Tweet There is some major construction work going on close to HUMlab. The university library and the adjacent area are being expanded/developed. You have to walk below this thing to get from the humanities building to the lab. Of course, … Continue reading
Tweet HUMlab is undergoing some major changes currently. Firstly, we are removing all furniture (and basically all entities that occupy floor space) in the current HUMlab to accommodate for new floor tiles. Secondly, we are preparing for the expansion of the … Continue reading
Tweet Matt Ratto, new research fellow at HUMlab, will do an invited presentation on “Key issues: HERA and Hephaestus: arts and humanities in a digital age” in London on June 15 as part of a HERA activity on “The Humanities as … Continue reading
Tweet The HUMlab Island is accepting visitors. If you want to look around it a direct teleport is available here. You must have a Second Life account to log in and there can’t be more than 40 avatars on the … Continue reading
Tweet I am very happy to announce that Katherine Hayles has accepted an honorary doctorate at Umeå University. Professor Hayles was one of the first international seminar speakers in HUMlab, and she has contributed to the establishment of HUMlab in … Continue reading
Tweet Over the last couple of months I have had the pleasure to get to know Phil Buckland at the Archaeology Department who is doing very good work, and who is also very HUMlab-like. Among other things, he develops digital … Continue reading
Tweet HUMlab has purchased an island in the virtual social world Second Life. It is 5120 meters square and is a commercial zoned site. I will begin working on it during the summer and next term it should be ready … Continue reading
