tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8856697805993319185.post6842888384986398791..comments2024-03-05T06:30:03.509-08:00Comments on Digital Riffs: To Code or Not to Code?Andrew Prescotthttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07861908988990764618noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8856697805993319185.post-2816606162917591072012-04-19T12:41:45.686-07:002012-04-19T12:41:45.686-07:00Hi Andrew,
I enjoyed your post very much. Lots to...Hi Andrew,<br /><br />I enjoyed your post very much. Lots to chew over. I've been struggling with this same thought myself over the last while, i.e. does the Digital Humanist need to be a tool creator by definition? I'm an archaeologist (or a digital archaeologist as I prefer to refer to myself these days). From my perspective I feel that digital expertise and/or activities within my field are less prone to be tapped or exploited by other fields in the same way that you describe happens within the more general Digital Humanities arena. No doubt there are a number of reasons for this but my own suspicion would be that the primary cause lies in the fact that archaeologists tend to be less interested in matters textual and so we don’t have as much to offer the historian or the linguist in terms of digital services. On the other hand, we are not particularly noted for our contributions into the wider methodological knowledge pool either. And so Digital Humanists aren’t the only ones who typically act as net consumers of ideas in this respect.<br /><br />To finish on a positive note, having just attended the recent CAA2012 conference which was held in Southampton this year, it would appear that coders are not so uncommon in my discipline as perhaps I had once feared. And this must be seen as a good thing.<br /><br />All the best,<br />FrankAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8856697805993319185.post-52516960972125487002012-04-16T02:33:31.802-07:002012-04-16T02:33:31.802-07:00Hi Andrew
Oh happy memories! I waited for the ZX81...Hi Andrew<br />Oh happy memories! I waited for the ZX81, passing up the ZX80, then had a BBC. Wished in a way I'd learnt some 'proper' programming on the PC before getting married, three kids... but you know...<br /> <br />I’m interested in DH too, an eclectic mix across health, education and informatics in the context of health care and the new literacies. The generic, free and open access conceptual framework Hodges model may be of interest.<br />I've blogged on my micro-PC history too.<br />Many thanks, Peter @h2cm<br />Blog at “Welcome to the QUAD”<br />http://hodges-model.blogspot.com/<br />Hodges Health Career – Care Domains – Model<br />http://www.p-jones.demon.co.uk/<br />h2cm: help 2C more – help 2 listen – help 2 care<br />http://twitter.com/#!/h2cm<br />P.S. There are many resources of interest to DH across four pages, inc. for example human rights, activism:<br />http://www.p-jones.demon.co.uk/linksIV.htmPeter Joneshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17111028529581774728noreply@blogger.com