manuelb's blog

So I attended the 'Digital Humanities and the Disciplines' Conference a couple of weeks ago and I have just come around to collecting my thoughts about it. Here they are - and they seem to be quite relevant to our discussions on Media History (Here's part 2 of my write-up):

 

Enclaves: Perils & Possibilities

Martha Nell Smith

So I attended the 'Digital Humanities and the Disciplines' Conference a couple of weeks ago and I have just come around to collecting my thoughts about it. Here they are - and they seem to be quite relevant to our discussions on Media History:

 

Two bits: The Cultural Significance of Free Software

For those of you in the NY/NJ/PA area, I encourage you to come participate/attend a conference on "Digital Humanities and the Disciplines," which begins the afternoon of Thurs. Oct. 2 and continues for most of the day on Friday, Oct. 3. 

http://cca.rutgers.edu/events/conferences/

I'll be attending and will most likely be posting up some stuff that I gather from it here come this weekend as it seems right up our alley.

Junot Diaz (Pulitzer Prize Winning author of The Brief and Wondrous Life of Oscar Wao) came to talk to the Rutgers community about his writing process (HINTS: Lord of the Rings, Science Fiction and why kids these days don't read were ALL discussed!)