scholarly journals geographies of (con)text: language and structure in a digital age

2018 ◽  
Author(s):  
Pip Thornton
Keyword(s):  
Digital Age ◽  
Spoken Word ◽  
Online Search ◽  
Searchable Database ◽  
Linguistic Data ◽  
Conflicting Interests ◽  
Text Language ◽  
The Web

This paper puts forward the concept of ‘geographies of (con)text’ to critique the metaphors and materialities of ‘the digital’, concentrating on the physical constructs and constraints of language on the web. A landscape of words as opposed to a landscape of code (Thrift & French, 2002), language-as-data becomes material in ways very different from both print and spoken word; its physicality represented in bits, bytes and circuitry, and its limits and variations mediated and governed by the processes which order, sort, move and index it. By virtue of their reproducibility and enhanced means of dissemination, digitised words can have paratextual – and often political – agencies and excesses beyond their linguistic function. Using examples of online search, dictionaries and translation, the paper will imagine how context as a kind of space might be produced, constructed and limited, how competing actors contribute tactically (de Certeau, 1984) to the (in)visibility and (im)mobility of the linguistic data in the searchable database, and how these actors negotiate the conflicting interests of money, efficiency and truth (Lyotard, 1984) in the geo-linguistic spaces of the web. With a geography of (con)text thus imagined, the mathematical and binary logics that construct and mediate the language within it are also clearly exposed. The paper goes on to discuss how creativity and originality might be restricted by ongoing processes of quantification and monetisation of language, before concluding that digitised language falls somewhere in the middle of a structuralist/post-structuralist critique; being at the same time both free from and constrained by the geographies of context.

Ciência da Informação e Humanidades Digitais

2019 ◽  
Author(s):  
FRANCISCO CARLOS PALETTA
Keyword(s):  
Labor Market ◽  
Information Literacy ◽  
Digital Library ◽  
Exploratory Study ◽  
Digital Humanities ◽  
Information Science ◽  
Digital Age ◽  
Web Of Data ◽  
The University ◽  
The Web

This work aims to presents partial results on the research project conducted at the Observatory of the Labor Market in Information and Documentation, School of Communications and Arts of the University of São Paulo on Information Science and Digital Humanities. Discusses Digital Humanities and informational literacy. Highlights the evolution of the Web, the digital library and its connections with Digital Humanities. Reflects on the challenges of the Digital Humanities transdisciplinarity and its connections with the Information Science. This is an exploratory study, mainly due to the current and emergence of the theme and the incipient bibliography existing both in Brazil and abroad.Keywords: Digital Humanities; Information Science; Transcisciplinrity; Information Literacy; Web of Data; Digital Age.

Designing Terminology Resources for Environmental Translation

2020 ◽  
pp. 586-615
Author(s):  
Pamela Faber ◽  
Pilar León-Araúz
Keyword(s):  
Knowledge Base ◽  
Digital Age ◽  
Environmental Information ◽  
Classification Schemes ◽  
Linguistic Data ◽  
Conceptual Frame ◽  
Knowledge Resource ◽  
Maximum Benefit

A well-designed terminological knowledge base is a structured repository of linguistic data, which is enriched with metadata and structured according to specific classification schemes and concept-based analysis. There is now no limit to the quantity and type of information in each entry since the digital age has liberated lexicographical and terminological resources from space constraints. More specifically, a terminological knowledge resource for environmental translators should be tailored to the specific needs of users who work with this multifaceted type of specialized text. Accordingly, the type and configuration of the environmental information should reflect the micro- and macrostructural design of the resource and provide frame-like structures in which concepts and terms are dynamically related to others. Designers must also decide how each type should be accessed and in what sequence. The map of the resource can have an underlying conceptual frame that allows users to derive the maximum benefit from it. This chapter provides an overview of the needs of environmental translators and explains how they can be met in the design of a knowledge resource. This is illustrated by the type and number of data fields, their underlying principles, and their mode of visualization.

scholarly journals Never Enter Your Real Data1

2011 ◽  
Vol 16 ◽  
pp. 74-78
Author(s):  
Rafael Capurro
Keyword(s):  
Social Media ◽  
Digital Age ◽  
Global Level ◽  
Privacy And Security ◽  
The Web

The present debate over privacy and security is on shaping freedom in the digital age. It seems unquestionable that ICT in general and social media in particular are changing the "web of relationships" (H. Arendt) that binds us. What makes this debate on ICT and social media unique is the fact that it takes place at a local and global level with different forms of synergy related to questions of friendship and fun no less than of oppression and justice. This paper addresses particularly the question about different forms of concealing and unconcealing ourselves in and through social media.

