Mind Technologies: Humanities Computing and the Canadian Academic Community
Edited by Raymond Siemens and David Moorman
$44.95 CAD / $46.95 USD
360 pages, 45 illustrations
6 x 9 inches
978-1-55238-172-4 (Paperback)
978-1-55238-403-9 (Institutional PDF)
October 2006
About the Book
This collection broadly documents the internationally significant work of the Canadian academic community in humanities computing.
The application of computing technology to the arts and humanities has been a topic of increased focus in the post-secondary environment. With growing understanding of how these applications can serve the ongoing mission of humanities research, teaching, and training, technology is playing a larger role than ever before in these disciplines.
Arising in part from a joint venture between the Consortium for Computers in the Humanities / Consortium pour ordinateurs en sciences humaines (COCH/COSH; now SDH/SEMI, the Society for Digital Humanities / Société pour l’étude des médias interactifs) and the Social Sciences and Humanities Research Council (SSHRC), Mind Technologies is the first volume to broadly document the internationally significant work of the Canadian academic community in the area of humanities computing.
About the Editors
Raymond Siemens is Canada Research Chair in Humanities Computing and Distinguished Professor in the Faculty of Humanities at the University of Victoria. He is the founder of the electronic scholarly journal Early Modern Literary Studies.
David Moorman is a Senior Policy Advisor with the Social Sciences and Humanities Research Council of Canada. His responsibilities include developing policies and support programs for research infrastructure. Dr. Moorman holds a PhD in History from the University of Ottawa.
With Contributions By: David Moorman, David Strangway, Ray Siemens, Christian Vandenorpe, Ian Lancashire, Patricia Clements, Michael Best, Susan Brown, Renée Elio, Isobel Grundy, Murray McGillivray, Lisa Charlong, Alan Burk, Stephen R. Reimer, James Chartrand, Nicholas Griffin, Elaine G. Toms, France Martineau, Robert Good, Paul A. Fortier, Karen McCloskey, Russon Wooldridge, John Bonnett, Andrew Mactavish, Geoffrey Rockwell, Sean W. Gouglas, Stéfan Sinclair, Aimée Morrison, Alan Burk, Terry Butler, Scott Gerrity, Peter Liddell, and R.G. Siemens.
Priase for Mind Technologies
The best contributions to this book reach beyond the impressive range of Canadian accomplishments to the core problematic of the field: what the mechanical has to do with the humanistic
—Willard Mccarty, University of Toronto Quarterly
Table of Contents
Preface: Canadian Humanities Scholarship and Computing
David Moorman
Foreword: Mind Technologies
David Strangway
Introductions
Canadian Humanities Computing and Emerging Mind Technologies
Ray Siemens and Christian Vandendorpe
Text Analysis and Research Innovation
Ian Lancashire
Ink and Air: Computing and the Research Culture of the Humanities
Patricia Clements
Papers
Forswearing Thin Potations: The Creation of Rich Texts Online
Michael Best
Between Markup and Delivery; or, Tomorrow’s Electronic Text Today
Susan Brown with Patricia Clements, Renee Elio, and Isobel Grundy
Digitizing Sir Gawain: Traditional Editorial Scholarship and the Electronic Medium in the Cotton Nero A.x. Project
Murray McGillivray
The Canadian Poetry Collection: University of New Bunswick and CHadwyck-Healy Electroic Editions
Lisa Charlong and Alan Burk
A Perspective on. Humanities Computing and Texutal Studies
Stephen R. Reimer
Bertrand Russell’s Letters on the Web
James Chartrand and Nicholas Griffin
Building Infrastructure for Access to, and Preservation of, Research Data in Canada
David Moorman
From Physical to Digital Humanities Library—Designing the Humanities Scholar’s Workbench
Elaine G. Toms and Natasha Flora
Modular Research Programs on Ancient French
France Martineau
Schema-Independent Retrieval from Heterogeneous Structured Text
Robert Good and Charles Clarke
Textual Analysis: You Can Get There from Here
Paul A. Fortier
Using SATORBASE for Literary Analysis: Reading Jealousy in Claude Crebillon’s Works
Karen McCloskey
Online Scholarship
Russon Wooldrige
Mediating the Past in 3D, and How Hieroglyphs Get in the Way: The 3D Virtual Building Project
John Bonnett
Multimedia Education in the Arts and Humanities
Andrew Mactavish and Geoffrey Rockwell
Coding Theory: Balancing Technical and Theoretical Requirements in a Graduate-Level Computing Program
Sean W. Gouglas, Stefan Sinclair, and Amee Morrison
The Canadian Arts and Humanities Computing Centre: Past, Present, and Possible Futures
Alan Burk, Terry Butler, Scott Gerrity, Peter Liddell, Geoffrey Rockwell, and R.G. Siemens
Afterword
TAPoR: Building a Portal for Text Analysis
Geoffry Rockwell
Contributors
Index
Table of Contents
Preface: Canadian Humanities Scholarship and Computing
David Moorman
Foreword: Mind Technologies
David Strangway
Introductions
Canadian Humanities Computing and Emerging Mind Technologies
Ray Siemens and Christian Vandendorpe
Text Analysis and Research Innovation
Ian Lancashire
Ink and Air: Computing and the Research Culture of the Humanities
Patricia Clements
Papers
Forswearing Thin Potations: The Creation of Rich Texts Online
Michael Best
Between Markup and Delivery; or, Tomorrow’s Electronic Text Today
Susan Brown with Patricia Clements, Renee Elio, and Isobel Grundy
Digitizing Sir Gawain: Traditional Editorial Scholarship and the Electronic Medium in the Cotton Nero A.x. Project
Murray McGillivray
The Canadian Poetry Collection: University of New Bunswick and CHadwyck-Healy Electroic Editions
Lisa Charlong and Alan Burk
A Perspective on. Humanities Computing and Texutal Studies
Stephen R. Reimer
Bertrand Russell’s Letters on the Web
James Chartrand and Nicholas Griffin
Building Infrastructure for Access to, and Preservation of, Research Data in Canada
David Moorman
From Physical to Digital Humanities Library—Designing the Humanities Scholar’s Workbench
Elaine G. Toms and Natasha Flora
Modular Research Programs on Ancient French
France Martineau
Schema-Independent Retrieval from Heterogeneous Structured Text
Robert Good and Charles Clarke
Textual Analysis: You Can Get There from Here
Paul A. Fortier
Using SATORBASE for Literary Analysis: Reading Jealousy in Claude Crebillon’s Works
Karen McCloskey
Online Scholarship
Russon Wooldrige
Mediating the Past in 3D, and How Hieroglyphs Get in the Way: The 3D Virtual Building Project
John Bonnett
Multimedia Education in the Arts and Humanities
Andrew Mactavish and Geoffrey Rockwell
Coding Theory: Balancing Technical and Theoretical Requirements in a Graduate-Level Computing Program
Sean W. Gouglas, Stefan Sinclair, and Amee Morrison
The Canadian Arts and Humanities Computing Centre: Past, Present, and Possible Futures
Alan Burk, Terry Butler, Scott Gerrity, Peter Liddell, Geoffrey Rockwell, and R.G. Siemens
Afterword
TAPoR: Building a Portal for Text Analysis
Geoffry Rockwell
Contributors
Index