I think one of the most interesting things about this group, and indeed
other Digital [namespace] lists are the methods inherent in the
'digital' bit - especially - when considered in the light of different
(sub)disciplines. How does an application of a technology or piece of
software in one (spatially or chronologically specific) area feed back
in to its development, and thus its application in another? The DC wiki
already has comprehensive resources on tools and projects and, checking
back just now, it strikes me that the line between these is not always
clear - maybe this crossover helps explain that? And maybe some kind of
articulation of methods along these lines would help us to express the
sum of DC's parts better, and therefore provide Byzantinists (and
others) with more of a foothold? Maybe the resources/approaches of
arts-humanities.net could help us?
Rather more question marks than I intended there.
-Stuart
Melissa Terras wrote:
> I agree with the avoidance of duplication of effort (and email lists) -
> and the more the merrier, imho.
>
> Melissa
>
> On 19/05/2010 11:18, Gabriel Bodard wrote:
>
>> I have always intended for Digital Classicist to be welcoming to
>> Byzantinists, in the hope that this is not seen as academic
>> imperialism! (I'm sure DM would say the same thing... I suppose it
>> depends to what extent the needs of Byzantinists overlap with those of
>> ancient Hellenists [Greek encoding, primary text issues] and to what
>> extent with Western Mediaevalists [time period, manuscripts].) Michael
>> Jerrfreys and Charlotte Roueché were among the first scholars invited
>> to the advisory board.
>>
>> As a general rule I would tend to urge against the miltiplication of
>> entities and bodies, but I suppose the really deciding factory would
>> be, to what extent would you expect Byzantine scholars to be put off
>> by association with a Classicist community, as opposed to a community
>> of their own.
>>
>> Would it help if we added a few words to this effect to the DC front page?
>>
>> G
>>
>> On 19 May 2010 10:11, Charlotte Roueche<[log in to unmask]> wrote:
>>
>>
>>> Dear All
>>>
>>> With so much work on MSS (transcribed in the Byzantine period!) and scholia
>>> (frequently by Byzantine scholars) I have been wondering about outreach to
>>> Digital Byzantinists. We (Byzantinists) could set up a separate DigByz list,
>>> with links to DigClass and DigMed. Is that kind of multiplication a good
>>> thing? Or could we create DigClassPlus? Would DigClass be prepared to
>>> slightly extend its self-definition - the ancient and Byzantine worlds? -
>>> and then extend a formal invitation to Byzantinists to join?
>>>
>>> Charlotte
>>> ----------------------------
>>> Professor Charlotte Roueché
>>> Department of Byzantine and Modern Greek Studies/Department of Classics
>>> King's College
>>> London WC2R 2LS
>>> direct tel. + 44 20.7848 2515
>>> fax + 44 20.7848 2545
>>> [log in to unmask]
>>> http://www.kcl.ac.uk/schools/humanities/depts/bmgs/staff/roueche.html
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>
>>
>
>
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