While I agree that tying the conference name to that of the umbrella
is desirable, I think the name HCA poses some significant problems:
not least the fact that the term "humanities computing" is becoming a
more and more limited term which only hails a subset of the community
we'd like to embrace here. The phrase "digital humanities" has the
merit of having no long-standing historical associations.
In addition, to start the entire process of name consideration again
(with the implication of going back to our executives for another
round of discussion and voting) simply because we've had one more
suggestion seems unreasonable. Why should we expect that HCA will
magically appeal to everyone? it does not have any particular
distinction that ADHO and ICHIO lack--it's just another alternative.
At 8:23 PM +0100 4/13/05, Jean Anderson wrote:
>I think Laszlo's suggestion of 'Humanities Computing 200x' has the
>benefit of simplicity and clarity; it would be recognised both in
>USA and Europe.
>
>I know the steering group conference call agreed to only ADHO or
>ICHIO, but neither won a majority vote. We have all been waiting for
>something better.
>Lisa Lena's suggestion of 'Humanities Computing Associations (HCA)'
>has the benefit of tying the umbrella organisation to the conference
>- giving significant and positive publicity.
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