Ray and Teresa Dobson gave a presentation called “Implementing New Knowledge Machines: A Digital Humanities Perspective” at the BCNet 2009 Conference at Simon Fraser University in Vancouver. The subject of the conference was “Green Technologies for research and learning. Find out more about the conference here: https://wiki.bc.net/atl-conf/display/BCNETPUBLIC/Implementing+New+Knowledge+Machines+-+A+Digital+Humanities+Perspective.
Abstract: In this session, the speakers will present the work of the Implementing New Knowledge Environments (INKE) research group, a large international, interdisciplinary research team studying reading and texts, both digital and printed. The INKE team is comprised of researchers and stakeholders at the forefront of fields relating to textual studies, user experience, interface design, and information management. Their goal is to contribute to the development of new digital information and knowledge environments that build on past textual practices. They will discuss their research questions, methods, aims and research objectives, the rationale behind their work and its expected significance.