Author: Diane Jakacki
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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.
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Respite from the Grading Trenches
I took time off this morning to consider why the heck I’m teaching this stuff: “Once More Unto the Breach, Or, Why Teach Shakespeare to Georgia Tech Undergraduates.” And now back to the trenches.
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Romans / Britons Collaborative Narrative Project
Concept: A group of historians, archeologists, and associated researches collaborate to produce a evolving multimodal research-based historical biography. Narrative: use the characters Suetonius Paulinus, Boudica, and several others to develop the complex interlocking narratives of the clash between the invading Romans and the defending Celts in England and Wales during the first century BCE. Medium: online integrated…