The Political Dimension of Scholarship in Times of Great Upheaval
Some thoughts on questions of social responsibility, detachment and progress in academia.
some addenda
Some thoughts on questions of social responsibility, detachment and progress in academia.
Anecdote about scholarly misconduct and the pitfalls of Wikipedia. Chronicles a quote from the philosopher Hans Vaihinger that never quite existed.
Workshop report about “Thinking in Practice”, hosted by the Modelling DH project in January 2017 in Cologne.
A look at the different nuances of “humanities” and “Geisteswissenschaften” in the context of DH.
Spontaneous reply to the LA Review of Books article “Neoliberal Tools (and Archives): A Political History of Digital Humanities” by Daniel Allington, Sarah Brouillette, David Golumbia.
Poster presented with Frederike Neuber at the DiXiT Convention 2. It illustrates the role of the digital editor within the “professional myth” of the Digital Humanities, first put forth by Willard McCarty.