Category Archives: News
Success in Inventare il Futuro Competition
By James Harriman-Smith and Primavera De Filippi On the 11th July, the Open Literature (now Open Humanities) mailing list got an email about a competition being run by the University of Bologna called ‘Inventare il Futuro’ or ‘Inventing the Future’. … Continue reading
Shakespeare and the Internet
From Monday 12th September to Monday 10th October, Open Shakespeare will host a series of articles on the topic of ‘Shakespeare and the Internet’. When we invited contributions, the theme was deliberately kept as broad as possible in order to … Continue reading
Text Camp 2011
The Open Knowledge Foundation’s first ever Text Camp will be taking place this Saturday 13th August, thanks to JISC offering us the use of their meeting rooms in London. Details Where? Brettenham House, 9 Savoy Street, WC2E 7EG, London. – … Continue reading
Announcing… Text Camp 2011
The OKF’s first ever ‘Text Camp’ hopes to bring together many different people, all interested in the relationship between digital technologies and literature, with a strong focus on the creation of open knowledge. When? 13th August 2011, 10am – 6pm … Continue reading
Annotation Sprint III: Hamlet
Date: Thursday 14th July Time: 9am to 5pm BST (thus UTC 8am-4pm, EDT 4am-12 noon, PDT 1am-9am) You can also follow us online using the hashtag #annotation or make suggestions on the Open Literature etherpad. As many annotations as possible … Continue reading
Open Shakespeare at NESTA
My trip to speak at a ‘digital day’ organised as part of the new ‘Digital Fund for Arts and Culture’ by NESTA (National Endowment for Science Technology and the Arts) was eye-opening, to say the least. I thought I’d put … Continue reading
Open Shakespeare at OKCon 2011
OKCon 2011, at the Kalkscheune buildings in Berlin, was fantastic, and I thought it would be a good idea to publish a few reflections on some of the stuff that was going on there, both for the benefit of those … Continue reading
“Time travels in diverse paces”: An Update on Open Shakespeare
May and a month that has only belatedly met the standard of what Shakespeare calls “hot Junes” have passed since last I wrote an update about Open Shakespeare. As ever, quite a bit has been done on the project, and … Continue reading
Minutes of Meeting: 2011-04-30
Present: JHS, RP To do: Publish a ‘state of the project post’ on OKFN blog Publicise site through contact with other projects: www.delightedbeauty.org, www.shakespeareinsmalldoses.com Publicise site: unis (NFP, fun for summer), Call For Papers Investigate kickstarter Organise May Week event, … Continue reading
Open Shakespeare: March and April
Annotation Sprint II Our second annotation sprint, taking place at the end of Cambridge University term attracted contributions from all over the internet, particularly from the States. In Cambridge itself, our volunteers continued working on Hamlet, bringing the total number … Continue reading