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- Connecting Language and Cultural Content
Connecting Language and Cultural Content will create a searchable database of selected Japanese entertainment materials linked to linguistic information, to be used for teaching and research in Japanese/linguistics. - Digital Choreographic Archive
The Digital Choreographic Archive provides access to newly digitized videos that trace Christal Brown’s choreographic and performance career. - Transform
Transform, a multi-modal book project, combines videographic and written work to consider fan video authorship in our emerging era of transcultural audience engagement. - DISLOCATED: KINSHIP, FORCED REMOVALS, AND REMEMBERING
Dislocated foregrounds the life story of incarcerated Dakota member Elizabeth Fairbault and her kin from the late 1800s through the present day. - LAND AND LENS: PHOTOGRAPHERS ENVISION THE ENVIRONMENT
The Middlebury College Museum of Art exhibition Land and Lens: Photographers Envision the Environment featured a digital catalogue of seventy-one photographs drawn primarily from the Museum’s rich holdings of historic and contemporary photography. - Legends of Kintamani
Legends of Kintamani is an original cello concerto composed by Su Lian Tan that was performed live at Middlebury College before large animated murals of mythical Bali produced in the DLA’s Animation Studio. - Midd Italiano
Midd Italiano is an online text for introductory Italian courses geared toward college-aged adults. - The Real Work
The Real Work is a short film and video essay that offers viewers a critique of the value of hard work. Participants were hired to dig holes and discuss their experiences of labor. - Understanding Expressed Desire
Understanding Expressed Desire captures and analyzes pre-existing online sexual fantasies which were posted, read, and rated anonymously on websites dedicated to the sharing of such stories. - Worlds of Solomon Northup
The Worlds of Solomon Northup is a digital history project that will share the shocking and remarkable story of Solomon Northup, a free man of color from New York, who was kidnapped and sold into slavery in 1841 and then discovered twelve years later, liberated, and returned home. - Chicago Freedom Movement
This site chronicles the people, organizations, and events that formed the Chicago Freedom Movement, and brings together a vast collection of movement material. - Field House Museum
The exhibits on this site were generated by students in a Winter term course, “Designing a Field House Museum,” in collaboration with faculty, archivists, athletic administrators, and representatives of Sasaki Associates, the architectural firm charged with designing the new Field House. - [in] Transition
[in] Transition is the first peer-reviewed academic journal of videographic film and moving image studies, and is fully open access with no fees to publish or read. - Middlebury History Online
A selection from the digital archives of Middlebury College, founded in 1800. - The South China Sea
An online resource for students, scholars, and policy-makers interested in development, environment, and security issues. - The Collinwood Fire, 1908
The Collinwood Fire unites digital animation and historical research to tell the story of an elementary school fire in Collinwood, Ohio that killed 172 children. - Write Out Loud: Public Digital Humanities in the Writing and Literature ClassroomPlease join the DLA for a talk by Danica Savonick, Assistant Professor of English at SUNY Cortland. This talk explores
- Behind the Scenes: “From Scrapbooks to MacBooks, or what I Learned as a DLA Fellow”Please join us for a DLA Behind the Scenes talk by Will Nash, Professor of American Studies and English and
- Unfracking the Future through Civic TechnosciencePlease join us on February 21 for a DLA-sponsored talk by Sara Wylie, Assistant Professor of Sociology, Anthropology, and Health
- Leaks, Hacks, and Scandals: Arab Culture in the Digital AgeDiscussing his recently published book, Leaks, Hacks, and Scandals: Arab Culture in the Digital Age (Princeton UP 2019), Tarek El-Ariss explores the
- What Is Deformative Criticism?, or How to Make Weird Videos as Scholarly InquiryOne of the interesting developments in digital humanities is the emergence of “deformative criticism,” an approach to creatively “breaking” an
- January NewsletterCheck out this month’s newsletter to see our exciting winter events and hear from Professor of History, Amy Morsman, on
- Introduction to Text Mining WorkshopHave you heard the phrase “text mining” and wondered exactly what that means? Are you curious about how digital tools
- DLA Summer InstituteThe DLA is excited to announce that our videographic criticism workshop, “Scholarship in Sound & Image,” will be offered again
- Spring 2019 DLA Review
The Digital Liberal Arts program at Middlebury had a busy spring focused on a range of topics, from scholarship by - DLA Working Groups Short Survey
DLA seeks to initiate a set of digital scholarship working groups based on existing faculty interests. These would meet approximately - February 2019 DLA Newsletter
In this month’s newsletter, check out the spring 2019 DLA events schedule, make an appointment for digital scholarship consultation, take - Sonic Gentrification in Berlin Selected for Special Journal of Social History Workshop
Good news: “Sonic Gentrification in Berlin,” a project first developed through the DLA by former Faculty DLA Fellow Florence Feiereisen - Getting a Sound Education (With Podcasting)
With the support of the DLA, Visiting Professor Erin Davis attended the conference Sound Education at the Harvard Divinity School. - Designing for Artistic Collaboration with a Computer
By Christopher Andrews Assistant Professor, Computer Science Over the past year and a half or so, I have been working - January DLA NewsletterUpdates from the DLA.
