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- [http://niche.uwo.ca/digital-infrastructure/hackknow "Hacking as a Way of Knowing"] (2009). I organzied a workshop with [http://www.yorku.ca/imhotep Edward Jones-Imhotep] on the theme of "E-waste and environmental data," held at InterAccess in Toronto in May 2009.	+ [http://niche-canada.org/digital-infrastructure/hackknow "Hacking as a Way of Knowing"] (2009). I organzied a workshop with [http://www.yorku.ca/imhotep Edward Jones-Imhotep] on the theme of "E-waste and environmental data," held at InterAccess in Toronto in May 2009.

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william.j.turkel — 2009-06-16 09:57:49

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- ["Interactive Ambient and Tangible Devices for Knowledge Mobilization" Interactive, Ambient and Tangible Devices for Knowledge Mobilization] (2008-). A SSHRC-funded research project.	+ ["Interactive Ambient and Tangible Devices for Knowledge Mobilization" Interactive, Ambient and Tangible Devices for Knowledge Mobilization] (2008-2009). A SSHRC-funded research project.
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- ''[http://digitalhistoryhacks.blogspot.com Digital History Hacks: Methodology for the Infinite Archive]'' (2005-08). For three years I wrote a research weblog at Blogger.com. My premise was that the web constitutes the largest, most easily-accessible archive that people have ever created, and also the most radically unfamiliar. Material is being added to the web at an exponential rate, but it is of low average quality; it usually has an uncertain provenance and uncertain lifespan. Much of it is created by machines and meant to be ‘understood’ by other machines. Historians and other humanists and social scientists need a new set of computational tools for dealing with the web. About half of the posts in ''Digital History Hacks'' were devoted to making the argument for a new historical discipline that is analogous to bioinformatics, and draws on machine learning, computational linguistics, information retrieval and other fields. The rest of the posts were about hacks, short programs that demonstrate the potential of digital history, and were designed to be shared, extended or modified (i.e., hacked) by others. There is an ["DHH Archive" archive of source code and other files] for ''Digital History Hacks'' on this wiki, although it is still under construction as of 10 Feb 2009.	+ ''[http://niche.uwo.ca/programming-historian/ The Programming Historian]'' (2007-). With [http://history.uwo.ca/faculty/maceachern/ Alan MacEachern] and [http://adamcrymble.blogspot.com/ Adam Crymble] I am writing a short open-access monograph on Python programming for historians and other humanists. The book is openly accessible on the NiCHE website in the form of a wiki.
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- ''[http://niche.uwo.ca/programming-historian/ The Programming Historian]'' (2007). With [http://history.uwo.ca/faculty/maceachern/ Alan MacEachern] I wrote a short open-access monograph on Python programming for historians and other humanists. The book is openly accessible on the NiCHE website in the form of a wiki.	+ ''[http://digitalhistoryhacks.blogspot.com Digital History Hacks: Methodology for the Infinite Archive]'' (2005-08). For three years I wrote a research weblog at Blogger.com. My premise was that the web constitutes the largest, most easily-accessible archive that people have ever created, and also the most radically unfamiliar. Material is being added to the web at an exponential rate, but it is of low average quality; it usually has an uncertain provenance and uncertain lifespan. Much of it is created by machines and meant to be ‘understood’ by other machines. Historians and other humanists and social scientists need a new set of computational tools for dealing with the web. About half of the posts in ''Digital History Hacks'' were devoted to making the argument for a new historical discipline that is analogous to bioinformatics, and draws on machine learning, computational linguistics, information retrieval and other fields. The rest of the posts were about hacks, short programs that demonstrate the potential of digital history, and were designed to be shared, extended or modified (i.e., hacked) by others. There is an ["DHH Archive" archive of source code and other files] for ''Digital History Hacks'' on this wiki, although it is still under construction as of 15 June 2009.
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- Digital History Graduate Course. I teach a year-long graduate course on digital history that emphasizes the presentation of history on the web and in interactive systems, the use of computational techniques to work with digital sources, and the construction of tangible interfaces for museum exhibits. The course draws on new work in social computing, interaction design and open-source DIY/hacking culture. As far as I know, it is the only course of its kind offered in Canada, and it plays a central role in our public history MA program.	+ Digital History Graduate Courses. I teach graduate courses on digital history that emphasize the presentation of history on the web and in interactive systems, the use of computational techniques to work with digital sources, and the construction of tangible interfaces for museum exhibits. The courses draw on new work in social computing, interaction design and open-source DIY/hacking culture. As far as I know, they are unique in Canada, and play a central role in our public history MA program.
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	+ * ["UWO History 9808A Digital History Fall 2009"]. + * ["UWO History 9832B Interactive Exhibit Design Winter 2010"].
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- Digital History Internships. The digital history internship program provides some financial support to graduate students who wish to experiment with computational methods or new technologies for historical research and teaching. For more information see the individual project pages. - * (under construction) - - Public History MA Projects. Group projects created by students in the Western Public History MA program. - * (under construction) -
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- * ["UWO History 1805 2008-09 Course Prep"]. (Page is open only to course instructors.)	+ * [http://history.uwo.ca/undergradstudy/1805E/ UWO History 1805E]

