We’ll all be sharing our final projects on December 3 and 10. The schedule of presenters is listed here. We can dedicate 15 minutes to each presenter — including set-up time and Q&A. So, you should probably plan to talk…
Data. Information. Knowledge. The abstractions feel almost like puffs of smoke. After reading Chaim Zins essay on data, information, and knowledge and his distinctions surrounding the ways in which to define data and information, I was struck by the sheer…
Ben Fino-Radin talking about the role of the digital currator in conservation frames the his job as trying to predict and fend off the threats to preservation of certain types of digital art materials. His argument alludes to the…
Ben Fino-Radin in his interviews, echoed a lot the topics I’ve been reading about in my research on digital archives. Metadata and emulation are popular. In researching for final papers in this course and others, I came across an article…
This is the first time I thought about what it would mean to archive work that uses APIs of other services. APIs are the pluggable ends of databases that allow for retrieval (and sometimes insertion) of data. It has become…
Charles & Ray Eames’ educational cartoon, expounding on the wonders of the newly invented electronic calculator, archives a mindset of the digital age that seems more in context after reading Tim Sherratt’s article on EJ Brady. Ideology aside, the inspiration…
This week’s readings we’re a nice segue from the short discussion we had last week regarding Digital Humanities. As I expressed during class I’m looking to propose a final project that analyzes copyright in Digital Humanities projects. Tim Sherratt’s article…
In his travels around Australia, EJ Brady started to catalogue ways in which its vast, ‘empty’ spaces might be turned to productive use. A hardy yeomanry armed with the latest science could transform these so-called ‘wastes’, and Brady was determined…
This exhibition is organized simultaneously with Marking Language at Drawing Room, London (October 10–December 14, 2013) and a joint publication will be produced. This show features an international group of artists spanning the 1960s to today, all of whom are…
Here’s that post from HONY I mentioned when Michael suggested that we talk about environmental impact: http://www.humansofnewyork.com/post/65345059446/im-retired-now-but-i-was-the-ceo-of-the-ny “I’m retired now. But I was the CEO of the NY State Energy Research and Development Authority.” “What’s something about energy that a…
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