Humanist Discussion Group, Vol. 15, No. 291.
Centre for Computing in the Humanities, King's College London
<http://www.princeton.edu/~mccarty/humanist/>
<http://www.kcl.ac.uk/humanities/cch/humanist/>
Date: Fri, 05 Oct 2001 08:45:25 +0100
From: "R.G. Siemens" <RaySiemens@home.com>
Subject: The Humanities Computing Curriculum /
The Computing Curriculum in the Arts and
Humanities (November 9-10, 2001)
[please excuse x-posting]
The Humanities Computing Curriculum /
The Computing Curriculum in the Arts and Humanities
November 9-10, 2001
Nanaimo, British Columbia, Canada
< http://web.mala.bc.ca/siemensr/HCCurriculum/ >
Conference Description
For the purpose of our teaching, is there an accepted
set of tools and techniques, and a unique and related
collection of theories having a commonly-understood
application, that are associated with the
(inter)discipline of humanities computing? In other
words, is there a humanities computing curriculum, a
curriculum that appropriately treats the role of the
computer, today, in the context of the centuries-old
tradition of the arts and humanities?
What must be considered when designing and implementing
courses that bring the computer to the arts and
humanities, courses in humanities computing? Can such
courses discover and survey the influence of computing
technology, broadly construed, in the arts? Must
courses in humanities computing reflect the tradition
of the computing humanist? Should they embrace all
current applications of computing in the humanities?
Can textual description and markup, cybercultural
studies, text analysis, and (multi)media theory and
practice, &c., co-exist? What are others in the field
bringing to their classrooms and to their programs that
have humanities computing components? Such are the
questions that many face as they and their institutions
formulate, for the first time, new academic courses and
programs that seek to apply computing to established
arts and humanities curricula.
Led by expert practitioners in the field of humanities
computing, through a number of papers, sessions, poster
presentations, and seminars this conference will
address the broad range of issues involved in
integrating computing practice in the teaching of the
arts and humanities -- from developing a single course
in a particular discipline to the development of an
entire curriculum.
Invited Speakers
Invited speakers include Willard McCarty (King's
College, London), John Unsworth (U Virginia), Susan
Hockey (University College London), and Nancy Ide
(Vassar College).
Conference Program
The conference's program is available at
http://web.mala.bc.ca/siemensr/HCCurriculum/program.htm
A full list of presenters, and abstracts of their
presentations, is available at
http://web.mala.bc.ca/siemensr/HCCurriculum/abstracts.htm
Registration, Accommodation, and Travel
Conference registration is carried out online, via this
link:
http://web.mala.bc.ca/siemensr/HCCurriculum/registration1.asp
A limited number of rooms are available at discounted
rates at the conference hotel, the Coast Bastion; until
October 7, these may be booked as part of conference
registration.
Nanaimo Travel (250-754-1331 or travel@nanaimo.ark.com)
is handling travel arrangements for the conference, for
those who wish. Please ask for Michelle.
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Malaspina University-College is located in Nanaimo, British
Columbia, on the beautiful east coast of Canada's Vancouver
Island. It is easily accessible via direct air and sea-ferry
service from Vancouver, as well as by connections from Victoria
and Seattle.
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Conference Advisory Board:
* Ray Siemens (Conference Chair)
English, Malaspina University-College, Nanaimo, BC, Canada.
V9R 5S5.
E-mail: siemensr@mala.bc.ca
Phone: (250) 753-3245, x2046.
Fax: (250) 741-2667.
* Peter Liddell, Director, Humanities Computing and Media
Centre, U Victoria
* Terry Butler, Director, Arts Technologies for Learning
Centre, U Alberta
* Geoffrey Rockwell, Director, Humanities Computing Centre,
McMaster U
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Host: Arts and First Nations, Malaspina University-College
Sponsors:
Arts and First Nations, MFA PD Ctte, Malaspina Research Fund, Malaspina U-C
Humanities Computing and Media Centre, U Victoria
Canadian Institute for Research Computing in the Arts, MA Program in
Humanities Computing, U Alberta
Humanities Computing Centre, School of the Arts, Humanities, McMaster U
Consortium for Computers in the Humanities / Consortium pour ordinateurs en
sciences humaines
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R.G. Siemens
English, Malaspina University-College, Nanaimo, BC, Canada. V9R 5S5.
Office: 335/120. Phone: (250) 753-3245, x2046. Fax: (250) 741-2667.
RaySiemens@home.com http://purl.oclc.org/NET/R_G_Siemens.htm
siemensr@mala.bc.ca
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