Technological determinism
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Discourse on the digital often results in a rhetoric of rupture and revolution tied to technological determinism, according to which technical developments quasi-mechanically determine cultural changes. It is therefore indispensable that we, in the framework of our research, avoid this rhetoric and consider digital characteristics by reflecting on cultural continuity.
Publications
Marcello Vitali-Rosati, Nicolas Sauret, Antoine Fauchié, [et al.], « Écrire les SHS en environnement numérique. L’éditeur de texte Stylo », Intelligibilité du numérique , septembre 2020.
Enrico Agostini Marchese et Christelle Proulx, « Cartographier les internets. “Atlas critique d’Internet” et diagrammatique sensible de l’espace numérique », Captures , vol. 5 / 1, mai 2020, (« Cartographie actuelle »).
Marcello Vitali-Rosati, « Pour une définition du “numérique” », in Pratiques de l’édition numérique , Montréal, Presses Université de Montréal, 2014, p. 63‑75.
Michael E. Sinatra et Marcello Vitali-Rosati, « Introduction », in Michael E. Sinatra, Marcello Vitali Rosati, (éds.). Pratiques de l’édition numérique , éds. Michael E. Sinatra et Marcello Vitali Rosati, Montréal, Presses de l’Université de Montréal, 2014, (« Parcours Numériques »), p. 7‑11.
Michael E. Sinatra et Marcello Vitali-Rosati, « Histoire des humanités numériques », in Michael E. Sinatra, Marcello Vitali Rosati, (éds.). Pratiques de l’édition numérique , éds. Michael E. Sinatra et Marcello Vitali Rosati, Montréal, Presses de l’Université de Montréal, 2014, (« Parcours Numériques »), p. 49‑60.
Marcello Vitali-Rosati, « Digital Paratext. Editorialization and the very death of the author », in Examining Paratextual Theory and its Applications in Digital Culture , IGI Global, Hershey, Nadine Desrochers and Daniel Apollon, 2014, p. 110‑127.
Marcello Vitali-Rosati, « Perceptibilité du virtuel et virtualisation de la perception », in Alain Mons, (éd.). La transition du perçu à l’ère des communications , éd. Alain Mons, Pessac, Presses universitaires de Bordeaux, 2013, p. 191‑206.
Marcello Vitali-Rosati, « Quelles actions sur le web ? », in Gilles Rouet, (éd.). Usages de l’Internet, éducation et culture , éd. Gilles Rouet, Paris, L’Harmattan, 2013, (« Local et global »), p. 17‑25.
Marcello Vitali-Rosati, « Réflexions pour une resémantisation du concept de virtuel », in Pourquoi des théories ? , Besançon, Solitaires intempestifs, 2009, (« Expériences philosophiques »), p. 31‑55.
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Corpus Liveshow 12-Hour Streaming: Boosting of the Repository of Digital Writings
June 24, 2022
On June 24, 2022, from 8 a.m. to 8 p.m. (EST), Emmanuelle Lescouet will host a special live episode of Corpus , during which everyone is invited to submit digital texts and literary works to boost the content on the Repository of Digital Writings .
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Canadian Comparative Literature Association Annual Congress
June 22-23, 2022
From June 21 to 24, 2022, the annual congress of the Canadian Comparative Literature Association will take place on Zoom. The theme, this year, is "Divergence and Convergence in Comparative Literature". Antoine Fauchié, Margot Mellet and Marcello Vitali-Rosati will act as facilitators of the workshop "Inscription Practices/Play" on June 22, and the workshop "Inscription Reflections" on June 23. Links to come!
Events Content circulation Content legitimation Medias Publishing Literature Digital identities and profiles Authors and authorship Digital platforms Paratexts Performativity Metaontology Editorialization Mediating conjunctures Marcello Vitali-Rosati Digital space Memory and Archive Virtual Open Access Digital community Public / private Technological determinism Margot Mellet Antoine Fauchié
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Annual Electronic Literature Organisation Conference
May 30 to June 1, 2022
From May 30 to June 1, 2022, Margot Mellet and Emmanuelle Lescouet will give talks at the annual Electronic Literature Organization conference. Registration to attend here
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ENCODE from the University of Bologna Project Conference
May 23, 2022
On May 23, 2022 at 10 a.m. (EST), Marcello Vitali-Rosati gives a lecture titled "Technical Thinking: the 'Greek Anthology Project' between Epistemological Choices and Code" at the 5th ENCODE Project Conference, which strives to bridge the gap between classical studies and digital competency. Registration required to attend!
