[-empyre-] Translating 'Performance' (Digitally)

[Diana Taylor]

Yes, thanks Tim! And I look forward to our discussions at HASTAC. I
certainly hope that these platforms are not a THERE but a HOW, not as Kevin
puts it, a ""Terra Nullius" waiting to be conquered" but rather another
means of transcending the boundaries and separations (linguistic,
territorial, disciplinary etc) imposed by colonialism.
Diana


On Thu, Apr 10, 2014 at 12:46 AM, Hamilton, Kevin <kham at illinois.edu> wrote:

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> Thank you Tim and all for hosting us this week.
>
> One issue I think the dialogue between Gabriela and Diana calls attention
> to is the matter of the technical or disciplinary "platform." The appeal
> of a fresh, self-contained, "intuitive" and user-friendly space for new
> exchange has been persistent in both technology spaces and in
> interdisciplinary ones. In our weekly lab meeting this week for the Seeing
> Systems group, where we watched tweets go by onscreen for the annual "Day
> of DH," scholar Prita Meier pointed out the similarities of DH today to
> Visual Studies in the 1990s. In both cases, we see scholars wondering
> about the liberatory potential offered by an expanded field.
>
> Scalar's appeal as a potentially fruitful new space for scholarship
> hearkens to both the technical and discursive connotation of the term
> "platform." In reality, as Gabriela suspects, the software requires that
> we bring a great deal to it - of knowledge, preparedness, and time -
> something not all constituencies have.
>
> But what is this dream of a platform, and how might we critique the
> desires manifest there in light of history and theory? Is the notion of a
> platform another "Terra Nullius" waiting to be conquered, a set of
> questions to be explored, or a basic set of conditions and potentials akin
> to rights? We could say more here, and others have in the area of Software
> Studies at least. For now I just wanted to leave us asking this question
> as we prepare to gather in Lima for more reflective conversations on the
> potentials of DH as not only transdisciplinary but transnational.
>
> - Kevin
>
>
>
> On 4/9/14 12:28 PM, "Diana Taylor" <diana.taylor at nyu.edu> wrote:
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