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The Way We Live Now, What is to be Done?

Jerome McGann addresses the so-called "Crisis in the Humanities" in the context of two of its most apparent symptoms: the digital transformation of our museums and archives, and the explicitly parallel "Crisis in Tenure and Publishing" that has more recently come to attention.

Dispersion

"Dispersion" is a short-story by Rob Swigart.

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Jerome McGann’s NINES white paper is available on ebr as one of the first texts to be “enfolded” into the ebr interface.

‐ Stefanie Boese

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Kenneth J. Saltman, writing in the Technocapitalist thread, dicusses Michael Milken’s efforts to privatize education, which, Saltman argues, are aimed at “transforming public education into an investment opportunity for the wealthy,” endangering the foundation of a democratic society.

‐ Stefanie Boese

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Bethany Nowviskie of the University of Virginia introduces the COLLEX tool, a “COLL-ection” and “EX-hibition” of online images and interlinked texts in her white paper, which is available as an “enfolded” text on ebr.

‐ Stefanie Boese

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In her review of McGann’s book Radiant Textuality, Katherine Acheson argues that the usability and graphic quality of McGann’s interface designs have thus far not lived up to the high ambitions of these projects. She suggests that a redesign would be necessary before digital humanities scholarship can become a viable alternative to traditional scholarly publishing.

‐ Stefanie Boese

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