[SIGCIS-Members] Fwd: IHPST NEWSLETTER: November 28, 2014

[Nabeel Siddiqui]

I think the question of the digital humanities as a discipline is critical
here, and agree the question of "what is the science" in "computer science"
needs to be asked.


 I have recently started identifying more often as a cultural historian of
new media/computers.  Previously, I identified with the digital humanities
more, and I still identify with it it some degree.


As I'v understood it, I think the digital humanities more or less consists
of three groups.  One, individuals interested in a humanities oriented
approach to the "digital," such as questions of access, race, gender, etc.
Two, individuals interested in using computational techniques in humanities
research.  Three, individuals interested in digital media studies more
broadly.


While not all of them are related to the philosophy of computing or history
of computing.  I think there is great overlap. The only problem are the
role of analog computers.  I haven't seen much work in the digital
humanities on them, but I would be curious as to what the history of
computing can do in regards to breaking down the "digital" qualifier.
Perhaps the old term humanities computing would be better still.

On Tue, Dec 2, 2014 at 8:50 PM, Paul Fishwick <metaphorz at gmail.com> wrote:

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> On Dec 2, 2014, at 7:43 PM, Fishwick, Paul <pxf130430 at utdallas.edu> wrote:
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> On Dec 2, 2014, at 5:09 AM, Willard McCarty <
> willard.mccarty at mccarty.org.uk> wrote:
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> Dear all (from the sidelines),
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> I agree that the history and philosophy of computing belong in close
> proximity to each other, that both are rich and important fields -- and I'd
> like to see the usually far too utilitarian digital humanities (at the
> intersection of computing and the humanities) brought into the discussion.
> It's the intersecting that makes it valuable here. I particularly like Mike
> Mahoney's comment that the question "is computer science a science" is
> actually two questions: "what happens to computing if you call it a
> science?" and "what do you mean by 'science' if computing is one?”
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> This is one response to these two questions:
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> http://dl.acm.org/citation.cfm?id=2601381.2601391
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> -p
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> Yours,
> WM
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> Paul Fishwick, PhD
> Chair, ACM SIGSIM
> Distinguished University Chair of Arts & Technology
>    and Professor of Computer Science
> Director, Creative Automata Laboratory
> The University of Texas at Dallas
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> Paul Fishwick, PhD
> Chair, ACM SIGSIM
> Distinguished University Chair of Arts & Technology
>    and Professor of Computer Science
> Director, Creative Automata Laboratory
> The University of Texas at Dallas
> Arts & Technology
> 800 West Campbell Road, AT10
> Richardson, TX 75080-3021
> Home: utdallas.edu/atec/fishwick
> Blog: creative-automata.com
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