Migrating QuakeStudies to Islandora
At the National Digital Forum in Wellington last month, Jennifer, along with Jonathan Hunt from Catalyst IT, gave a presentation on progress with migrating QuakeStudies to the new Islandora platform:
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Ladies First: Crowdsourcing the Macdonald Dictionary
Chris Thomson, with Joanna Szczepanski from the Canterbury Museum, gave a presentation to NDF2017 last week, describing the Macdonald Dictionary Crowdsourcing project, a recent collaboration between the Lab and the Museum. Watch their presentation:
Community formation that transcends politics in the age of filter bubbles – an example from Facebook
The recent fires in the Christchurch Port Hills caused enormous destruction and disturbance to those living in the area. Tragically a life was lost fighting the blaze, and there was major disruption when about 450 houses were evacuated, 11 homes destroyed, and over 1800 hectares scorched in the region between… Read More »Community formation that transcends politics in the age of filter bubbles – an example from Facebook
Digital Humanities Infrastructure Workshop: Part Four
Today I finish my series on the Digital Humanities Infrastructure Workshops held in November last year, by discussing my own perspective on cyberinfrastructure. But before I do this, I thought that I should outline my background in Digital Humanities and my role at CEISMIC in order to put my thoughts in… Read More »Digital Humanities Infrastructure Workshop: Part Four
Digital Humanities Infrastructure Workshop: Part Three
Digital Content Analyst Lucy-Jane Walsh, continues her discussion of the UCDH Cyberinfrastructure with a summary of Alan Liu’s talk: Against the Cultural Singularity: Digital Humanities & Cultural Infrastructure Studies – Alan Liu Alan Liu began his talk with a quote from Finnish architect Eliel Saarinen: “Always design a thing by considering… Read More »Digital Humanities Infrastructure Workshop: Part Three
Digital Humanities Infrastructure Workshop: Part One
Today we have a guest blogger, Lucy-Jane Walsh, Digital Content Analyst at the CEISMIC Programme, talking about her impressions of a recent seminar held by the UC Digital Humanities Programme: A few weeks ago I attended an afternoon of short seminars about Digital Humanities cyberinfrastructure held by the Digital Humanities Programme… Read More »Digital Humanities Infrastructure Workshop: Part One