by uoladmin | Oct 21, 2022 | Digital, Libraries & Publications, Publications
By Professor Jane Winters Humanities researchers disseminate their work in a wide range of venues and formats, depending on an ever-shifting combination of factors. These include disciplinary norms, the demands of particular career stages and assessment cycles,...
by uoladmin | Oct 21, 2022 | Digital, Research & Resources
By Michael Donnay Science fiction writers love to imagine a future where people have radically different relationships to their books. In some fictional worlds, an implanted chip in your brain provides access to a wealth of information while in others books are...
by Talking Humanities | Apr 4, 2022 | Digital, Features, Languages & Literature, Research & Resources
If digital technologies are inclusive, why would 45 million Yoruba speakers be excluded from machine translation services, asks Dr Emmanuel Ngue Um, associate professor of linguistics and digital humanities at the University of Yaoundé. Be wary of the ‘big tech...
by Talking Humanities | Apr 4, 2022 | Digital, Features, Research & Resources
Dr Christopher Ohge, considers whether minimal computing, ‘a set of practices that aim to reduce barriers to access and engagement’, may help to reduce the impact of global digital access on the environment. And a sustainable toolkit is on the way. Last year I visited...
by Talking Humanities | Apr 4, 2022 | Digital, Features, History & Classics, Languages & Literature, Research & Resources
Dr Usama Gad, classics and papyrology lecturer at Cairo’s Ain Shams University, calls on scholars to overturn tradition and harness the power of new digital tools to include the voices of the whole human family. The digital culture of digital humanities, in my case in...
by Talking Humanities | Apr 4, 2022 | Archives & Libraries, Digital, Features, Research & Resources
For the best search for online collections, museums and cultural heritage institutions need to reflect the voices of the people they serve and collaborate in how they describe collections, says Jessica BrodeFrank, a doctoral student at the School of Advanced Study and...
