http://blog.humlab.umu.se/patrik Just another the HUMlab blog weblog Wed, 23 Feb 2011 16:03:17 +0000 http://backend.userland.com/rss092 en I have now been in New York City for a couple of days doing mixed work. Later today I will do a talk at CUNY. I am excited to be here and I am looking forward to the talk as well as continuing to meet really interesting people today and ... http://blog.humlab.umu.se/patrik/2011/02/23/away-from-home/ I hope to submit my fourth article on the digital humanities very soon.  Two articles have been published, the third will be published fairly soon, and I now have a full almost-ready manuscript of the fourth article. However, it has been difficult to stop incorporating new material as there is such an interesting discussion on ... http://blog.humlab.umu.se/patrik/2011/01/15/finishing-article-series/ http://blog.humlab.umu.se/patrik/2010/12/02/notes-for-tomorrows-talk-at-yale/ I used to have a fairly good quality web presence (since 1998), but over the last year or so - partly because a university content management introduction process - I ended up not maintaining it. Also, I have been blogging less energetically. Well, I now have a new website at ... http://blog.humlab.umu.se/patrik/2010/12/01/renewed-web-presence/ I am currently in California and after among other things have spent time at Stanford and met with the Spatial History group, I will spend Monday at UC Humanities Research Institute. After that I will go to NYC for a couple of meetings, and a talk at Yale on Dec ... http://blog.humlab.umu.se/patrik/2010/11/28/getting-ready-for-media-places/ I am currently working on my fourth digital humanities article. The final part discusses a number of design parameters. The current setup includes: Assume mutual respect Allow the digital humanities to be a trading zone and meeting place Care about space Connect to the heart of the disciplines Engage across multiple modes of engagement Engage with ... http://blog.humlab.umu.se/patrik/2010/11/14/digital-humanities-design-parameters/ For years, I used to carry around the Companion to the Digital Humanities when traveling, and I am happy to find that this time I am engaging with travel companions of a much more reasonable format including Rita Raley's Tactical Media, Johanna Drucker's SpecLab: Digital Aesthetics and Projects in Speculative ... http://blog.humlab.umu.se/patrik/2009/10/02/light-books/ Two recent publications that relate to my interest in language education and information technology: Svensson, Patrik. "Virtual worlds as arenas for language learning" (originally from 2003). In Hubbard, P. (Ed.) (2009). Computer Assisted Language Learning: Critical Concepts in Linguistics, Volumes I-IV. London & New York: Routledge. Report from Språkgruppen SUHF 2009 (Report ... http://blog.humlab.umu.se/patrik/2009/07/16/language-education-and-technology/ Someone pointed out that I have not blogged in this space for quite some time. I have just been too busy, and I have also prioritized doing online writing elsewhere (including the HUMlab blog). Hopefully there will be more writing here in the future. Or I will start a new ... http://blog.humlab.umu.se/patrik/2009/06/30/back/ A young woman just installed a reading device (one of these things with a long arm to allow you to read books more easily) at the table next to mine in the café I am currently frequenting. Others have combined tables to create a large desk space and the surface ... http://blog.humlab.umu.se/patrik/2009/03/12/making-the-cafe-your-second-home/