Here are a number of resources available about DH-related conversations at MLA and AHA:
- The open access release of Debates in Digital Humanities –an important and well-received book about DH: http://dhdebates.gc.cuny.edu/
MLA Presidential Forum “Avenues of Access: Digital Humanities and Scholarly Communication”
- Bethany Nowvisikie, “Resistance in the Materials: http://nowviskie.org/2013/resistance-in-the-materials/
- Matthew Kirschenbaum, “Distant Mirrors and the LAMP”: http://commons.mla.org/docs/distant-mirrors-and-the-lamp/
The Dark Side of Digital Humanities, MLA
- Wendy H. Chun: http://www.c21uwm.com/2013/01/09/the-dark-side-of-the-digital-humanities-part-1/
- Richard A. Grusin: http://www.c21uwm.com/2013/01/09/dark-side-of-the-digital-humanities-part-2/
- Patrick Jagoda: http://www.c21uwm.com/2013/01/09/dark-side-of-the-digital-humanities-part-3/
- Rita Raley: http://www.c21uwm.com/2013/01/09/dark-side-of-the-digital-humanities-part-4/
- Set of notes about the MLA session “The Dark Side of Digital Humanities” from Alexis Lothian: http://www.queergeektheory.org/2013/01/mla13-the-dark-side-of-digital-humanities/
- William Pannapacker, “On the Dark Side of Digital Humanities from the Chronicle of Higher Education: http://chronicle.com/blogs/conversation/2013/01/05/on-the-dark-side-of-the-digital-humanities/
Others from MLA:
- Kathi Inman Berens, “Curation is Convergence”: http://kathiiberens.com/2012/12/29/curation/
- Doug Armato, Director, University of Minnesota press, “From MLA 2013: Considering Serial Scholarship and the Future of Scholarly Publishing”: http://www.uminnpressblog.com/2013/01/from-mla-2013-considering-serial.html
- Inside Higher Ed’s “The MLA’s Big (Digital) Tent: http://www.insidehighered.com/news/2013/01/07/mla-discussions-how-digital-communications-can-help-level-playing-field
- Slides for MLA Session 369: “Two Tools for Student-Generated Digital Projects: WordPress and Omeka in the Classroom” from Amanda French and George Williams: https://docs.google.com/presentation/d/19MDFG9ptn6C_FVHMx2jgpe0EqDaxqWpAFz6uTzX52Bo/pub?start=false&loop=false&delayms=3000#slide=id.p
- William Pannapacker’s “Rebooting Graduate Education in the Humanities” – a review of MLA Session 749 in the Chronicle: http://chronicle.com/blogs/conversation/2013/01/07/rebooting-graduate-education-in-the-humanities/ (He did another write-up on the dark side of DH as well: )
- Katina Rogers’ talk from “Rebooting Graduate Training”: http://katinarogers.com/2013/01/06/rebooting-graduate-training-mla
- Anne Cong-Huyen, “Thinking of Race (Class, Gender, & Nationality) in the Digital Humanities: The #transformDH Example,” as part of session #239, Representing Race: Silence in the Digital Humanities roundtable from MLA: http://anitaconchita.wordpress.com/2012/12/31/thinking-of-race-class-gender-nationality-in-the-dh-the-transformdh-example-mla13/\
- Kari Kraus’ “Alt-Research for Humanities PhDs” from her MLA session: http://www.karikraus.com/?p=234
- Sarah Werner’s responses in MLA’s roundtable, “How Did I get There? Our ‘Alt-Ac’ Jobs.” http://sarahwerner.net/blog/index.php/2013/01/make-your-own-luck/
- Lisa Rhody’s Prezi from MLA: “Doing Data for Humanists; or, How Not to Become a DH Cautionary Tale.” http://prezi.com/jon4fcsabyq2/doing-data-for-humanists-or-how-not-to-become-a-dh-cautionary-tale/
- Mark Sample’s “An Account of Randomness in Literary Computing” from the panel “Reading the Invisible and Unwanted in Old and New Media” at MLA. http://www.samplereality.com/2013/01/08/an-account-of-randomness-in-literary-computing/
- Kirsty Leuner, Talk on the value of grad student blogging on scholarly group blogs, MLA session 767. http://bit.ly/VIWGHW
- Brian Croxall, “Minor Differences and Divergent Paths” from the MLA session, “How Did I Get Here? Our ‘Alt-Ac’ Jobs”: http://www.briancroxall.net/2013/01/04/minor-differences-and-diverging-paths/
From AHA:
- AHA President William Cronon’s address on the power of storytelling: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CUvtyYxABsg
- Sharon Leon’s write-up of Ithaka S+R at AHA, “Digital Methods for Mid-Career Avoiders?”: http://www.6floors.org/bracket/2013/01/05/digital-methods-for-mid-career-avoiders/. ITHAKA S+R report, “Supporting the Changing Research Practices of Historians”: http://www.sr.ithaka.org/research-publications/supporting-changing-research-practices-historians
- Storify of tweets from AHA 2013 Session 111: Front Lines: Early-Career Scholars Doing Digital History: http://storify.com/JohnOKDC/aha-2013-session-111-front-lines-early-career-scho
- Trevor Owens’ virtual participation on the AHA panel, “Front Lines Early-Career Scholars Doing Digital History”: http://www.trevorowens.org/2013/01/front-lines-early-career-scholars-doing-digital-history-virtual-aha-panel-participation/
- Inside Higher Ed report from AHA: “Educator or Historian?” http://www.insidehighered.com/news/2013/01/07/aha-session-focuses-role-teaching-discipline
There are undoubtedly more out there so feel free to send them to me and I will add them to the blog.