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william.j.turkel — 2009-06-02 14:08:04

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- ["Hacking as a Way of Knowing"] (2009). I'm organizing a workshop with [http://www.yorku.ca/imhotep Edward Jones-Imhotep] on the theme of "E-waste and environmental data," to be held in Toronto in May 2009.	+ [http://niche.uwo.ca/digital-infrastructure/hackknow "Hacking as a Way of Knowing"] (2009). I organzied a workshop with [http://www.yorku.ca/imhotep Edward Jones-Imhotep] on the theme of "E-waste and environmental data," held at InterAccess in Toronto in May 2009.

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william.j.turkel — 2009-03-30 17:47:33

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- In research for my first monograph, I examined the ways that people reconstruct the past of a place from its material traces. These people — geologists, archaeologists, foresters, and many other specialists — are typically in search of a usable history. When their interests clash, other stakeholders are motivated to provide different accounts of the past. A preliminary article from this project appeared in the June 2006 issue of the journal 'Rethinking History' ("Every Place Is an Archive: Environmental History and the Interpretation of Physical Evidence," Vol 10, no. 2, 259-76.) My book ''[http://www.amazon.com/Archive-Place-Unearthing-Chilcotin-Plateau/dp/0774813776 The Archive of Place: Unearthing the Pasts of the Chilcotin Plateau]'' was published by UBC Press in 2007 and the University of Washington in 2008.	+ In research for my first monograph, I examined the ways that people reconstruct the past of a place from its material traces. These people — geologists, archaeologists, foresters, and many other specialists — are typically in search of a usable history. When their interests clash, other stakeholders are motivated to provide different accounts of the past. A preliminary article from this project appeared in the June 2006 issue of the journal ''Rethinking History'' ("Every Place Is an Archive: Environmental History and the Interpretation of Physical Evidence," Vol 10, no. 2, 259-76.) My book ''[http://www.amazon.com/Archive-Place-Unearthing-Chilcotin-Plateau/dp/0774813776 The Archive of Place: Unearthing the Pasts of the Chilcotin Plateau]'' was published by UBC Press in 2007 and the University of Washington in 2008.

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william.j.turkel — 2009-03-30 17:47:21

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- In research for my first monograph, I examined the ways that people reconstruct the past of a place from its material traces. These people — geologists, archaeologists, foresters, and many other specialists — are typically in search of a usable history. When their interests clash, other stakeholders are motivated to provide different accounts of the past. A preliminary article from this project appeared in the June 2006 issue of the journal Rethinking History ("Every Place Is an Archive: Environmental History and the Interpretation of Physical Evidence," Vol 10, no. 2, 259-76.) My book ''[http://www.amazon.com/Archive-Place-Unearthing-Chilcotin-Plateau/dp/0774813776 The Archive of Place: Unearthing the Pasts of the Chilcotin Plateau]'' was published by UBC Press in 2007 and the University of Washington in 2008.	+ In research for my first monograph, I examined the ways that people reconstruct the past of a place from its material traces. These people — geologists, archaeologists, foresters, and many other specialists — are typically in search of a usable history. When their interests clash, other stakeholders are motivated to provide different accounts of the past. A preliminary article from this project appeared in the June 2006 issue of the journal 'Rethinking History' ("Every Place Is an Archive: Environmental History and the Interpretation of Physical Evidence," Vol 10, no. 2, 259-76.) My book ''[http://www.amazon.com/Archive-Place-Unearthing-Chilcotin-Plateau/dp/0774813776 The Archive of Place: Unearthing the Pasts of the Chilcotin Plateau]'' was published by UBC Press in 2007 and the University of Washington in 2008.

