Per the recent announcement on the website for the Simpson Center for the Humanities at the UW, I will have the pleasure of participating in the newly created HASTAC Scholars Program with, among other graduates and undergraduates at other institutions, the following scholars at the UW:
- Deborah Kimmey (English) administers the online interactive “keyword collaboratories” that extend the work of Keywords for American Cultural Studies to classes and working groups.
- Eric Meyers (Information School) investigates how children from ages 6-12 interact in shared virtual environments online.
- Angela Rounsaville (English) studies technological literacy and media access from a social justice perspective.
- Ramsey Tesdell (Technical Communications and International Studies) studies the role of technology in social movements in the Middle East, and runs 7iber.com, a media website from Jordan.
- Matthew Wilson (Geography) explores how geographic information technologies enable neighborhood assessment endeavors.
In addition to collaborating with Deborah, Eric, Angela, Ramsey, and Matt, I’ll also be blogging over at HASTAC and listing events in the HASTAC Needle. My posts there will largely consist of digital humanities issues and events at the UW, and I hope to mobilize that space for facilitating emerging conversations about the digital humanities both in Seattle and elsewhere. I will also be participating in a weekly, online forum on HASTAC-related books and topics.
That said, I welcome any suggestions or comments for what might be included in my HASTAC writing. I need ideas.
It’ll also be interesting to see how my work there influences and intermediates with this blog. I hope to simultaneously maintain both, perhaps with this blog being a tad more on the personal side. After all, there’s always music, Mercer, and snowboarding.
