Hi All —
Please see notice of an upcoming event of interest at Columbia below:
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From: Grant Wythoff <grant.wythoff@gmail.com>
Nadia Altschul
On Philology
6:15pm, 18 Feb 2015
Heyman Center for the Humanities
Second Floor Common Room
Philology and the reconstruction of texts has been a main humanistic method
since the purported end of the middle ages. Today’s exchange will delve
into the history of philology and its basic methodological assumptions,
bringing to the fore some of its colonial underpinnings, and asking digital
humanists, as part of the conversation, about connections between DH and
this core method in humanities research.
Event is free and open to the public. Seating is first come, first served
More info: http://heymancenter.org/events/on-method-on-philology/ and
http://xpmethod.plaintext.in/
Part of the series On Method in the Humanities
While much time has been spent theorizing the “digital” in Digital
Humanities, the On Method in the Humanities series seeks to gain a greater
understanding of the heritage and future of humanistic inquiry. In addition
to traditional talks and presentations, the aim of the series is to stage
productive encounters between theory and method, connecting top theorists
and model-makers with makers of things, builders of code, and architects of
the pixel.
Lectures will examine the range of theoretical and practical methods used
by humanities scholars and critics, past and present. Following Thomas
Kuhn, how can we outline paradigms of humanistic inquiry? What are the
national specificities of these methods? How are the technological
challenges and opportunities provided by new research methods
(computational, quantitative) and new organizational structures (labs,
workshops, co-working) tethered to epistemological shifts as well?
