tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5967476903991259470.post1603984899986492872..comments2023-12-06T04:34:53.474-05:00Comments on Works Cited: American nerds go to THATCampNataliahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07898457401179147102noreply@blogger.comBlogger4125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5967476903991259470.post-69968121211145730692012-10-24T03:27:48.997-04:002012-10-24T03:27:48.997-04:00Great post and also enjoyed reading "When Dig...Great post and also enjoyed reading "When Digital Humanities Was in Vogue" at the Journal of Digital Humanities. Prior to reading that, I wasn't familiar with the phrase "More hack, less yack"!<br /><br />I only recently discovered the existence of THATcamp. I'm a novice digital humanist here in Ireland, where we would definitely benefit from having an event like that.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5967476903991259470.post-42701236820967809832012-10-24T03:27:15.099-04:002012-10-24T03:27:15.099-04:00Great post and also enjoyed reading "When Dig...Great post and also enjoyed reading "When Digital Humanities Was in Vogue" at the Journal of Digital Humanities. Prior to reading the latter, I wasn't familiar with the phrase "More hack, less yack"!<br /><br />I only recently discovered the existence of THATcamp. I'm a novice digital humanist here in Ireland, where we would definitely benefit from having an event like that.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5967476903991259470.post-71155369739541880422011-11-03T16:28:08.782-04:002011-11-03T16:28:08.782-04:00So my question is, who wields theory? Someone resp...So my question is, who wields theory? Someone responded that we all theorize. Sure, that's nice, but capital-T Theory is a carefully cordoned and patrolled domain, with its own language, etiquette, and conventions. By separating theory into its own camp, I fear we're precluding the possibility that the <i>same people</i> who build -- the librarians, the programmers, the other staff people who haven't been allowed in academic conversations -- could be the ones to theorize. <br /><br />DH has a lot of flaws, but one thing it does well is draw attention to inequities in the distribution of academic power. I'm afraid this is getting lost. When I hear this call to "transform DH," what I hear is the claim that High Theorists -- i.e., Ph.D.s -- are the ones whose job it is to issue correctives to the people who've spent careers building DH.Miriam Posnerhttp://www.miriamposner.comnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5967476903991259470.post-49674210780240150042011-11-03T14:07:42.646-04:002011-11-03T14:07:42.646-04:00Great post! Thanks for your kind words and excelle...Great post! Thanks for your kind words and excellent question at the talk. I think this question of DH's nerdiness deserves some deep discussion. For now I want throw a little more fuel on the fire: the overlap between the nerdy and the "serious" as in "serious literature." I did some work on this question during the Franzenfreude debate after the publication of <i>Freedom</i>--you might enjoy checking <a href="http://www.edfinn.net/2010/09/gender-bias-in-reviews.html" rel="nofollow">this</a> out.Edhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09578706883206985659noreply@blogger.com