My Postdoc at Digital Matters In my work as a digital humanist, I spend a lot of my time counting things—words, documents, topics, citations, hours spent getting even my simple bits of code to work. In describing to friends, family, and students what Digital Matters is,...
Jace Brittain comes to us from the English Department, where he is working on a PhD in Creative Writing. Briefly describe your project and the challenges, lessons learned, and obstacles overcome in the execution of it. What were the professional, academic, and personal motivations underlying your...
Tiana Birrell comes to Digital Matters from the Environmental Humanities Graduate Program, where she is pursuing a master’s degree in Environmental Humanities. Briefly describe your project and the challenges, lessons learned, and obstacles overcome in the execution of it. What were the professional, academic, and personal...
Please come visit Digital Matters in Protospace to view and interact with Tiana Birrell's art installation, Drifting through the Digital, where she "seeks to emphasize the materiality of the digital realm and highlight its agency within the landscape and local economies." Her exhibit is located just...
Depending on who you are talking to, libraries are either on the decline or ushering in a new golden age of information. But predictions like these are nothing new. Articles that predict the death or the flourishing future of the library are nearly as old...
[caption id="attachment_618" align="alignleft" width="300"] Thinking like a designer means a lot of sketching.[/caption] I just came back from the Digital Humanities Summer Institute (DHSI) at the University of Victoria where I attended the course “Visualizing Information: Where Data Meets Design” taught by Aimée Knight. In this...
Matt McPherson, a Marriott Library student employee in the Media Studio, chose to feature Digital Matters in his final assignment for his Radio Journalism class. As part of his assignment, he interviewed Greg Hatch (head of Creativity and Innovation Services), Robert Nelson (Assistant Head, AV Studios),...
Hello, readers! This is the third and final post to introduce you to our new staff in Digital Matters. Hopefully you've already had a chance to read Lizzie's and David's great posts over the past two weeks. Now it's my turn! My name is Rebekah Cummings, and...
Greetings! This past year, I had the privilege of being appointed director of Digital Matters and I'd like to take the time to tell you a bit about myself. I'm an associate professor of English here at the U, with stops along the way at...
Hello, world! My name is Elizabeth Callaway, and I am the Postdoctoral Fellow in Digital Matters. I research and teach at the intersections of Digital Humanities, New Media Studies, and Environmental Humanities. My PhD is in English, but what I enjoy most is using my humanities...