Scholars - Forums

The Future of Museums

HASTAC Scholars — Wed, 16 May 2012 19:30:46 +0000

The topic of museums and technology is a timely one - as museums of all sizes and types rush to embrace technologies - and also a challenging one, as these institutions attempt to embrace a participatory culture facilitated by new digital technologies, while at the same time retain their expertise and authority as guardians of our culture and heritage.

Scholar Class 2012

Pedagogical Ethics in a Digital Age

HASTAC Scholars — Mon, 09 Apr 2012 17:34:43 +0000

What are your ethics for teaching in a digital age?

Scholar Class 2012

Press Start to Continue: Toward a New Video Game Studies

HASTAC Scholars — Mon, 06 Feb 2012 16:53:24 +0000

In November 2008, HASTAC Scholars featured a forum on gaming called “Participatory Play: Digital Games From Spacewar! to Virtual Peace.” Given the interdisciplinary nature of video game studies, that forum cast a wide net and really demonstrated the variety of promising perspectives and investments being brought to the study of video games.

Scholar Class 2012

Pixels and Print: Redefining Academic Publishing & Scholarly Communication

HASTAC Scholars — Fri, 06 Jan 2012 16:46:24 +0000

Today marks the second day of the MLA 2012 Convention, and one of the largest events happened yesterday morning: a 3 hour workshop called Evaluating Digital Work for Tenure and Promotion: A Workshop for Evaluators and Candidates.

Scholar Class 2012

Living Mediations: Biology, Technology and Art

HASTAC Scholars — Tue, 29 Mar 2011 17:00:54 +0000

First exhibited in Tokyo from 1995-1997, German anatomist Gunther von Hagens' Body Worlds exhibits have since been shown in over 50 venues throughout Asia, Europe, and North America, making them among the most successful traveling exhibitions ever.

Scholar Class 2011

[Announcement] HASTAC Scholars - Modeling a New Collective

slgrant — Sat, 05 Feb 2011 03:35:43 +0000

HASTAC Scholars will be participating in a New Collectives panel at DML2011: Designing Learning Futures.

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Code Critiques

HASTAC Scholars — Tue, 18 Jan 2011 17:41:09 +0000

Welcome to the Code Critique forum. Here we are focusing on reading and critiquing specific code snippets. To get the discussion started, your hosts have chosen 5 programs to analyze, ranging across the uses (and abuses) of computer programing.

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Critical Code Studies

HASTAC Scholars — Tue, 18 Jan 2011 17:36:17 +0000

At the recent MLA 2011, one of the largest conferences for humanities in the US, the question arose:

Scholar Class 2011

Feel the Noise

HASTAC Scholars — Sat, 06 Nov 2010 21:31:40 +0000

Feel the Noise: Sound, Music & Technology

Sound & Music

Openness in Academia

HASTAC Scholars — Wed, 20 Oct 2010 04:41:31 +0000

The spirit of openness is gaining traction in academia, both with faculty who are coming to embrace openness in their teaching, research, and

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Blogs & Beyond: Teaching with Technology and Curiosity

HASTAC Scholars — Sun, 25 Apr 2010 23:40:06 +0000

Blogs & Beyond: Teaching with Technology and Curiosity

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Queer & Feminist New Media Spaces

HASTAC Scholars — Tue, 23 Feb 2010 04:21:17 +0000

Introduction: Body Destiny
In many ways, following our Race and Ethnicity forum with one on Gender, Sexuality, and Queerness is a productive and intersectional connection, as this forum will also seek to unbind heteronormative, patriarchal and naturalized constructions of difference.

Queer DML

Race, Ethnicity, and Diaspora in the Digital Age

HASTAC Scholars — Tue, 26 Jan 2010 06:05:26 +0000

Race, Ethnicity, Diaspora, and the Other

Scholar Class 2010

Digital Storytelling

HASTAC Scholars — Mon, 07 Dec 2009 17:55:17 +0000

Depending on the context in which it is invoked, the term "digital storytelling" (DST) can refer to a disparate range of practices, theories, and issues -- from performance works staged in Second Life to questions about the implications of undocumented immigrants sharing their stories via cell phones.

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Grading 2.0: Evaluation in the Digital Age

HASTAC Scholars — Sun, 15 Nov 2009 21:55:35 +0000

In this HASTAC forum, three Scholars invite you to consider evaluation and assessment in the face of new forms of digital media, new kinds of skills and technologies, and the ever-changing landscape of education and academia.

Grading 2.0: Evaluation in the Digital Age

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Democratizing Knowledge

HASTAC Scholars — Mon, 21 Sep 2009 18:31:13 +0000

In the digital humanities, what does it mean to "democratize knowledge"? In this year's first HASTAC forum discussion, graduate students from the University of Washington and the University of Iowa invite us to consider the intersections of information technologies with fostering community partnerships and opening access to university resources and research.

Scholar Class 2010

Blogging & Tweeting Academia

John Jones — Mon, 13 Apr 2009 01:24:05 +0000

As the tools necessary for creating blogs and other forms of micro-publishing (podcasts, videocasts, microblogs) have become more readily available,many academics have been quick to embrace these new forms of communication. However, academics blog for many different reasons, such as disseminating scholarship, demystifying the inner workings of the academy, or promoting themselves in an uncertain job market.

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Mapping the Digital Humanities

matthew-w-wilson — Sun, 05 Apr 2009 18:37:17 +0000

Mapping the Digital Humanities
A HASTAC Scholars Discussion Forum hosted by
HASTAC Scholars Jentery Sayers and Matthew W. Wilson (University of Washington)

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Making Invisible Learning Visible

ChaletS — Sun, 22 Mar 2009 20:43:45 +0000

Welcome to the HASTAC Scholars Discussion Forum on

Making Invisible Learning Visible

Featuring Randy Bass and Bret Eynon, co-Project Directors of the Visible
Knowledge
Project

hosted by HASTAC scholars Daniel Chamberlain (University of Michigan and University of Southern California)

and Chalet Seidel (Case Western Reserve University)

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Digital Textuality and Tools

Michael Widner — Mon, 09 Mar 2009 02:13:29 +0000

Welcome to a HASTAC Scholars Discussion Forum on
Digital Textuality & Tools

featuring
Geraldine Heng (The University of Texas at Austin)

hosted by HASTAC Scholars
Michael Widner (The University of Texas at Austin)
and Angela Kinney (University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign)

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Scholars - Forums

The Future of Museums

Pedagogical Ethics in a Digital Age

Press Start to Continue: Toward a New Video Game Studies

Pixels and Print: Redefining Academic Publishing & Scholarly Communication

Living Mediations: Biology, Technology and Art

[Announcement] HASTAC Scholars - Modeling a New Collective

Code Critiques

Critical Code Studies

Feel the Noise

Openness in Academia

Blogs & Beyond: Teaching with Technology and Curiosity

Queer & Feminist New Media Spaces

Race, Ethnicity, and Diaspora in the Digital Age

Digital Storytelling

Grading 2.0: Evaluation in the Digital Age

Democratizing Knowledge

Blogging & Tweeting Academia

Mapping the Digital Humanities

Making Invisible Learning Visible

Featuring Randy Bass and Bret Eynon, co-Project Directors of the Visible Knowledge Project

Digital Textuality and Tools

Featuring Randy Bass and Bret Eynon, co-Project Directors of the Visible
Knowledge
Project