Month: November 2012
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A Thanksgiving Lego Battle for Middle Earth
One of the highlights of my Thanksgiving was playing through the Lego Lord of the Rings video game with my nine year-old nephew. I’ve been considering using the game as part of a module on interaction design for my spring course, and so tricked him into helping me field test it. It took us two…
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Identifying as a /*Digital*/ Humanist
So I’ve been thinking … In the past few weeks I’ve found myself thinking about how I identify with the Digital Humanities and as a Digital Humanist. It’s possible that I’m hyperaware of issues relating to DH right now as I apply for jobs that are specifically or tangentially associated with Digital Studies, but I’ve been…
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SCSC Mapping Presentation
On 27 October I gave a paper at the Sixteenth Century Society and Conference in Cincinnati. The transcript of the paper, entitled “Tracing the Steps of Touring Actors: Using REED Records and GIS to Illuminate 16th Century Performance Practices”, can be read at the Tarlton Project website.