We are pleased to announce the publication of the latest volume of the Michigan Journal of Sustainability. Volume 2 of the journal has a focus on climate change in unique urban and rural environments, such as Detroit, MI and the Lower Rio Grande Valley along the US-Mexico border. The full table of contents is available online, and all articles are free to read. As the editors mention in their introduction, this volume also marks a transition for…
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We are very happy to announce a new title from digitalculturebooks, Interdisciplining Digital Humanities: Boundary Work in an Emerging Field by Julie Thompson Klein. This is the fifth book in our Digital Humanities series and explores how digital technologies and new media are changing the nature of research, teaching, and learning in the humanities. Interdisciplining Digital Humanities sorts through definitions and patterns of practice over roughly 65 years of work, providing an overview for specialists…
We are very happy to announce a new title from digitalculturebooks, Interdisciplining Digital Humanities: Boundary Work in an Emerging Field by Julie Thompson Klein. This is the fifth book in our Digital Humanities series and explores how digital technologies and new media are changing the nature of research, teaching, and learning in the humanities. Interdisciplining Digital Humanities sorts through definitions and patterns of practice over roughly 65 years of work, providing an overview for specialists…
We are happy to announce the latest title from digitalculturebooks, Pastplay: Teaching and Learning History with Technology edited by Kevin Kee. Pastplay is the fourth title in our Digital Humanities series. This book, a collection of essays by leading history and humanities researchers and teachers, argues that we should play with technology in history because doing so enables us to see the past in new ways. In the field of history, the Web and other…
We are happy to announce the latest title from diitalculturebooks, Pastplay: Teaching and Learning History with Technology edited by Kevin Kee. Pastplay is the fourth title in our Digital Humanities series. This book, a collection of essays by leading history and humanities researchers and teachers, argues that we should play with technology in history because doing so enables us to see the past in new ways. In the field of history, the Web and other…
We are proud to announce the latest title from digitalculturebooks, Writing History in the Digital Age edited by Kristen Nawrotzki and Jack Dougherty. This book is the third title in our Digital Humanities series and began as a “what-if” experiment by posing a question: How have Internet technologies influenced how historians think, teach, author, and publish? To facilitate this innovative volume, Dougherty and Nawrotzki designed a born-digital, open-access, and open peer review process to capture…
We are proud to announce the latest title from digitalculturebooks, Writing History in the Digital Age edited by Kristen Nawrotzki and Jack Dougherty. This book is the third title in our Digital Humanities series and began as a “what-if” experiment by posing a question: How have Internet technologies influenced how historians think, teach, author, and publish? To facilitate this innovative volume, Dougherty and Nawrotzki designed a born-digital, open-access, and open peer review process to capture…
We are excited to announce the latest title from digitalculturebooks, DOOM: SCARYDARKFAST by Dan Pinchbeck. This is the third book in our Landmark Video Games series. It aims not only to be the definitive work on DOOM, but a snapshot of a period of gaming history, a manifesto for a development ethos, and a celebration of game culture at its best. In December 1993, gaming changed forever. id Software’s seminal shooter DOOM was released and…
This month, we are thankful to have such a diverse, interesting collection of new material to share with you. digitalculturebooks announced a new title: Silent Hill: The Terror Engine by Bernard Perron. This is the second book in the Landmark Video Games series. As the digitalculturebooks site indicates, this book is “both a close analysis of the first three Silent Hill games and a general look at the whole series.” A searchable, full-text version of…
Despite the arrival of menacing Jack O’ Lanterns and ghastly ghouls, three publications fearlessly released new material this month. The Trans Asia Photography Review (TAP) published an expansive new special issue entitled The Elu[va]sive Portrait: In Pursuit of Photographic Portraiture in East Asia and Beyond. Volume 2, Issue 1 features 5 essays and interviews, 3 book reviews, 4 curatorial projects, noted recent publications, and summaries of several scholarly symposia. Ayelet Zohar, PhD was the guest…