Digital Anthropology; Second edition by Haidy Geismar & Hannah Knox, 2021
Digital Anthropology, 2nd Edition explores how human and digital can be explored in relation to one another within issues as diverse as social media use, virtual worlds, hacking, quantified self, blockchain, digital environmentalism and digital representation.
The State Archives of North Carolina have a "Research Guide" available for download (last updated 16 May 2024) called "General Assembly Session Records, 1777-1789: A Guide to the Records of Marginalized Communities" which they defined as "women, enslaved and free people of color, American Indians, and religious minorities."
Many of the records mentioned are available online in the NC Digital Collections.
The recording of the State Archives of North Carolina's presentation "Assembling History : Research in the General Assembly Session Records" is now available on their YouTube. Includes handout!
Covers what to expect from these records & how best to navigate them using available resources in the NC Digital Collections; focuses on records from the late 18th to early 20th century.
"The Aruba Collection (Coleccion Aruba) is the documentary heritage portal for the island nation of Aruba, and is the result of the cooperation of Aruba's documentary heritage institutions".
#CfP for the #MLA (#MLAnews) 2025 convention #panel "Thinking Beyond #Brecht – Collective and/or #Artificial Intelligence" which will take place in New Orleans on January 9-12, 2025.
"Our findings demonstrate a dampening effect on perceptual, emotional, and evaluative processing of presumed deepfake smiles, but not angry expressions, adding new specificity to the debate on the societal impact of AI-generated content."
Das "Kolloquium zur Phänomenologie der #Digital Humanities an der FU Berlin" (#FU_Berlin) findet noch bis zum 8. Februar 2024 statt und kann zum Teil digital besucht werden.
Living in an age of digital distraction has wreaked havoc on our brains--but there's much we can do to restore our tech-life balance. We live in a world that is always on, where everyone is always connected. But we feel increasingly disconnected. Why? The answer lies in our brains.
If you're interested in the relation between #painting & #photography, Barbara Savedoff's short(ash) Transforming Images: How Photography Complicates the Picture (2000) is worth reading. She explores the relations between #art & the photo, including some fascinating stuff on photographic reproductions' impact on #arthistory, although the warnings about #digital photography now seem commonplace. But still its full of great insights!
Join us at @CCC 's #37C3 conference track "Sustainability & #Climate#Justice"! We're thrilled to focus on the pressing issues of ecological injustice and ecosystem collapse. If you're passionate about creating a sustainable, just, and #democratic#digital future, we invite you to submit your presentations by November 11, 2023. We're particularly keen to hear from underrepresented groups and those from the global south.
"Are we being manipulated online? If so, is being manipulated by online technologies and algorithmic systems notably different from human forms of manipulation? And what is under threat exactly when people are manipulated online?"