Amplified Initiative
The Amplified Initiative, a grant from the Organization of American Historians, extends the impact of a conference panel session beyond the limitations of the usual OAH conference by asking partner organizations to develop material, based on those panels, that will be shared with each partner’s specific audience. The OHA is glad to join this project and has developed […]
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I am happy to share that our joint project with Shannon Mattern, Library’s Other Intelligences, opens in the new Oodi library in Helsinki in January!
Digital cultures of alternative intelligence, library architectures as a stage for performance and imaginary languages, and memory machines tours that take you through the library as a living organism of infrastructure are some of the themes the works by Jenna Sutela, Samir Bhowmik and Tuomas A. Laitinen address!
The opening takes place on January 11th including a small symposium on January 12th. There is also a press tour on Wednesday 9th of January – please be in touch if you want to attend.
Warm welcome to all! A brief blurb below including a link to the Memory Machines tours.
Memory Machines tours: January 11, 12 &13 at 18:30. Sign up here.
The Library’s Other Intelligences, an art project organized by the MOBIUS Fellowship Program of the Finnish Cultural Institute in New York in collaboration with the Helsinki Public Library, will open at the new Central Library Oodi in January 2019. The project features newly commissioned artworks, original research and a series of events, including an opening celebration on Friday, January 11, and a symposium on Saturday, January 12.
MOBIUS fellows Jussi Parikka (University of Southampton, Winchester School of Art, UK) and Shannon Mattern (The New School, US) have commissioned Finnish artists Samir Bhowmik, Tuomas A. Laitinen, and Jenna Sutela to create works that examine the new intelligences represented in our evolving knowledge institutions. These artworks reveal the alien logics of neural nets, give voice to machinic and speculative languages, and make visible the material infrastructures that allow intelligence to circulate. The exhibition’s featured artists are known for work that engages with AI, biological intelligence, digital culture, and the infrastructures of modern societies.
Visitors to the library will be invited to engage with the works – and with the new building – by attending live performances, embarking on expeditions, and reimagining how we will read, listen, and learn in a new techno-cultural future. The opening celebration will take place at Oodi on Friday, January 11, from 7 to 10pm; and the curators and artists will host a symposium about the exhibition on Saturday, January 12, from 2 to 4pm.
Image: Jenna Sutela: nimiia ïzinibimi, 2019
by Jussi Parikka http://bit.ly/2V3bPqO December 22, 2018 at 05:59AM”Merry Christmas and Happy New Year from Academicpkm
At this Most Blessed Time of the Year, my wish for each of my readers is a totally Joyful Christmas and a Blessed New Year.
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https://ift.tt/1ssUlEd”International scholars reflect on OHA conference
The Oral History Association awarded travel scholarships totaling $11,500 to assist scholars from five different regions of the world to attend the Montreal conference. International scholars received a total of $5,000, presenters received $5,000 and non-presenters received $1,500. An additional $5,000 was raised to provide scholarships for people affected by the year’s […]
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OHA 2018—A Reporter’s Notebook
By Barbara W. Sommer, Independent Oral Historian Editor’s Note: With an almost endless number of conference sessions from which to choose, OHA members could sample—and reflect upon—myriad thought-provoking ideas and a-ha moments that emerged from a day’s smorgasbord. Here is a summary of several sessions a longtime OHA member shared. Session 33: Come Together: The […]
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Plenary Sessions
First Nations women share storytelling journeys with plenary audience Giving thanks to grandparents and other elders for sharing their stories, a panel of Indigenous women described to an OHA plenary session their experiences in becoming story-sharers themselves, weaving together their own and their peoples’ lives. Muriel Miguel, founder of Spider woman Theater, called […]
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Co-Executive Director’s Report
By Kristine McCusker and Louis Kyriakoudes As we end our first year as co-executive directors, we look back on a busy and successful year of transition and accomplishment. We are particularly grateful for the support of OHA’s former program associate Gayle Knight and former interim executive director Kristine Navarro-McElhaney […]
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I had the pleasure of contributing to Tomas Saraceno’s new show On Air at Palais de Tokyo with a short text for the publication as well as with a talk as part of the seminar on December 14th, which was organized by Filipa Ramos. The show itself moves from spiders and webs to air and balloons, from entanglements of the Anthropocene to the light materials of the Aerocene combining speculative design, investigation of materials and beautiful installation structures.
