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Acceptances to Digital Humanities 2013 (part 1)

The 2013 Digital Humanities conference in Nebraska just released its program with a list of papers and participants. As some readers may recall, when the initial round of reviews went out for the conference, I tried my hand at analyzing submissions to DH2013. Now that the schedule has been released, the data available puts us […]

Liveblogged Review of Macroanalysis by Matthew L. Jockers, Part 2

I just got Matthew L. Jocker’s Macroanalysis in the mail, and I’m excited enough about it to liveblog my review. Here’s the review of part II (Analysis), chapter 5 (metadata). Read Part 1, Part 3, … Part II: Analysis Part II of Macroanalysis moves from framing the discussion to presenting a series of case studies around a theme, starting […]

Liveblogged Review of Macroanalysis by Matthew L. Jockers, Part 1

I just got Matthew L. Jocker’s Macroanalysis in the mail, and I’m excited enough about it to liveblog my review. Here’s my review of part I (Foundation), all chapters. Read Part 2, Part 3, … Macroanalysis: Digital Methods & Literary History is a book whose time has come. “Individual creativity,” Matthew L. Jockers writes, “is highly […]

In Defense of Collaboration

Being a very round-about review of the new work of fiction by Robin Sloan, Mr. Penumbra’s 24-Hour Bookstore. Ship’s Logs and Collaborative DH Ben Schmidt has stolen the limelight of the recent digital humanities blogosphere, writing a phenomenal series of not one, not two, not three, not four, not five, not six, but seven posts about […]

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Acceptances to Digital Humanities 2013 (part 1)

Liveblogged Review of Macroanalysis by Matthew L. Jockers, Part 2

Liveblogged Review of Macroanalysis by Matthew L. Jockers, Part 1

In Defense of Collaboration