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+1 On Fri, Aug 9, 2013 at 7:56 PM, Sam Kome <[log in to unmask]> wrote: > Thanks Wayne and kudos to UVa on the inclusivity statement. > > I would be interested to know who attends; that call* looks like a pretty > fine filter. If the list is ever made public I will immediately follow > them all on [SocialMedia]. > > *http://codespeak.scholarslab.org/#call-for-participants > > Sam Kome | Assistant Director, R&D |The Claremont Colleges Library > Claremont University Consortium |800 N. Dartmouth Ave |Claremont, CA 91711 > Phone (909) 621-8866 |Fax (909) 621-8517 [log in to unmask] > > -----Original Message----- > From: Code for Libraries [mailto:[log in to unmask]] On Behalf Of > Graham, Wayne (wsg4w) > Sent: Thursday, August 08, 2013 1:41 PM > To: [log in to unmask] > Subject: [CODE4LIB] "Speaking in Code" summit, UVa Library Scholars' Lab > > (Please excuse cross-posting, and help us get the word out about this > opportunity for digital humanities software developers!) > > We're pleased to announce that applications are open for "Speaking in > Code," a 2-day, NEH-funded symposium and summit to be held at the UVa > Library Scholars' Lab in Charlottesville, Virginia this November 4th and > 5th. > > http://codespeak.scholarslab.org/ > > "Speaking in Code" will bring together a small cohort of intermediate to > advanced digital humanities software developers for two days of > conversation and agenda-setting. Our goal will be to give voice to what is > almost always tacitly expressed in DH development work: expert knowledge > about the intellectual and interpretive dimensions of code-craft, and > unspoken understandings about the relation of our labor and its products to > ethics, scholarly method, and humanities theory. > > Over the course of two days, participants will: > > * reflect on and express, from developers' own points of view, what is > particular to the humanities and of scholarly significance in DH software > development products and practices; > > * and collaboratively devise an action-oriented agenda to bridge the gaps > in critical vocabulary and discourse norms that can frequently distance > creators of humanities platforms or tools from the scholars who use and > critique them. > > In addition to Scholars' Lab staff (Jeremy Boggs, Wayne Graham, Eric > Rochester, and Bethany Nowviskie), facilitators include Stephen Ramsay, > William J. Turkel, Stéfan Sinclair, Hugh Cayless, and Tim Sherratt. A > limited number of need-based travel bursaries are available to > participants. The SLab particularly encourages and will prioritize > participation of developers who are women, people of color, LGBTQ, or from > other under-represented groups. See "You Are Welcome Here" for more info: > http://codespeak.scholarslab.org/#inclusivity > > This will be the first focused meeting to address the implications of > tacit knowledge exchange in digital humanities software development. Visit > the Speaking in Code website to register your interest! Apply by September > 12th for best consideration. >