Digitizing the History Classroom

2021 ◽  
pp. 79-106
Author(s):  
Adam Crymble
Keyword(s):  
Historical Context ◽  
Digital Age ◽  
Digital Transformation ◽  
History Curriculum ◽  
Historical Themes ◽  
The Web

This chapter charts how the history curriculum changed as a result of “digital” influences. From successive waves of learning statistics and spreadsheets, to mastering the Web, to an obsession with methodology in the absence of any historical content, and finally a return to historical themes, the classroom of the digital age was in a state of flux. The chapter argues that there was no overarching plan for a digital transformation of the historical classroom. Instead, the profession witnessed a well-intentioned reaction against perceived gaps in teaching provision led by passionate individuals who experimented widely with the tools of the day. Understanding those siloed approaches in historical context provides a roadmap for how the profession can better harness change moving forward.

Identifying New Virtual Competencies for the Digital Age

2011 ◽  
pp. 174-192
Author(s):  
Kathryn Gow
Keyword(s):  
Digital Age ◽  
Social Software ◽  
First Year ◽  
Generic Skills ◽  
Ict Skills ◽  
Entry Level ◽  
The World ◽  
Basic Competencies ◽  
Graduating Students ◽  
The Web

This chapter focuses on the identification of a range of competencies that entry level workers, and thus graduating students, will need to acquire to be successful in the 21st Century of work. While core or basic competencies will still form the prerequisite generic skills that all entry level workers must demonstrate, as the first year progresses, depending on the field in which they are employed, they will be asked to utilise self management, entrepreneurial, and virtual competencies in order to maintain their employment status. Even if they have ICT skills, they will need to have the knowledge and ability in social software, as well as the ability to communicate across the Web, in order to succeed in the digital age. Other attributes, such as cross cultural and professional skills, along with an appreciation of Web ontologies will facilitate entry-level workers as they move into the world of international liaisons.

NEWLY EXCAVATED TEXTS IN THE DIGITAL AGE: REFLECTIONS ON NEW RESOURCES

Early China ◽  
2014 ◽  
Vol 37 ◽  
pp. 551-565 ◽  
Author(s):  
Lee-moi Pham ◽  
Kuan-yun Huang
Keyword(s):  
Hong Kong ◽  
Chinese Literature ◽  
Digital Age ◽  
Special Issue ◽  
Digital Resources ◽  
Graphic Form ◽  
Literature And Philosophy ◽  
Web Forum ◽  
The Web

AbstractBased on a special issue entitled “Newly Excavated Texts in the Digital Age,” volume 21.2 (June 2011) of the Newsletter of the Institute of Chinese Literature and Philosophy, Academia Sinica (Zhongyang yanjiu yuan Zhongguo wen zhe yanjiu suo tongxun 中央研究院中國文哲研究所通訊), this article reflects on the various digital resources now being developed at institutions in China, Hong Kong, Taiwan and elsewhere, looking, in turn, at topics related to the graphic form of characters, the relation between character and word, and the question of context. In addition, the article considers the web forum, a platform of research and discussion that is increasingly becoming a part of scholarly exchange.

scholarly journals Law in Context for the Digital Age

2019 ◽  
Vol 36 (1) ◽  
pp. 3-11
Author(s):  
Pompeu Casanovas ◽  
Jianfu Chen ◽  
David Wishart
Keyword(s):  
Artificial Intelligence ◽  
Big Data ◽  
Internet Of Things ◽  
Digital Age ◽  
The Internet ◽  
Historical Account ◽  
Web Of Data ◽  
The Law ◽  
The Internet Of Things ◽  
The Web

We introduce both the new inception of Law in Context - A Socio-legal Journal and the continuing issue of LiC 36 (1). The editorial provides a brief historical account of the Journal since its inception in the early 1980s, in the context of the evolution of the Law & Society movement. It also describes the changes produced in the digital age by the emergence of the Web of Data, Big Data, and the Internet of Things. The convergence between Law & Society and Artificial Intelligence & Law is also discussed. Finally, we introduce briefly the articles included in this issue.          

Academic Staff Using University Website Profile Page for Academic Digital Branding

2021 ◽  
pp. 30-46
Author(s):  
Emmanuel Mogaji
Keyword(s):  
New Media ◽  
Information Search ◽  
Academic Staff ◽  
Digital Technologies ◽  
Digital Age ◽  
Qualitative Approach ◽  
The Internet ◽  
University Administrators ◽  
Digital Branding ◽  
The Web

The growing interest in the internet and other digital technologies transforming the practice of education has led to the emergence of novel uses of new media for engaging with stakeholders. This study explored the web profile academic staff in Nigerian universities to understand how academic staff are using the platform to position their academic brand in this digital age. The ALARA model of information search was adopted taking on a qualitative approach in understanding how information are presented and accessed on websites. The analysis revealed that academic staff are not taking ownership and responsibility for their pages, and they are making little effort to develop their academic brand in this digital age. This study contributes to knowledge of academic branding with implications for university administrators working on creating a platform for academics branding. This study also contributes to the literature on the general guidelines on usability evaluations of websites to improve staff profile webpages.

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