Hacking the Academy : New Approaches to Scholarship and Teaching from Digital Humanities /

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Can an algorithm edit a journal? Can a library exist without books? Can students build and manage their own learning management platforms? Can a conference be held without a program? Can Twitter replace a scholarly society? As recently as the mid-2000s, questions like these would have been unthinkab...

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Bibliographic Details
Other Authors: Scheinfeldt, Tom, Cohen, Daniel J. (Daniel Jared), 1968-
Format: Electronic eBook
Language:Inglés
Published: Ann Arbor : The University of Michigan Press, [2013]
Series:Book collections on Project MUSE.
Subjects:
Digitaliseren.
Geesteswetenschappen.
Scholarly electronic publishing.
Humanities > Research.
Humanities > Digital libraries.
Digital humanities.
Communication in learning and scholarship > Technological innovations.
EDUCATION > Higher.
REFERENCE > Questions & Answers.
Higher & further education, tertiary education.
Creative writing & creative writing guides.
digital humanities.
Sciences humaines > Bibliotheques virtuelles.
Sciences humaines numeriques.
Édition electronique savante.
Communication savante > Innovations.
Electronic books.
Online Access:Texto completo
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Summary:Can an algorithm edit a journal? Can a library exist without books? Can students build and manage their own learning management platforms? Can a conference be held without a program? Can Twitter replace a scholarly society? As recently as the mid-2000s, questions like these would have been unthinkable. But in the 2010s, serious scholars are asking whether the institutions of the academy as they have existed for decades, even centuries, aren't becoming obsolete. Every aspect of scholarly infrastructure is being questioned, and even more importantly, being hacked. Sympathetic scholars of traditionally disparate disciplines are canceling their association memberships and building their own networks on Facebook and Twitter. Journals are being compiled automatically from self-published blog posts. Newly minted Ph. D.s are forgoing the tenure track for alternative academic careers that blur the lines between research, teaching, and service. Graduate students are looking beyond the categories of the traditional CV and building expansive professional identities and popular followings through social media. Educational technologists are "punking" established technology vendors by rolling out their own open source infrastructure. This book will both explore and contribute to ongoing efforts to rebuild scholarly infrastructure for a new millennium.
Physical Description:1 online resource (216 pages).
ISBN:9780472029471
Access:Open Access

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