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william.j.turkel — 2009-02-10 10:57:47

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- In research for my first monograph, I examined the ways that people reconstruct the past of a place from its material traces. These people — geologists, archaeologists, foresters, and many other specialists — are typically in search of a usable history. When their interests clash, other stakeholders are motivated to provide different accounts of the past. A preliminary article from this project appeared in the June 2006 issue of the journal Rethinking History ("Every Place Is an Archive: Environmental History and the Interpretation of Physical Evidence," Vol 10, no. 2, 259-76.) My book ''The Archive of Place: Unearthing the Pasts of the Chilcotin Plateau'' was published by UBC Press in 2007 and the University of Washington in 2008.	+ In research for my first monograph, I examined the ways that people reconstruct the past of a place from its material traces. These people — geologists, archaeologists, foresters, and many other specialists — are typically in search of a usable history. When their interests clash, other stakeholders are motivated to provide different accounts of the past. A preliminary article from this project appeared in the June 2006 issue of the journal Rethinking History ("Every Place Is an Archive: Environmental History and the Interpretation of Physical Evidence," Vol 10, no. 2, 259-76.) My book ''[http://www.amazon.com/Archive-Place-Unearthing-Chilcotin-Plateau/dp/0774813776 The Archive of Place: Unearthing the Pasts of the Chilcotin Plateau]'' was published by UBC Press in 2007 and the University of Washington in 2008.

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william.j.turkel — 2009-02-10 10:55:50

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william.j.turkel — 2009-02-10 10:53:53

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- ["Interactive Ambient and Tangible Devices for Knowledge Mobilization" Interactive, Ambient and Tangible Devices for Knowledge Mobilization] (2008-). In my previous work I studied the ways that people reconstruct the past from its material traces (''The Archive of Place'', UBC Press, 2007). In this new research program, I'm looking at ways to build historical interpretations into physical devices and environments. I have put together a modest ["Lab for Humanistic Fabrication"] with an associated ["Fabrication Wiki"].	+ === Hacking and Humanistic Fabrication === + + In my new research program, I'm exploring ways to build historical interpretations into physical devices and environments. This work is backward looking, in the sense that it engages with the histories of measurement, materials science and machine tools. It is also very present-minded, since I am approaching the project as a form of critical technical practice, building on new developments in ubiquitous / pervasive computing and desktop fabrication. To support this work, I have put together a modest ["Lab for Humanistic Fabrication"] with an associated ["Fabrication Wiki"]. + + ["Interactive Ambient and Tangible Devices for Knowledge Mobilization" Interactive, Ambient and Tangible Devices for Knowledge Mobilization] (2008-).
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	+ + === Reconstructing the Past from Material Traces === + + In research for my first monograph, I examined the ways that people reconstruct the past of a place from its material traces. These people — geologists, archaeologists, foresters, and many other specialists — are typically in search of a usable history. When their interests clash, other stakeholders are motivated to provide different accounts of the past. A preliminary article from this project appeared in the June 2006 issue of the journal Rethinking History ("Every Place Is an Archive: Environmental History and the Interpretation of Physical Evidence," Vol 10, no. 2, 259-76.) My book ''The Archive of Place: Unearthing the Pasts of the Chilcotin Plateau'' was published by UBC Press in 2007 and the University of Washington in 2008. + + === Methodology for the Infinite Archive ===
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- Digital History Graduate Course. A graduate course on digital history that emphasizes both the presentation of history on the web and in interactive systems, and the use of computational techniques to work with digital resources.	+ Digital History Graduate Course. I teach a year-long graduate course on digital history that emphasizes the presentation of history on the web and in interactive systems, the use of computational techniques to work with digital sources, and the construction of tangible interfaces for museum exhibits. The course draws on new work in social computing, interaction design and open-source DIY/hacking culture. As far as I know, it is the only course of its kind offered in Canada, and it plays a central role in our public history MA program.

