If I want to write—to make marks that express thoughts in written language, in a way that it can be shared and read by others—there are a number of tools available to help with the task: Pencil Pen (ballpoint, felt tip or fountain, not to mention reed, feather and steel nib) Brush crayons, pastels, charcoal,Continue reading “Explorations in Writing Technology: Creating a Digital Typeface”
Category Archives: Digital Scholarship & Publishing
Mapping gender and status in simulated Mars missions
NASA has scheduled the first manned mission to Mars by 2030s. Millions of miles away, this group of astronauts will constitute a micro society. Women and men, most likely from different cultures, will have to live and work together in claustrophobic chambers for a long time. Stereotypes in task groups To prepare for this experience,Continue reading “Mapping gender and status in simulated Mars missions”
Walt Whitman Archive Awarded NHPRC Grant!
The National Historical Publications and Records Commission (NHPRC) has awarded a grant of $105,002 to the University of Iowa to support the Walt Whitman Archive’s project, “Fame and Infamy: Walt Whitman’s Correspondence, 1888-1892.” The correspondence project aims to collect, transcribe, edit, and publish letters that the nineteenth-century American poet sent and received during the final yearsContinue reading “Walt Whitman Archive Awarded NHPRC Grant!”
LitCity is Live!
For nearly a century, promising writers, many of whom have gone on to be well-known for their work around the world, have called Iowa City their home at some point in their life. It should come as no surprise that in 2008, this beacon for the written word was designated as a City of LiteratureContinue reading “LitCity is Live!”
Announcing the Digital Scholarship & Publishing Studio Fellows for Summer 2018
Following the success of last year’s pilot program, The University of Iowa Graduate College and the UI Libraries Digital Scholarship & Publishing Studio are excited to announce that 13 graduate students have been selected for the 2018 Studio Summer Fellowship program. These individuals will soon take part in an 8-week course that provides mentored digital scholarship experience,Continue reading “Announcing the Digital Scholarship & Publishing Studio Fellows for Summer 2018”
Fanzines, the Roots of SF, and the Dual Enrollment Classroom
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”
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”