My short text for the catalogue was titled “Inhale”:
Inhale and you engage with history, not metaphorically, nor poetically but literally. Inhale the air of a city and you inhale its industrial legacy, its current transport system, its chemistry built at the back of technological progress. There’s more in the air and the sky than meets the eye. On the level of eyes, nostrils and skin, the city and its surroundings, it becomes a touch. It is inhaled, enters the body as haptic environment. It is the haptic environment in which one sees and encounters the surroundings as a large scale Air-Conditioning Show. It is history carried forward as chemistry. It is technology breathed in as minuscule particles. The air is the environment we have to somehow learn to address as one way to invent a breathable future.
Meet Your New President
Natalie Fousekis is Director of the Lawrence de Graaf Center for Oral and Public History (COPH) and Professor of History. She specializes in modern U.S. History, grassroots politics, women’s history, and oral history. Natalie has been engaged in oral history work for almost twenty-five years — conducting dozens of interviews, teaching oral history methodology to undergraduate […]
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OHA Responds to Potential Closing of University of Iowa Labor Center
The OHA has written a letter in response to the potential closing of the University of Iowa Labor Center. Read the letter here.
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The new issue of the Luthor journal (published by colleagues in Argentine) is out and with a focus on media archaeology. The issue also includes an interview with me (“De insectos, máquinas y posverdades“) for those interested. We discuss media archaeology and transdisciplinarity, materiality, questions of geography as well as some brief points about literature in relation to the field. I also mention some current and emerging projects, from fashion film to operational images.
by Jussi Parikka https://ift.tt/eA8V8J December 01, 2018 at 11:28AM”2019 Call for Papers is now open
The submission portal for the 2019 Annual Meeting is now open. The deadline for submissions is February 3, 2019. Please note that you will need to create a new account in order to submit a proposal, even if you have submitted proposals in the past. The Call for Papers is available here, and information […]
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Links Roundup #43: Christmas ideas, Electronic Notebooks, Copy-editing Tools
Best Engineering Kits for Kids
Those of you who regularly read the American Libraries AL Direct emails, will have seen this post, however, given the upcoming gift-giving season, I think it bears repeating. Caroline Stewart of Reviewgeek.com posted on October 5th a very nice review of Best Engineering Kits for Kids. I wish some of these colorful, fun toys had been available when I was young!
Other Christmas Ideas for the Young-at-Heart
Also highlighted recently at Reviewgeek.com, are The Best Premium Drones for Photography, Racing and More and The Best Point and Shoot Cameras (yes, cameras not on your phone are better than ever and worth a look!)
And for my librarian friends, I have not forgotten you… Librarian themed gift items: From Amazon; and a revisit to the American Libraries 2017 Holiday Gift Guide for Librarians and Book Lovers.
Electronic Research Notebooks (ERN)
We have talked here before about electronic lab notebooks. In the Summer 2018 edition of Issues in Science & Technology Librarianship, Kortney K. Rupp of University of California, Berkeley revisits this technology with a focus more on big research data in her article: Electronic Research Notebooks: A Piece of the Research Data Management Puzzle. She also has a great Library Research Guide that discusses ERNs. Thanks Kortney!
Electronic Copy-Editing Applications
Lewis at Freelance Effects reviewed ProWritingAid recently in his blog post ProWriting Aid Review: A Close Look at the All-in-One Copy Editing Tool. This tool has incorporated a number of enhancements over the past few years and might be worth a second look by those searching for online copy-editing help. The tool now offers WordPress, Word and Google Doc plug-in options. The catch is that these options are only available in paid versions. The free version must be used online only and is limited to 500 words at a time and 19 reports. While this can be frustrating, it does allow a writer to try out the application and test its usefulness prior to making a decision to enroll. Lewis describes his detailed trial and his impression is quite positive on this copy-editing tool. Kindlepreneur also reviewed ProWritingAid in his article on Best Proofreading Software of 2018. This review compares several of the top tools out on the web today including Grammarly, Hemingway, and Ginger as well as ProWritingAid.
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https://ift.tt/1KXVZDz”The Oral History Review Seeks a Copy- and Production Editor
The Oral History Review, the official journal of the Oral History Association, is accepting applications for an open position on the editorial team, the Copy- and Production Editor. The successful applicant will join the five-member editorial team of the Review and will participate actively in the development of the journal. The editorial team—a creative […]
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New OHA Membership Dues Structure
The OHA Membership dues structure will change as of January 1, 2019. The new structure will be: $100 General Membership $75 Emerging/Independent Practitioner $35 Student/Community Practitioner
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