The Digital and the Human(ities) Texas Institute for Literary and Textual Studies 2010-2011 Lars Hinrichs & Matt Cohen, Co-directors, Nicole Gray, Coordinator
http://tilts.dwrl.utexas.edu/symposia/third Contact: Andrea Golden, [email protected] TILTS Third Symposium: The Digital and the Human(ities) In this symposium, scholars will be encouraged to consider digital humanities from a critical standpoint as it impacts both the disciplines within the humanities and the people who practice them. Is the ongoing shift toward the digital leading to a loss of quality in textual interaction? As more and more interaction takes place on screen and remotely, as opposed to face-to-face and/or on paper, what can still be nurtured and what is being lost? How are notions fundamental to, and controversial in, the humanities, such as the visual, the oral, the subjective, the affective, the sexual, the geographic, the historical, human rights, justice, and the relation between the corporate and the public evolving in an environment characterized by digital mediation? All events are free and open to the public. For access to UT's wireless network, visitors in the audience should speak to Lars Hinrichs or Matt Cohen. Thursday, May 26, 2011 Keynote address: 5:30 p.m. Mezes 1.306 Welcome: Matt Cohen and Lars Hinrichs Introduction: Michael Winship Keynote lecture: Johanna Drucker, "Humanist Computing at the End of the Individual Voice" Reception: Mezes Lobby ************************************************************************************* ************************************************************************************* Friday, May 27, 2011 All panels will be held in MEZ 0.306 9:30 - 10:00 a.m., coffee and snacks available ************************************************************************************* 10:00 - 11:30 a.m., Session 1: Justice, Rights, and the Digital Chair: Charlotte Nunes Speakers: T-Kay Sangwand, "Collective Memories: Digital Archival Collaborations and the UT Libraries Human Rights Documentation Initiative" James Pennebaker, "We Know What You Are Thinking: Enjoying the Brave New World of Language Analysis" David Beaver, "Sins of Admission: Virtues and Vices of Automated Analysis of University Admissions Essays" Anna Everett, "Obama, Social Media and the Viral Civil Rights Movement" ************************************************************************************* 11:30 a.m. - 1:00 p.m., lunch ************************************************************************************* 1:00 - 2:30 p.m., Session 2: Argument: Does the Nature of An Argument Change When It Relies on Digital Computing? Chair: Stephanie Rosen Speakers: Robert Mitchell, "Voice, Community, Network: Reflections on Digital Humanities from the Perspective of Science Studies" Sebastian Domsch, "Critical Sharks in the Meme Pool: The Paradoxes of Criticism in Digital Media" John Unsworth, "Datta-Mine-ing" Comment: Samuel Baker ************************************************************************************* 2:30 - 3:00 p.m., coffee break ************************************************************************************* 3:00 - 4:30 p.m., Session 3: Automation and the Digital Vernacular Chair: Robert K. Nelson Speakers: Patricia Yaeger, "Luminous Trash: Throwaway Robots in Blade Runner, The Terminators, A. I. and WALL·E" Lauren Squires, "Automatic Genres: Views of Language from the Digital Armchair" Jason Baldridge, "Computational Grounding of Texts in Real World Proxies" Comment: Coleman Hutchison ************************************************************************************* ************************************************************************************* Saturday, May 28, 2011 MEZ 0.306 9:30 - 10:00 a.m., coffee and snacks available ************************************************************************************* 10:00 - 11:30 a.m., Session 4: The Structure of Being on the Internet Chair: Douglas Bigham Speakers: Chris Ortiz y Prentice, "Writing Mass Effect Online: Reading User-Generated Content" Joseph Thompson, "Magical Machines and Affective Actants: What Can Vital Materialism Mean for Video Game theory?" Josh Iorio, "Shifting Patterns of Silence: Encouraging Participation in Virtual Workspaces" José Enrique Navarro, “Liquid Authorship” ************************************************************************************* 11:30 a.m. - 1:00 p.m., lunch ************************************************************************************* 1:00 - 2:30 p.m., Session 5: The Situations of Digital Humanities Chair: Andrew J. Torget Speakers: Matthew Kirschenbaum, "Digital Humanities as/is a Tactical Term" Kim Christen, "Digital Humanities' Centers and Margins: Creating a Dialog" Nick Montfort, "The Digital Rear-View Mirror" Comment: N. Katherine Hayles ************************************************************************************* 2:30 - 3:00 p.m., coffee break ************************************************************************************* 3:00 - 4:30 p.m., Session 6: Visualizing: The Future of Academic Discourse Chair: Kari Kraus Speakers: Jeffrey Schnapp, "extraMUROS (archives across walls)" Craig Campbell, "Revealing Pictures and Reflexive Frames" Justin Hodgson, "Opening Ourselves to the Paradigm" Comment: Johanna Drucker http://tilts.dwrl.utexas.edu/symposia/third http://www.facebook.com/pages/Digital-Writing-Research-Lab/141021124556 -- Our Web site: http://www.RefreshAustin.org/ You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Refresh Austin" group. [ Posting ] To post to this group, send email to [email protected] Job-related postings should follow http://tr.im/refreshaustinjobspolicy We do not accept job posts from recruiters. [ Unsubscribe ] To unsubscribe from this group, send email to [email protected] [ More Info ] For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/Refresh-Austin
