The Digital Scholarship & Publishing Studio proudly shares this guest blog post from Russell Aaronson of Coral Springs High School, Coral Springs, Florida, detailing his and his students use of the Hevelin Fanzine Collection in DIY History. * * * Clicking through The University of Iowa’s DIY History Hevelin Fanzines archive sent me back toContinue reading “Fanzines, the Roots of SF, and the Dual Enrollment Classroom”
Category Archives: Digital Scholarship & Publishing
Creating the Room to Fail in Order to Succeed
With every new project, one thing will continue to be true: It will always take longer than you think. With my podcast plan in hand and weeks of summer before me, I thought at this point I would have a dozen episodes recorded and edited, a website up and running, and a launch date inContinue reading “Creating the Room to Fail in Order to Succeed”
Small Summer Successes in the Land of Motion Capture
This summer was filled with plenty of (dare I say it) failures, but enough successes to illustrate the evolution of my work in the studio. And while I had hoped to have a kind of concrete something to evidence the labors of my summer here, much of what I am leaving this fellowship with seemsContinue reading “Small Summer Successes in the Land of Motion Capture”
Periodizing Big Data: Reintroducing Punctuation Back Into Corpus Analysis
When it comes to corpus analysis, scholars have tended to focus on stylistic or linguistic patterns in an author’s work. Punctuation is often excluded from these conversations, yet it is not entirely clear as to why this is the case. Periods, commas, hyphens, etc., are meaningful units of expression, and they can typically serve asContinue reading “Periodizing Big Data: Reintroducing Punctuation Back Into Corpus Analysis”
“Scholarship is Scholarship”: Identity Crisis in the Digital Humanities
When I meet someone, our introduction typically goes something like this: What do you do? I teach college literature and I’m a graduate student. Oh, what do you study? Victorian Literature Oh, like Jane Austen, and stuff? …sure. There is always more we can say about ourselves, our interests, and our work. If I decideContinue reading ““Scholarship is Scholarship”: Identity Crisis in the Digital Humanities”
Mediocritas in the Digital Humanities (and in My Life)
…evelli penitus dicant nec posse nec opus esse et in omnibus fere rebus mediocritatem esse optimam existiment. “They say that complete eradication is neither possible nor necessary, and they consider that in nearly all situations that the ‘moderation’ is best” (Cicero, Tusc. 4.46). In my last few weeks here at the Digital Scholarship & PublishingContinue reading “Mediocritas in the Digital Humanities (and in My Life)”
My Summer Journey in Digital Studio Dept.
Hello World! Today, I would like to talk to you about my experience with the Digital Studio summer fellowship. One of my PhD project goals is to educate the public about a promising new process to combust hydrocarbon fuels, specifically natural gas, with little to no side effects on the environment. This project is fundedContinue reading “My Summer Journey in Digital Studio Dept.”
Final Reflection from this Mad Translator
For my first blog post, I did some reflection on Machine Translation instead of talking about my project, so here is a brief description of what I worked on this summer. I created my own website, from scratch but using skills I learned from Codecademy and their helpful tutorials, to act as a platform forContinue reading “Final Reflection from this Mad Translator”
When to Work Alone, and When to Ask for Help
I’m not a “tech” person. Naturally, computers (amongst other software and gadgets) make up a normal part of my day-to-day routines, and while I feel perfectly comfortable “tinkering” around with new gadgets and programs, the language of code and other seemingly mysterious components of the “digital” in academia elude me. No, I study stories; IContinue reading “When to Work Alone, and When to Ask for Help”
Minimizing Pollutants Through CLC
Hello blog readers! I’m Hayder, one of the summer fellows in the UIowa Digital Scholarship & Publishing Studio. I’m working on creating a website to educate people about a new fuel combustion process which is Chemical Looping Combustion (CLC). CLC is a promising method of natural gas combustion to produce energy. This process utilizes theContinue reading “Minimizing Pollutants Through CLC”