- DLA Digital Opportunities January 2019Grants, cfps, conferences.
- Middlebury DLA Summer Institute 2019: Workshop on Videographic Criticism
Interested in exploring scholarship in sound and image? Want to explore new possibilities for conducting analysis and conveying arguments in - Digital Methodologies for Art Historians
Sarah Laursen and students discover how digital technologies can enrich art history. Middlebury art historian and museum curator Sarah Laursen - Fall 2018 DLA Review
It was an action-packed fall at the DLA. Our Digital Fluencies Series continued to introduce more intensive investigations of “digital - Dancing In and Out of the Digital Archive
It’s the opposite of the tree falling in the forest: if a performance is happening in a digital archive and - Software Carpentry @ Middlebury, 2019By Ryan Clement, Data Services Librarian, Middlebury College On January 17-18, 2019, Middlebury is hosting a Software Carpentry workshop for
- 2018 Digital Library Federation Forum
By Ryan Clement, Leanne Galletly, and Wendy Shook This past October, three librarians (Ryan Clement, Data Services Librarian; Leanne Galletly, - November DLA Newsletter
News from the DLA. - DLA Digital Opportunities NovemberExternal conference, cfp, and grant opportunities.
- Atlantic World Forum Symposium Report
Symposium Report: Some Preliminary Reflections on Reconceptualizing Cultural Histories of the Atlantic World, Digitally and Interculturally After our veritable feast - October DLA Newsletter
Updates on activities at the DLA. - Digital Opportunities September 2018
Digital Scholarship Opportunities This is a new feature of the DLA—sent out by email roughly every other month—publicizing - September DLA Newsletter
Updates on activities at the DLA. - 2018-2019 DLA Fellows
We are delighted to introduce our 2018-2019 DLA Fellows. Will Nash, American Studies/English and American Literatures—One Cry, Many Voices: The Role - Glitching HistoryActing Director of the DLA Michael Kramer has a new essay in the inaugural issue of Current Research in Digital History,
- Two Students Take a Digital Humanities Approach to Arabic Literature
By Mari Odoy ’20 and Will O’Neal ’20 One morning in early August, two humanities majors with very limited knowledge - Don’t Cite it, Write it! Try a Wikipedia Assignment With Your StudentsEditor’s Note: As Middlebury faculty prepare classes for fall semester, many may be interested in the opportunity to connect coursework
- Data Journalist from the New York Times Visits Middlebury
By Erin Wolcott, Assistant Professor of Economics, Middlebury College Earlier this month, I invited a long-time friend, Quoctrung Bui, to campus. Bui and - Algorithms For What? Thinking About Algorithmic Racism & How We Teach With/About Algorithms @ Digital Fluencies 02
DLA’s Digital Fluencies Series investigates what it means to develop more critical facility and engagement with digital technologies. Meetings usually combine 1-3 - Library Choices in the Age of Big Data
X-posted from Keywords: The Middlebury College Libraries Newsletter By Michael Roy, Dean of the Library We’re upgrading our library catalog - Sounding Out the Spaces of Berlin’s Working-Class LifeIn their digital project, DLA Fellow Florence Feiereisen (German Department) and colleague Erin Sassin (History of Art and Architecture) explore
- From Richard Pryor’s Peoria to Berkeley in the 70s & More: Scott Saul Visits Middlebury to Discuss Digital Research, Teaching, & Public Scholarship
Please join the DLA and Davis Educational Foundation Curricular Grant Steering Committee in welcoming Scott Saul, professor of English - It’s All Related: Thinking About Flat File & Relational Databases @ Digital Fluencies 01
DLA’s Digital Fluencies Series investigates what it means to develop more critical facility and engagement with digital technologies. Meetings usually combine 1-3 - New DLA Digital Fluencies Series
What Is the Digital Fluencies Series? The Digital Fluencies Series investigates what it means to develop more critical facility and - DLA Digital Scholarship Opportunities March 2018
