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| Title | Call for Proposals: ACH/ALLC 2005 |
| Body | 17th Joint International Conference of the Association for Computers and the Humanities (ACH) and the Association for Literary and Linguistic Computing (ALLC) Deadline: November 8, 2004 More information is available at: http://web.uvic.ca/hrd/achallc2005/call.htm ACH/ALLC 2005 invites submissions of abstracts of between 750 and 1500 words on any aspect of humanities computing, broadly defined to encompass the common ground between information technology and problems in humanities research and teaching. As always, we welcome submissions in any area of the humanities, particularly interdisciplinary work. We especially encourage submissions on the current state of the art in humanities computing, and on recent new developments and expected future developments in the field. Suitable subjects for proposals might focus on: * traditional applications of computing in the humanities, including (but not limited to) text encoding, hypertext, text corpora, computational lexicography, natural language processing, linguistics, translation studies, literary studies, text analysis, edition philology and statistical models; * computational models and applications related to multilingualism and multicultural issues; * the application of information technology to issues related to minority, indigenous and rare languages; * emerging digitization efforts: new best practices, experiences, recommendations, training; * humanities teaching; * the application of information technology to cultural and historical studies (including archaeology and musicology); * new approaches to research in humanities disciplines using digital resources dependent on images, audio, or video; * the application to humanities data of techniques developed in such fields as information science and the physical sciences and engineering; * pedagogical applications of new media within the humanities; * applications of technology in second language acquisition; * commercial applications of humanities computing, e.g. web technology, rural language interfaces, archival organization and accessibility; * applications in the digital arts, especially projects and installations that feature technical advances of potential interest to humanities scholars; * information design in the humanities, including visualization, simulation, and modelling; * thoughtful considerations of the cultural impact of computing and new media; * theoretical or speculative treatments of new media; * the institutional role of new media within the contemporary academy, including curriculum development and collegial support for activities in these fields; * the broader social role of humanities computing and the resources it develops. * the institutional role of humanities computing and new media within the contemporary academy, including curriculum development and collegial support for activities in these fields. |
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