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Evaluating Digital Libraries: A Longitudinal and Multifaceted View
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Durkheim's imperative: The role of Humanities faculty in the information technologies revolution
The arrival of powerful information technologies in the traditional
humanistic disciplines has done far more than simply add to the tools
available for research and instruction. Those who have embraced these
technologies have also experienced a significant disruption of their
traditional roles within the academy, producing confusion and
disorientation as well as excitement and innovation. Some of the reasons
for this confusion are discussed, and one example of two "restabilized"
roles for humanities faculty the work of the Advanced Information
Technologies Group at the University of Illinois is described. The
conclusion explores some of the advantages of this new kind of division
of intellectual labor.published or submitted for publicatio
A Typographic Dilemma: Reconciling the old with the new using a new cross-disciplinary typographic framework
Current theory and vocabulary used to describe typographic practice and scholarship are based on a historically print-derived framework. As yet, no new paradigm has emerged to address the divergent path that screen-based typography is taking from its traditional print medium. Screen-based typography is becoming as common and widely used as its print counterpart. It is now timely to re-evaluate current typographic references and practices under these environments, which introduces a new visual language and form.
This paper will attempt to present an alternate typographic framework to address these growing changes by appropriating concepts and knowledge from different disciplines. This alternate typographic framework has been informed through a study conducted as part of a research Doctorate in the School of Design at Northumbria University, UK. This paper posits that the current typographic framework derived from the print medium is no longer sufficient to address the growing differences between the print and screen media. In its place, an alternate cross-disciplinary typographic framework should be adopted for the successful integration and application of typography in screen-based interactive media. The development of this framework will focus mainly on three key characteristics of screen-based interactive media ¬¬– hypertext, interactivity and time-based motion – and will draw influences from disciplines such as film, computer gaming, interactive digital arts and hypertext fictions
The Descriptive Challenges of Fiber Art
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De-constructing terracotta female figurines: A chalcolithic case-study
We report the results of detailed imaging studies of the inner structure of a terracotta female figurine dated to the 6th millennium BC, most probably from the Lakes region of Turkey, now kept at the Nati- onal Museum of Oriental Art \u201cGiuseppe Tucci\u201d, Rome. The figurine was investigated with advanced CT scanning, recording 966 transversal sections. Each section was stratigraphically interpreted and digitized, reconstructing in three dimensions the form and mode of application of each lump or slab under the potter\u2019s fingers. A review of the available information on the techniques of construction of prehistoric terracotta figurines in Eurasia reveals at least two diverging technical templates, here named core and dual forming processes. The structure of the investigated figurine and its operational sequence reveals a version of the dual technical template, confirming the presence and influence, at a cognitive level, of organic analogies and a possible map of the female body in the modelling process
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