Digital Scholarship Opportunities This is a new feature of the DLA—sent out by email roughly once a month—publicizing a selection - What Is Digital Fluency & Why Does It Matter?: Some Initial Explorations
By Bob Cole, Exploratory Initiatives and Partnerships, DLINQ Cross-posted from This Week in DLINQ: March 12-16, 2018. On Tuesday, March 13, Amy - March 2018 DLA Newsletter
Note from the Associate Director March finds much to report at the DLA. We had a productive visit - Seth Denbo, Director of Scholarly Communication & Digital Initiatives at the American Historical Association, Visits Middlebury
Seth Denbo, Director of Scholarly Communication & Digital Initiatives at the American Historical Association, visits the DLA and CTLR on - Panel: Engaging New Learning and Public Spheres with Technology
Next week, there will be another event related to writing pedagogy—a panel entitled “Engaging New Learning & Public Spheres with - Work With a Digital Media Tutor
During the summer, the Office for Digital Learning and Inquiry (DLINQ) employs, trains, and mentors students who assist faculty with - Designing for Digital: The Future of Libraries
There will be a livestream of UT Austin’s Designing for Digital: The Future of Libraries at DFL March 5-7. Please - Slides & Talk: Analog Music >> Digital History—Sights & Sounds From the Digital Berkeley Folk Music Festival Project, Michael J. Kramer
View slides and talk text from Michael J. Kramer’s Behind the Scenes talk at DLA on 20 February 2018 on Analog - From Page to Podcast—Erin Davis & Amanda Krupman Offer an Innovative Digital Experience
From Page to Podcast was a really exciting inter-disciplinary and inter-departmental collaboration this winter term. P2P involved 30 student participants - Jason Mittell Attends Peer Review Transparency Meeting
On January 23rd and 24th, Jason Mittell, faculty director of the DLA, went to an exciting meeting in Cambridge, MA, - DLA Behind the Scenes Series Spring 2018
Please join us on various Tuesdays this spring from 12:15-1:30pm in the CTLR Lounge for the DLA Behind the Scenes - DLA Newsletter – January 2018
Note from the Faculty Director Happy New Year! 2018 marks a new beginning for the DLA, as we welcome a - Accolades for the Collinwood Project
“The Collinwood Fire” unites digital animation and historical research to tell the story of a 1908 elementary school fire in - Cathy Davidson on The New Education, January 10 at 4:30pm
Come hear Professor Cathy Davidson, Distinguished Professor and Founding Director of the Futures Initiative at the Graduate Center of the - Update on the DLA for Fall 2017
Faculty Director Jason Mittell sent a version of this note to the Middlebury community at the start of the Fall - BEHIND THE SCENES LUNCHEONS – FALL 2017
Special Sessions In spring 2015 the DLA launched a successful, new lunchtime series called “Behind the Scenes: Demystifying Projects in the Digital Liberal - 2017 January Events
We have a packed calendar of events this J-term. We thought we’d create a round up post so you - DLA READING GROUP 2016-2017
The DLA invites all faculty and staff interested in exploring themes and issues related to the digital liberal arts to - Project Spotlight: Body and Earth
Andrea Olsen, Caryn McHose, Scotty Hardwig, Daniel Houghton, Matt Lennon, Jim Coleman, Doug LeCours Body & Earth: Seven Web-based Somatic - May 18th DLA Faculty Fellows Presentations
May 18th, 2016 3:00 P.M. Hillcrest 103 DLA Faculty Fellows Michael Newbury (American Studies) and Jamie McCallum (Sociology/Anthropology) will share the - The Women Writers Project: A Look Under the Hood with Julia Flanders on April 29th
April 29th, 2016 12:15-1:30 P.M. CTLR Lounge The Northeastern University Women Writers Project has been active for 28 years as - “The Shape of Data: A Research and Teaching Agenda for Digital Humanities” with Julia Flanders on April 28th
April 28th, 2016 4:30-6:00 P.M. Hillcrest 103 The shaping of our data shapes modern digital humanities scholarship. This lecture will explore - “Digital Surrealism as Research Strategy” with Kevin Ferguson on April 5thMost digital humanities approaches pursue traditional forms of scholarship by extracting a single variable from cultural texts that is already
