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 aseifert | Sep 30, 2014 | Analysis & Comment, Being Human festival, Music, Public Engagement
In this guest blog Professor Tim Crawford, Principal Investigator on the AHRC large grant project Transforming Musicology, explores how new technologies are influencing the ways in which we experience, make and study music. Research conducted by the Transforming...