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[denis]

Apologies for any x-listing

Denis Salter.

----- Original Message ----- 
From: Tobin Nellhaus 
To: Performance In History group 
Sent: Saturday, May 12, 2001 4:50 PM
Subject: Upcoming conference


Hi all--

I received the following call for papers, which may be of interest.


*** CALL FOR PAPERS ***

The Humanities Computing Curriculum /
The Computing Curriculum in the Arts and Humanities
November 9-10, 2001
Nanaimo, British Columbia, Canada
< http://web.mala.bc.ca/siemensr/HCCurriculum/ >

Conference Host:
Arts and Humanities, Malaspina University-College

Conference Sponsors:
Arts and Humanities, MFA PD Ctte, Malaspina Research Fund, Malaspina U-C
Humanities Computing and Media Centre, U Victoria
Canadian Institute for Research Computing in the Arts, MA Program in
Humanities Computing, U Alberta
Humanities Computing Centre, School of the Arts, Humanities, McMaster U
Consortium for Computers in the Humanities / Consortium pour ordinateurs en
sciences humaines

Conference Description

For the purpose of our teaching, is there an accepted
set of tools and techniques, and a unique and related
collection of theories having a commonly-understood
application, that are associated with the
(inter)discipline of humanities computing? In other
words, is there a humanities computing curriculum, a
curriculum that appropriately treats the role of the
computer, today, in the context of the centuries-old
tradition of the arts and humanities?
What must be considered when designing and implementing
courses that bring the computer to the arts and
humanities, courses in humanities computing? Can such
courses discover and survey the influence of computing
technology, broadly construed, in the arts? Must
courses in humanities computing reflect the tradition
of the computing humanist? Should they embrace all
current applications of computing in the humanities?
Can textual description and markup, cybercultural
studies, text analysis, and (multi)media theory and
practice, &c., co-exist? What are others in the field
bringing to their classrooms and to their programs that
have humanities computing components? Such are the
questions that many face as they and their institutions
formulate, for the first time, new academic courses and
programs that seek to apply computing to established
arts and humanities curricula.

Led by expert practitioners in the field of humanities
computing, through a number of papers, sessions, poster
presentations, and seminars this conference will
address the broad range of issues involved in
integrating computing practice in the teaching of the
arts and humanities -- from developing a single course
in a particular discipline to the development of an
entire curriculum.

Invited Speakers

Invited speakers include
* Willard McCarty (King's College, London)
* John Unsworth (U Virginia)
* Susan Hockey (University College, London)
* Nancy Ide (Vassar College)

Paper, Session, and Seminar Proposals

Paper, session, poster, and seminar proposals that
treat issues relating to the humanities computing
curriculum, describe existing courses and programs,
and/or document experiences relating to implementing
such curricula are invited to be considered for
presentation at this conference.

One page paper or poster proposals, accompanied by a
brief CV, may be sent before June 15 to Ray Siemens, at
siemensr at mala.bc.ca or at the contact points listed
below.

Session or seminar proposals are also very welcome.
These should consist of a description of the session or
seminar topic and a one page proposal and brief CV for
each participant.


---
Tobin Nellhaus
nellhaus at mail.com
"Faith requires us to be materialists without flinching": C.S. Peirce


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