I’m Marc. I’m an MFA Choreographer in the Dance Department and this summer at the Studio I’m building a project called Dance For Screens. As a choreographer, I (probably) spend an inordinate amount of time observing people and how they move through the world. I’m intrigued by gestures, patterns, and the ways in which bodies navigateContinue reading “Making Digital Dances Dance Digitally “
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“There’s nothing more important in a democracy than a well informed electorate.”
Antecedents In 1987, Congress amended the Nuclear Waste Policy Act (1982) designating Yucca Mountain as the sole nuclear waste repository for the country. Still reeling from the Three Mile Island accident (1979), fears of an American Chernobyl (1986), and cinematic representations of nuclear crises in movies like The China Syndrome (1979) and Silkwood (1983), theContinue reading ““There’s nothing more important in a democracy than a well informed electorate.””
On Narrowing Scope: Making a Huge Project Manageable (and Failing at It)
Hi, everyone. I’m working this summer on a digital exhibition of the Commonwealth, an anti-slavery Boston newspaper founded in 1862, right in the middle of the Civil War. In the weeks since my fellowship began, I’ve been working on making scans of the pages of the periodical, researching the various people involved in publication, andContinue reading “On Narrowing Scope: Making a Huge Project Manageable (and Failing at It)”
Women Of Ancient History (WOAH) – Networks and Maps to Promote Non-Male Scholars
I am contributing to an already existing project. Check out the current WOAH site. In short, the goal of this project is to promote the awareness and visibility of non-male scholars who study the ancient world. Dr. Sarah E. Bond (Iowa, Classics) started WOAH to combat the plainly false notion that, “there aren’t any womenContinue reading “Women Of Ancient History (WOAH) – Networks and Maps to Promote Non-Male Scholars”
Explorations in Writing Technology: Creating a Digital Typeface
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”
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”
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”
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”