Monthly Archives: November 2009

Luxembourg symposium ‘Contemporary History in the Digital Age’

by paul Posted on November 5, 2009

Tweet I recently returned from a symposium in Luxembourg on the topic of Contemporary History in the Digital Age and will report some of my impressions here. First, I should say that attending the event was a remarkable experience for … Continue reading →

Game night in the lab

by jenna Posted on November 2, 2009

Tweet It was Game Night in HUMlab on Thursday, 29 Oct 2009, where organisers Carl-Erik (“Calle”) Engqvist and Emma Ewadotter presented and demonstrated numerous computer and video games, ranging from the commercial and better-known titles such as Penumbra, Shadow of the … Continue reading →

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Students learning InDesign

by Stephanie Posted on November 2, 2009

Tweet When I walked into the lab this afternoon there was a clear cafe-like atmosphere as a large group of students were learning InDesign. The cheery chatter in the background makes working down here nice. Like you are working together … Continue reading →

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Charles Ess in HUMlab

by Stephanie Posted on November 1, 2009

Tweet We are honored to have professor Charles Ess visit the lab. He has been invited to Umeå University by the Department of Informatics, and this HUMlab seminar is a joint venture between HUMlab and Informatics. Ess is a distinguished … Continue reading →

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And the debate returns, where are all the women? or the blogosphere does not exist

by Stephanie Posted on November 1, 2009

Tweet I have been looking for figures on the female to male ratio of the blogosphere today when working on an article edit about gendered language in a technology weblog community. I am looking at this more from a community … Continue reading →

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