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Humanistica Conference 2022
May 19-21, 2022
From May 19-21, 2022, the Canada Research Chair on Digital Textualities team will give multiple lectures and presentations as part of the annual conference organised by Humanistica, the francophone digital humanities association. Exact dates and links to come!
Events Content production Content circulation Content legitimation Medias Publishing Literature Digital identities and profiles Authors and authorship Intermedial practices Digital platforms Paratexts Performativity Metaontology Imaginary-reality Editorialization Mediating conjunctures Marcello Vitali-Rosati Digital space Memory and Archive Virtual Open Access Digital community Public / private Intermediality Technological determinism Publishing platforms Servanne Monjour Nicolas Sauret Margot Mellet Philosophy Antoine Fauchié Emmanuelle Lescouet Mathilde Verstraete Luiz Capelo Giulia Ferretti Roch Delannay
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Conference "DH Unbound" by the Association for Computers and the Humanities and the Canadian Society of Digital Humanities
May 17-19, 2022
From May 17-19, 2022, the Canada Research Chair on Digital Textualities team will give multiple talks and presentations in the context of the annual conference "DH Unbound". Exact dates and links to come!
Events Content production Content circulation Content legitimation Medias Publishing Literature Digital identities and profiles Authors and authorship Intermedial practices Digital platforms Paratexts Reflection planes Performativity Imaginary-reality Editorialization Mediating conjunctures Marcello Vitali-Rosati Digital space Memory and Archive Virtual Open Access Digital community Public / private Intermediality Technological determinism Publishing platforms Presence Margot Mellet Philosophy Antoine Fauchié Emmanuelle Lescouet
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Carrefour de culture et création numériques roundtable
May 16, 2022
The Carrefour de culture et création numériques (C3N) of the Faculty of Arts and Sciences of the University of Montreal holds a roundtable on May 16, 2022 from 9 a.m. to 12:30 p.m. Roch Delannay, Antoine Fauchié and Margot Mellet will give a presentation on the text-editing tool Stylo. Only in person, link to attend in the event description!
Events Content production Content circulation Medias Publishing Digital identities and profiles Authors and authorship Digital platforms Paratexts Metaontology Editorialization Mediating conjunctures Digital space Memory and Archive Open Access Digital community Public / private Technological determinism Publishing platforms Margot Mellet Antoine Fauchié Roch Delannay
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89th Acfas Congress
May 9-10, 2022
On May 9, 2022, PhD candidates Roch Delannay, Giulia Ferretti and Mathilde Verstraete will give lectures as part of the "Prix étudiants" (Student Awards) period of the conference "Le numérique dans les sciences humaines : Édition et visualisation" (The Digital in the Humanities: Edition and Visualisation) at the 89th Acfas Congress at 3:45 p.m.
On May 10, 2022 at 9:30 a.m., Marcello Vitali-Rosati will preside the 4th session of the same conference. Online only, link to come!
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International colloquium
May 6, 2022
On May 6, 2022, Mathilde Verstraete gives a lecture titled "Les figures de l'auteur au sein du projet d'édition numérique collaborative de l'Anthologie grecque" (Authorial Figures in the Collaborative Digital Edition of the Greek Anthology) at 9 a.m. (EST) at the international colloquium organised by the French Studies section of the Department of European, American and Intercultural Studies of the University of Rome La Sapienza. Live on YouTube
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International colloquium « L'écrivain et la machine. Figures de l'auteur à l'ère du numérique » (The Writer and the Machine. Authorial Figures in the Digital Era)
May 6, 2022
On May 6, 2022, Mathilde Verstraete gives a lecture titled "Les figures de l'auteur au sein du projet d'édition numérique collaborative de l'Anthologie grecque" (Authorial Figures in the Collaborative Digital Edition of the Greek Anthology) at 9 a.m. (EST) at the international colloquium organised by the French Studies section of the Department of European, American and Intercultural Studies of the University of Rome La Sapienza. Live on YouTube
Events Content legitimation Medias Publishing Literature Digital identities and profiles Authors and authorship Digital platforms Paratexts Editorialization Mediating conjunctures Digital space Memory and Archive Open Access Public / private Technological determinism Publishing platforms Mathilde Verstraete