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william.j.turkel — 2009-02-10 10:36:13

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- Welcome to the research and teaching wiki of [http://history.uwo.ca/faculty/turkel William J Turkel]. Please e-mail me at william.j.turkel@gmail.com if you have any questions. - - (29 Dec 2008. This site is still under construction... In particular, the archive for ''Digital History Hacks'', and past course and project pages are mostly unfinished.)	+ Welcome to the research and teaching wiki of [http://history.uwo.ca/faculty/turkel William J Turkel]. In my work I draw on, integrate and try to extend a number of different disciplines: environmental and public history, the histories of science and technology, 'big history', STS, computation, and studies of place and social memory. Please e-mail me at william.j.turkel@gmail.com if you have any questions.
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- ''[http://digitalhistoryhacks.blogspot.com Digital History Hacks: Methodology for the Infinite Archive]'' (2005-08). For three years I wrote a research weblog at Blogger.com. My premise was that the web constitutes the largest, most easily-accessible archive that people have ever created, and also the most radically unfamiliar. Material is being added to the web at an exponential rate, but it is of low average quality; it usually has an uncertain provenance and uncertain lifespan. Much of it is created by machines and meant to be ‘understood’ by other machines. Historians and other humanists and social scientists need a new set of computational tools for dealing with the web. About half of the posts in ''Digital History Hacks'' were devoted to making the argument for a new historical discipline that is analogous to bioinformatics, and draws on machine learning, computational linguistics, information retrieval and other fields. The rest of the posts were about hacks, short programs that demonstrate the potential of digital history, and were designed to be shared, extended or modified (i.e., hacked) by others. There is an ["DHH Archive" archive of source code and other files] for ''Digital History Hacks'' on this wiki.	+ ''[http://digitalhistoryhacks.blogspot.com Digital History Hacks: Methodology for the Infinite Archive]'' (2005-08). For three years I wrote a research weblog at Blogger.com. My premise was that the web constitutes the largest, most easily-accessible archive that people have ever created, and also the most radically unfamiliar. Material is being added to the web at an exponential rate, but it is of low average quality; it usually has an uncertain provenance and uncertain lifespan. Much of it is created by machines and meant to be ‘understood’ by other machines. Historians and other humanists and social scientists need a new set of computational tools for dealing with the web. About half of the posts in ''Digital History Hacks'' were devoted to making the argument for a new historical discipline that is analogous to bioinformatics, and draws on machine learning, computational linguistics, information retrieval and other fields. The rest of the posts were about hacks, short programs that demonstrate the potential of digital history, and were designed to be shared, extended or modified (i.e., hacked) by others. There is an ["DHH Archive" archive of source code and other files] for ''Digital History Hacks'' on this wiki, although it is still under construction as of 10 Feb 2009.

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william.j.turkel — 2008-12-29 15:07:12

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- ''[http://niche.uwo.ca/programming-historian/ The Programming Historian]''. In 2007 I wrote a short open-access monograph on Python programming for historians and other humanists with [http://history.uwo.ca/faculty/maceachern/ Alan MacEachern]. The book is openly accessible on the NiCHE website in the form of a wiki.	+ ''[http://niche.uwo.ca/programming-historian/ The Programming Historian]'' (2007). With [http://history.uwo.ca/faculty/maceachern/ Alan MacEachern] I wrote a short open-access monograph on Python programming for historians and other humanists. The book is openly accessible on the NiCHE website in the form of a wiki.

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william.j.turkel — 2008-12-29 15:06:26

