[open-humanities] Open Literature sprint & a more formal event

Sun Dec 8 20:04:50 UTC 2013

Hi James, Iain (and list),

Sorry for radio silence - mad few weeks of PhD work. I really like the idea
of a regular Open Humanities event and I'd be happy to help organise. It
would be great to get a presence at OKfest too.

I'm free to Skype before/after the holiday season so we can work on a
CfP-style notice (or it might be sensible to talk about this at the January
event, either way is fine for me).

Best!

Sam

On Sun, Dec 8, 2013 at 6:25 PM, print.crimes at yatterings.com <
print.crimes at yatterings.com> wrote:

>  Hi James,
>
> On 08/12/13 14:13, James Harriman-Smith wrote:
>
>  Hi Iain, List
>
>  I've interwoven my responses below. I was intending to debate this over
> Skype, but - at time of writing - it doesn't look like next week will be a
> good time for people. Anyway, without further ado:
>
>
>> Do we want, as a group, to have a more 'formal' hackday, unconference
>> type day towards the end of the year and try to make it an annual event?
>> Perhaps even widen it to be a humanities day in general?
>>
>
>  Yes. I (and I'm sure Sam Moore, too) would love there to be a yearly
> 'open humanities' hack at the OKF. I don't however think that this upcoming
> sprint should be such an event as it's at a fairly inconvenient time of
> year and is fast approaching. Maybe we could do a big humanities hack in
> August, or even in Berlin at OKfest?
>
> The curses of a badly phrased question. The January event, I think, should
> be an informal event. I was picking up the on/off thread from the last
> four. I think that Berlin, if there is space, would be good place to kick
> this off. If not late August, early September?
>
>
>
>> We did run the Textcamp but that domain is being used for something else
>> now, so we no longer have access to it. So we would need a new one with the
>> relevant resources set up  - I'd imagine a blog / wiki to post updates,
>> show off the results and partially to co-ordinate ideas. Only a suggestion.
>>
>
>  Sounds good. Once we have a rough time frame for the bigger event (and
> I've sorted out my admin privileges), we can set up such a site.
>
> That's good. I can't remember resources what my sign in is linked against
> now. Will try and find out this week.
>
>
>> So would we want to have such an event?
>>
> Yep.
>
> :)
>
>
>> What would we like to do there? Can we involve people virtually (irc,
>> skype, hangouts or so on)?
>>
> Lots of possible things: working on the core open humanities projects
> (Open Correspondence, Open Literature, maybe AnnotateIt too, although they
> have lots going on already); hacking on some newly-released datasets out of
> Europeana or the British Library...we could even have a call for proposals
> circulated in the Spring.
>
> I like the idea of the CfP type thing. Perhaps also doing something along
> the lines of something that the School of Data does and running a data
> expedition to extend an existing set or begin a new one?
>
>
>> What would we call it and can we get the domain registered for it? What
>> would we like to see in the space as resources?
>>
>>  I think 'Open Humanities Hack' works well (the 'OHH' acronym is a bit
> naff...). As for space/resources, we've held similar events in KCL and at
> JISC. The main requirements are lots of power sockets, good internet
> connectivity, and a nearby source of food.
>
> Also white boards or notes spaces? The name could be the "fun" bit -
> practical but snappy? Will see what I can also come up with a suggestions
> next week.
>
>
>
>> Can we get sponsorship or co-organiser to help with space, food, so on
>> and so forth?
>>
>
>  I think we should definitely try. Maybe King's or the BL. Something to
> look into once we clearly know what we'll be doing.
>
> Those were the two I was thinking of. I'll have a think of anyone else to
> approach.
>
>
>> Who else would be happy to help organise? I am happy to volunteer and
>> help co-ordinate but know that my time next year will be limited by other
>> factors but do want to see it happen.
>>
>
>  I'd be happy to help organise a bit. Maybe Sam Moore too?
>
> Great, thanks.
>
>
>> I am sure that there are other questions need to be asked. I am pretty
>> sure I've posed them somewhere but have forgotten what they are at the
>> moment. I think the above are enough to start with though this side of
>> Christmas/New Year.
>>
>
>  Let's talk this over more on Skype or at the sprint in January.
>
> Okay. As per Dudle, next week is pretty bad for me but the week after is
> better or getting together with any one else at the January event would be
> equally great.
>
> Iain
>
>
>
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