- DLA Winter Speaker Dan Cohen on Feb. 19
“How the Digital Public Library of America is Changing Historical Research” Friday, February 19th, 3:30 P.M., Hillcrest 103 In this - Alicia Peaker to Give Carol Rifelj Lecture 2/24
February 24th, 2016 4:30-6:00 P.M. Hillcrest 103 DLA Postdoc Alicia Peaker will be sharing her digital work in progress as - Intro to Visualizing Data with Plot.ly
March 18th, 2016 1:30-3:00 P.M. Wilson Media Lab Davis Family Library 220 Are you new to working with data? Ryan - Liberal Arts Data Bootcamp – Winter Term 2016
See a retrospective video of this event: January 19th-22nd, 2016, 1:00-4:00 P.M. Location: Wilson Media Lab, 220 Davis Family Library Open - DLA Open House
December 4th, 2015, 3:30-5:00 P.M. Location: Wilson Media Lab, 220 Davis Family Library Open to all Middlebury faculty, staff, and students - Introduction to Digital Text Analysis Workshop
November 13th, 2015, 1:30-3:00 P.M. Location: Wilson Media Lab, 220 Davis Family Library Open to all Middlebury faculty, staff, and students - Introduction to Scholarly Markup and the TEI
October 30th, 2015, 10:30-12:00 P.M. Location: Wilson Media Lab, 220 Davis Family Library Sarah Stanley, an alumnus of the Northeastern University - By Any Media Necessary: The New Activism of American Youth
October 19th, 2015, 4:30-6:00 P.M. Location: McCardell Bicentennial Hall 216 Livestream Feed: http://www.go.middlebury.edu/stream In a preview of his forthcoming book, Henry - Digital Literacies Roundtable with Henry JenkinsOctober 19th, 2015, 12:15-1:30 P.M. Location: CTLR Lounge, Davis Family Library Join us for an informal discussion about digital literacies with
- Behind the Scenes Luncheons – 2015-2016
Special Sessions In spring 2015 the DLA launched a successful, new lunchtime series called “Behind the Scenes: Demystifying Projects in the Digital Liberal - Building Digital Exhibits with Omeka Workshop
October 16th, 2015, 1:30-3:00 P.M. Location: Wilson Media Lab, 220 Davis Family Library Seeking alternative models for research essays? Looking for - DLA Reading Group 2015-2016
The DLA invites all faculty and staff interested in exploring themes and issues related to the digital liberal arts to - Summer Training Opportunities
There are a number of national and international workshops and intensive training opportunities in the digital humanities and digital liberal - Digital Discoveries: Progress Reports by DLA Faculty Fellows Hang Du and Louisa Stein
May 11th, 2015, 3:00 P.M – 4:30 P.M. LIB 201 Please join us in celebrating the work of the DLA’s first - Beyond Excel: A Brief Introduction to Data AnalysisApril 7th, 2015, 12:00 P.M – 1:20 P.M. Lunch provided CTLR Lounge As data analysis plays an increasingly large role in
- “Head-and-Shoulder Hunting in the Americas: Exploring Lobotomy’s Visual Culture”
a public lecture by Miriam Posner April 15th, 2015, 4:30 P.M – 6:00 P.M. 103 Hillcrest Walter Freeman, the world’s foremost - How Did They Make That? Reverse Engineering Digital Projects
a presentation by Miriam Posner April 15th, 2015, 12:00 P.M – 1:20 P.M. CTLR Lounge The catch-all term “digital project” can refer - Introduction to Video Editing Workshop
April 24th, 1:30-3:00 P.M. Wilson Media Lab In this workshop we’ll be working with Adobe Premiere Pro editing software to - Building Digital Exhibits with Omeka
March 3rd, 2015, 4:30-5:30 P.M. Wilson Media Lab (DFL 220) Seeking alternative models for research essays? Looking for ways to engage - Behind the Scenes – A New Series
Thursdays, 12:30-1:30 P.M. CTLR Lounge (campus map) Special Sessions In spring 2015 the DLA is launching a special series called “Behind the - DLA Reading Group: Spring 2015
The DLA will continue to host a bi-monthly faculty reading group to explore themes and issues in the digital liberal - 3D Printing Workshop
February 24, 12:30-1:45 P.M. Johnson Design Lab (campus map) What is 3D Printing and why are so many people thrilled by
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