CIRCA:Maryland Institute for Technology in the Humanities
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*Promotes, provides, and encourages innovative research surrounding text mining, data analysis, and visualization techniques | *Promotes, provides, and encourages innovative research surrounding text mining, data analysis, and visualization techniques | ||
*Equally concerned with the genesis, structure, and preservation of electronic literature, digital games, and virtual worlds | *Equally concerned with the genesis, structure, and preservation of electronic literature, digital games, and virtual worlds | ||
| - | *Provides a variety of media such as podcasts, on-line videos, slide shows, and scholarly talks that discuss current issues within humanities computing | + | *Provides a variety of media such as [http://mith.umd.edu/podcast/ podcasts], on-line videos, slide shows, and scholarly talks that discuss current issues within humanities computing |
*A physical and electronic home to a wide variety of [http://mith.umd.edu/research/ digital humanities projects and events] | *A physical and electronic home to a wide variety of [http://mith.umd.edu/research/ digital humanities projects and events] | ||
*Showcases projects which span various fields and are interdisciplinary by nature | *Showcases projects which span various fields and are interdisciplinary by nature | ||
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History
- Founded in 1999
- Funded by a major Challenge Grant from the National Endowment for the Humanities
- A collaborative effort between University of Maryland’s College of Arts and Humanities, Libraries, and Office of Information Technology
Overview & Purpose
- Operates as a meeting place and think tank for the digital humanities
- Promotes, provides, and encourages innovative research surrounding text mining, data analysis, and visualization techniques
- Equally concerned with the genesis, structure, and preservation of electronic literature, digital games, and virtual worlds
- Provides a variety of media such as podcasts, on-line videos, slide shows, and scholarly talks that discuss current issues within humanities computing
- A physical and electronic home to a wide variety of digital humanities projects and events
- Showcases projects which span various fields and are interdisciplinary by nature
- Internationally recognized and distinguished by the cultural diversity it promotes and embodies through projects such as The Visual Accent & Dialect Archive
Audience
MITH offers a diverse set of projects that is sure to interest a broad range of audiences. What follows are just a few of the projects currently associated with the Maryland Institute of Technology in the Humanities.
Literary Projects:
Archival Projects:
Theatre & Dance Projects:
