Tweet “12 etudes on everlasting life” is a series of performative art pieces that attempt to find 12 ways to practice a life everlasting. Every month during 2010 a new etude will be performed. Each etude is created between performance … Continue reading
Tweet ETERNAL SUNSHINE OF THE SPOTLESS MIND “How happy is the blameless vestal’s lot! The world forgetting, by the world forgot. Eternal sunshine of the spotless mind! Each pray’r accepted, and each wish resign’d…” –Alexander Pope, “Eloisa to Abelard” Please … Continue reading
Tweet The presentation of seminars, speeches and lectures in virtual environments is not uncommon today. Many universities are investing in virtual worlds for teaching and learning. But in attending many presentations I have as often been disappointed as I have … Continue reading
Tweet Here are some mixed photos from HUMlab taken from my phone: computer game discussion evening, installation of media wall (to control the screenscape in the new part of the lab), student presentations of museology projects (vernissage, with postdoctoral fellow … Continue reading
Tweet Our international postdoctoral fellowship program has been a great success, and the postdoctoral fellows have contributed very significantly to the development of HUMlab and digital humanities research at Umeå University. We are now happy to advertise one more round … Continue reading
Tweet HUMlab will be hosting a seminar by postdoctoral fellow Jenna Ng, titled “The Human Inside of You’: Avatars and Posthumanism” on Tuesday, 20 April, 13:15. See here for more details. In what would be a first for the lab, … Continue reading
Tweet The whole lab gathered in HUMlab 2 for mega fika last Friday (thanks, Emma E, Calle and Stephanie for a great initiative!), made up of cookies, cake, bread and cheese baked or brought by various people in the lab, … Continue reading
