On Saturday, November 7, a dear friend and colleague, David T. Bailey, passed away. I always find it difficult to write about friends who have…
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This week I am attending the Association of African American Museums annual meeting in Memphis, TN. It is one of my favorite conferences to attend.…
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While popular retelling likes to place the origins of the “digital humanities” with John Unsworth and the entitling of the volume, A Companion to Digital Humanities, the…
Comments closedAll fields in the humanities have been transformed by digital technology, but none more so than oral history. The new book, Oral History and Digital…
Leave a Comment26 September 2014 Today, I attended the dh conference, Network Detroit, and presented on the Public Philosophy Journal (http://publicphilosophyjournal.org/), in a talk entitled, “Reimagining Scholarly Publishing…
Comments closedA colleague of mine tweeted out that it is revealing that no African projects were among the nominations for of the DH Awards (http://dhawards.org). After…
Leave a CommentI have been asked recently to think about the relationship between the Digital Humanities and Community Colleges. I realized that this would be a daunting…
Leave a CommentI was distracted by a thoughtful jeremiad, “How Long will People Read History Books?” written by William Cronon for the President column of the October…
Leave a CommentThis past year I had the fun assignment of co-chairing a committee on the digital humanities for the CIC (as most of you know, the…
Leave a CommentOral History in the digital Age is launched. The OHDA project represents a partnership between MATRIX, the Michigan State University Museum, the Smithsonian Institution Center for Folklife…
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