group: AHC-UK
Welcome to the AHC-UK Members Group on the Digital Arts & Humanities community website, developed by the AHRC ICT Methods Network. This group provides exclusive content and services to AHC-UK members but also enables you to participate in the wider community. We hope you find the content available here informative and the platform useful to discuss and exchange ideas.
As a member you can:
* announce activities to other AHC-UK members or to the wider community using the ICT events calendar and keep up to date with what others are doing
* exchange your ideas and experience with the community or the AHC-UK group in the forums
* use blogs and other community tools to discuss your work and engage with others
* share your research interests and background in your profile and search others' profiles
* make contact with colleagues and identify future collaborations
You can find help on how to get started in the help section.
If you would like to join the AHC-UK you can do so here: http://www.ahc.ac.uk/
If you have any questions about the AHC-UK Group please contact Ian Anderson (i.anderson@hatii.arts.gla.ac.uk).
blog: High-Performance Computing: An Agenda for the Social Sciences and the Humanities in Canada, John Bonnett
Submitted by Ian Anderson on Wed, 19/09/2007 - 11:57.This paper, by John Bonnett, presents two opportunities for humanities and social science scholars to exploit High Performance Computing (HPC). Although from a Canadian perspective, this paper provides valuable insights for UK humanities scholars seeking to exploit recent advances in computer technology. [read more...]
blog: Abductive Reasoning, A-Life, and the Historian's Craft: One Scenario for the future of History and Computing, John Bonnett
Submitted by Ian Anderson on Fri, 07/09/2007 - 15:32.In any scenario devoted to the future of history and computing, it is important to refer first to the content and analytical methods historians are likely to employ. In the scenario presented here, this paper will offer three propositions. [read more...]
event: Distributed Ignorance and the Unthinking Machine: The Challenges of Teaching History and Computing
Submitted by Ian Anderson on Thu, 02/08/2007 - 16:07.Saturday, 17th November 2007
The National Archives, Kew, London
"We have gone from a world of concentrated knowledge and wisdom to one of distributed ignorance. And we know and understand less while being increasingly capable." Prof. Peter Cochrane, formerly of BT Labs
"much pleasure would be lost on the unthinking machine" Ione Dobson, creator of the last 'hand made' concordance. [read more...]
