This was my original opinion on DC and DM, to be honest: I thought we
should go for Digital pre-Gutenberg or something if we could find a name
that was not teleological and not a mouthful and not text-centric. But I
have to say, in addition to being soundly defeated, I also was
ultimately convinced that there is a reason for the content-domain side
of the digital-content-domainist model.
From an outsiders' perspective (and this really is a race in which I
have no horse), then, I'd ask about how close y'all feel to each other
away from your computers: that really is probably the real determinant.
If the Byzantinists think that knowing somebody is a classicist allows
you to predict their character flaws (in much the same way
Anglo-Saxonists believe this to be true of modernists) or vice versa
then you want separate lists ;).
I would say, BTW, that in the case of DC and DM, I think the diversity
has worked really well: even though we share some common source material
issues, my sense is that the digital sides of the two fields are really
quite different in interests and trends. And of course quite different
organisations--which also helps expand the range of things.
-dan
On 10-05-19 02:27 PM, Litta Modignani Picozzi, Eleonora wrote:
> Yes, let's join forces!
> ________________________________________
> From: The Digital Classicist List [[log in to unmask]] On Behalf Of Melissa Terras [[log in to unmask]]
> Sent: 19 May 2010 11:39
> To: [log in to unmask]
> Subject: Re: [DIGITALCLASSICIST] Byzantina
>
> 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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