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"DIGITAL SCHOLARLY COMMUNICATION," the fifth International HASTAC Conference, December 1-3, 2011, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor[*Please note evening of Dec 1 is a pre-conference #alt-ac workshop; regular conference proceedings are Dec 2-3]HASTAC's fifth international conference, hosted this year by the University of Michigan in Ann Arbor, December 1-3, shows why and how we cannot change the academic message without transforming the medium. And vice versa. The conference on "Digital Scholarly Communication" practices what it preaches, experimenting with an array of new forms and formats designed not just to discuss those three terms--digital, scholarly, communication--but to show how they work together to change one another and, indeed, to contribute to the transformation of higher education more generally. Bringing together voices from many sectors of the academy in a variety of new formats, this conference presages powerful new possibilities for interdisciplinary, interactive, and multimedia research and communication both in the academy and for the general public.
You can view the entire Conference program here: http://hastac2011.org/schedule/conference-program/
And you can register here: http://hastac2011.org/register/
HIGHLIGHTS
"Digital Scholarly Communication" intersperses a range of keynotes across an array of academic and non-academic domains with sessions using innovative and interactive formats, packed with new ideas and methods. There are over a dozen roundtables concurrent with lightning talks (mini-lectures) and then combined Q and A sessions. There is time for idea jamming, workshopping, and other ways of meeting and interacting, as well as art, music, tours virtual and real, Paul Kaiser and the Openended Group digital art installations, and interactive experiences on every level.
Keynotes:
- Dan Atkins, Informatics scientist and inaugural director, NSF, Cyberinfrastructure Division, "Cyberinfrastructure"
- Dan Cohen, historian and Director of George Mason University's Roy Rosenzweig Center for History and New Media, "Open Access and Crowdsourcing"
- Cathy N. Davidson, Professor of Interdisciplinary Studies, Duke University, and author of Now You See It, "Reclaiming the Information Age"
- Josh Greenberg, sociologist of knowledge and Program Director for Digital Information Technology, Sloan Foundation "Public Digital Display"
- James Leach, Chairman, National Endowment for the Humanities, "Digital Technologies in the Civilizing Project of the Global Humanities"
- Siva Vaidhyanathan, Robertson Professor of Media Studies, University of Virginia, "Googlization of Everything"
#Alt-Ac:The Conference opens with an evening dedicated to #alt-ac: Alternative Academic Careers are alternatives to traditional tenure-track jobs in academe. The #alt-ac workshop will help participants create non-academic resumes based on proven and successful models that transform academic credentials into skills necessary and vital in the world beyond the university.
We're grateful to everyone who has worked so hard to put on this amazing event and look forward to welcoming you to HASTAC V in Ann Arbor.------------------
The HASTAC network is very grateful to the University of Michigan for its support of this conference, to UM's Institute for the Humanities, the UM School of Information, MLibrary, the College of Literature, Science and the Arts, the Gayle Morris Sweetland Center for Writing, and the Principal Supporter, The Andrew W. Mellow Foundation. Special thanks to HASTAC Steering Committee members Daniel Herwitz (U Michigan) and Julie Thompson Klein (Wayne State) for their leadership.
