Humanist Discussion Group, Vol. 14, No. 61.
Centre for Computing in the Humanities, King's College London
<http://www.princeton.edu/~mccarty/humanist/>
<http://www.kcl.ac.uk/humanities/cch/humanist/>
[1] From: Michael Fraser <mike.fraser@computing- (28)
services.oxford.ac.uk>
Subject: Evaluating and Cataloguing Online Resources in the
Humanities
[2] From: Arun-Kumar Tripathi <tripathi@statistik.uni- (71)
dortmund.de>
Subject: "The Avatar & the Global Brain" begins Wed. on June
14, 2000
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Date: Wed, 14 Jun 2000 08:31:46 +0100
From: Michael Fraser <mike.fraser@computing-services.oxford.ac.uk>
Subject: Evaluating and Cataloguing Online Resources in the
Humanities
Finding, Evaluating, Cataloguing Online Humanities Resources (aka 'Never
mind the browsers - here's the Internet')
11 July 2000, Oxford University Computing Services
As part of the Humanities Computing Unit's summer seminars the Humbul
Humanities Hub, together with the Centre for Humanities Computing, will be
devoting a full-day workshop to resource discovery on the Internet. Half
of the day will concentrate on the evaluation and cataloguing of
humanities online resources, consistent with the practices of the Humbul
Humanities Hub.
The workshop will introduce participants to effective searching of the
Web; the citation of online resources; the evaluation of web resources; an
introduction to Dublin Core metadata; and the cataloguing of Web resources
within the Humbul Humanities Hub.
The cost for this one day workshop is 60 pounds (45 pounds for members of
Oxford University).
The deadline for booking this workshop is 21 June 2000.
Please see http://www.hcu.ox.ac.uk/summer/seminars.html for further
information and an online booking form. Please email
Jenny.Newman@oucs.ox.ac.uk with any queries about registration or
mike.fraser@oucs.ox.ac.uk with any queries about content.
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Dr Michael Fraser Email: mike.fraser@oucs.ox.ac.uk
Head of Humbul Fax: +44 1865 273 275
Humanities Computing Unit, OUCS Tel: +44 1865 283 343
University of Oxford
13 Banbury Road http://www.humbul.ac.uk/
Oxford OX2 6NN DRH 2000: http://www.shef.ac.uk/~drh2000
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Date: Wed, 14 Jun 2000 08:32:52 +0100
From: Arun-Kumar Tripathi <tripathi@statistik.uni-dortmund.de>
Subject: "The Avatar & the Global Brain" begins Wed. on June 14,
2000
Greetings Humanist scholars,
[Following message is forwarded via "CyberForum@ArtCenter" --courtesy to
Dr. Michael Heim, reknowned philosopher -who can expressed very well on
philosophy of Virtual Reality --more details on his books, seminars,
conferences on the philosophy of Virtual Reality and the 3-d Internet can
be see his moving e-Library on the Net at <http://www.mheim.com>
After some excitement and good happenings in the past in the field
of Posthumanism, Ethics etc. --Past CyberForum speakers included: Carol
Gigliotti, Katherine Hayles, Michael Heim, Brenda Laurel, Peter Lunenfeld,
Lev Manovich, and William J. Mitchell. On Wednesday, June 14th at 1:30 PM
(PDT), the CyberForum begins its Summer 2000 series "The Avatar and the
Global Brain." Bruce Damer addresses the Forum about the role of avatars
and discusses with Michael Heim. Recently, a new book in German entitled
as, Theologie in Kulturellen Dialog: "Ritus, Kult, Virtualitaet" (CD-ROM
inclusive) is out --the book mainly consists of lectures by Michael Heim,
Stephen Talbott, and Herbert Hrachovec, with many others..Christian
Wessely and Gerhard Larcher sind die Herausgeber. The details about this
book can be read at
<http://www.amazon.de/exec/obidos/ASIN/379171693X/qid%3D959275654/028-287573
5-7017841>
Thank you. Best Wishes.--Arun Tripathi]
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Date: Fri, 9 Jun 2000 11:47:17 -0700
From: CyberForum <cyberforum@artcenter.edu>
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CyberForum@ArtCenter
Wednesday, June 14, 1:30 pm PDT
Bruce Damer addresses Summer Forum in 3-D avatar world
Email: cyberforum@artcenter.edu
Web: <http://www.mheim.com/cyberforum/index.htm>
CyberForum presents real-time online author chats.
On Wednesday, June 14th at 1:30 PM (PDT), the CyberForum
begins its Summer 2000 series "The Avatar and the Global
Brain." Bruce Damer addresses the Forum about the role of
avatars and discusses with Michael Heim the basic topics
of the Summer series. The public is invited to grab an avatar
and participate in the ongoing discussion. (See How-To below.)
The Summer CyberForum examines interpretations of
the Internet. How do we best understand cyberspace?
As a cognitive information system or as a communicative
event? Or perhaps as a spirit fantasy? Is cyberspace a
cognitive engine evolving a planetary brain? If so, where do
avatars fit? Or do they fit at all? The Summer Forum brings
together Systems Theorists from Brussels (Principia Cybernetica),
a Malaysian aesthetician, authors of the "Cluetrain Manifesto,"
and a host of gregarious avatars from India, Sweden, the
United States, and all parts of the planet.
Bruce Damer is President and CEO of DigitalSpace Corporation,
Director of the Contact Consortium, and author of "Avatars"
(Peachpit Press, 1998) and "Virtual Worlds" (Perseus Press, 1998).
Bruce co-directs a 35-institution research and development consortium
that brings virtual worlds to the Net. He is a visiting scholar at
the University of Washington HIT Lab and a Silicon Graphics
Vanguard of Visual Computing.
Past CyberForum speakers included: Carol Gigliotti, Katherine Hayles,
Michael Heim, Brenda Laurel, Peter Lunenfeld, Lev Manovich,
and William J. Mitchell.
Email questions to cyberforum@artcenter.edu
Visit the website
<http://www.mheim.com/cyberforum/index.html>
for further information and speaker bios.
How To Participate: Download the free Eduverse 3D browser from
<http://www.activeworlds.com/edu/awedu_download.html>
Install the software and enter as a tourist in Eduverse.
The left panel of the Eduverse browser shows a list of
worlds. Choose "ACCD" world and follow the other
avatars to the Forum location. The Virtual Worlds Team
at Art Center will be there to guide you.
The CyberForum@ArtCenter is a production of the Virtual
Worlds Team at Art Center College of Design in Pasadena,
California, under the direction of Michael Heim (mheim@artcenter.edu)
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