Digital Humanities Talk Series, 2007-2008
On Wednesday December 12th, the series turns to online journals, with
consecutive talks by Tara McPherson and Steve Anderson if USC about
their work at USC on Vectors. For a fuller description, and details
of the time and location, please see below. Posters are attached.
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Speaker:
Tara McPherson; Associate Professor of Critical Studies and Gender
Studies, USC School of Cinematic Arts.
When:
Wednesday, December 12, 2007; 2:00pm
Where:
Barker Center for the Humanities, Room 133
Talk Title:
Scholarship at the Interface: New Directions in the Digital Humanities
Abstract:
After offering a typology of the digital humanities, this
presentation will explore several aspects of the international
electronic journal, Vectors/: its conception, its mandates, its
infrastructure and funding, and its innovative collaborative design
process. Some questions to be considered include: What happens when
scholarship looks and feels differently, requiring different modes of
engagement from the reader/user? How does "argument" shift when
scholarship goes fully networked and multimedia? How do you
‘experience’ argument in a more immersive and sensory-rich space? Can
scholarship show as well as tell? How can scholars foster new modes
of collaboration and reach new audiences?
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Speaker:
Steve Anderson; Assistant Professor of Interactive Media, USC School
of Cinematic Arts
When:
Wednesday, December 12, 2007; 3:00pm
Where:
Barker Center for the Humanities, Room 133
Talk Title:
Scholarship at the Interface: New Directions in the Digital Humanities
Abstract:
Recent developments in information systems accessible to everyday
users have given rise to a range of tools for synthesizing meaning
out of multiple sources and configurations of data. Maps, for
example, have become interfaces rather than representations;
photographs are puzzle pieces waiting to be texture-mapped into
virtual environments. For many, this convergence of systems of
representation and information are a long-awaited step toward an
increasingly immersive, computationally driven geospatial web. This
paper examines the ideological and historiographical implications
of merging these two formerly disparate ways of organizing
perceptions of the world, arguing that, as the boundaries between
information, graphics and photographic representation continue to
blur, designed interfaces must be understood in terms of
epistemological paradigms rather than as mere systems of access.
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