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- ''[http://digitalhistoryhacks.blogspot.com Digital History Hacks: Methodology for the Infinite Archive]''. Since December 2005 I've been writing a research weblog at Blogger.com. My premise is that the web constitutes the largest, most easily-accessible archive that people have ever created, and also the most radically unfamiliar. Material is being added to the web at an exponential rate, but it is of low average quality; it usually has an uncertain provenance and uncertain lifespan. Much of it is created by machines and meant to be ‘understood’ by other machines. Historians and other humanists and social scientists need a new set of computational tools for dealing with the web. About half of the posts in ''Digital History Hacks'' are devoted to making the argument for a new historical discipline that is analogous to bioinformatics, and draws on machine learning, computational linguistics, information retrieval and other fields. The rest of the posts are about hacks, short programs that demonstrate the potential of digital history, and are designed to be shared, extended or modified (i.e., hacked) by others. There is an ["DHH Archive" archive of source code and other files] for ''Digital History Hacks'' on this wiki. - - ["Interactive Ambient and Tangible Devices for Knowledge Mobilization" Interactive, Ambient and Tangible Devices for Knowledge Mobilization] (2008-09). In my previous work I studied the ways that people reconstruct the past from its material traces (''The Archive of Place'', UBC Press, 2007). In this new research program, I'm looking at ways to build historical interpretations into physical devices and environments. I have put together a modest ["Lab for Humanistic Fabrication"] with an associated ["Fabrication Wiki"].	+ ["Interactive Ambient and Tangible Devices for Knowledge Mobilization" Interactive, Ambient and Tangible Devices for Knowledge Mobilization] (2008-). In my previous work I studied the ways that people reconstruct the past from its material traces (''The Archive of Place'', UBC Press, 2007). In this new research program, I'm looking at ways to build historical interpretations into physical devices and environments. I have put together a modest ["Lab for Humanistic Fabrication"] with an associated ["Fabrication Wiki"].
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- ''[http://niche.uwo.ca/programming-historian/ The Programming Historian]''. Since December 2007, I've been writing an open-access monograph on Python programming for historians and other humanists with [http://history.uwo.ca/faculty/maceachern/ Alan MacEachern]. The book is openly accessible on the NiCHE website in the form of a frequently-updated wiki.	+ ''[http://digitalhistoryhacks.blogspot.com Digital History Hacks: Methodology for the Infinite Archive]'' (2005-08). For three years I wrote a research weblog at Blogger.com. My premise was that the web constitutes the largest, most easily-accessible archive that people have ever created, and also the most radically unfamiliar. Material is being added to the web at an exponential rate, but it is of low average quality; it usually has an uncertain provenance and uncertain lifespan. Much of it is created by machines and meant to be ‘understood’ by other machines. Historians and other humanists and social scientists need a new set of computational tools for dealing with the web. About half of the posts in ''Digital History Hacks'' were devoted to making the argument for a new historical discipline that is analogous to bioinformatics, and draws on machine learning, computational linguistics, information retrieval and other fields. The rest of the posts were about hacks, short programs that demonstrate the potential of digital history, and were designed to be shared, extended or modified (i.e., hacked) by others. There is an ["DHH Archive" archive of source code and other files] for ''Digital History Hacks'' on this wiki. + + ''[http://niche.uwo.ca/programming-historian/ The Programming Historian]''. In 2007 I wrote a short open-access monograph on Python programming for historians and other humanists with [http://history.uwo.ca/faculty/maceachern/ Alan MacEachern]. The book is openly accessible on the NiCHE website in the form of a wiki.

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william.j.turkel — 2008-12-07 14:28:21

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william.j.turkel — 2008-12-03 14:13:45

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william.j.turkel — 2008-11-23 10:26:15

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- Welcome to the temporary (?) home of digital history for [http://www.uwo.ca The University of Western Ontario]. While our server is on the blink, this site is being used for research initiatives in history and computing, including History 9808, a year-long grad course on digital history. Please e-mail me at william.j.turkel@gmail.com if you have any questions.	+ Welcome to the research and teaching wiki of [http://history.uwo.ca/faculty/turkel William J Turkel]. Please e-mail me at william.j.turkel@gmail.com if you have any questions.

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- ["Hacking as a Way of Knowing"] (2009). I'm organizing a workshop with [http://science.yorku.ca/research/Profiles/eimhotep/index.html Edward Jones-Imhotep] on the theme of "E-waste and environmental data," to be held in Toronto in May 2009.	+ ["Hacking as a Way of Knowing"] (2009). I'm organizing a workshop with [http://www.yorku.ca/imhotep Edward Jones-Imhotep] on the theme of "E-waste and environmental data," to be held in Toronto in May 2009.

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william.j.turkel — 2008-10-12 17:31:15

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william.j.turkel — 2008-10-03 16:58:03

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- Undergraduate Course. Rob MacDougall and I teach a course on global history from the big bang to human extinction, with an emphasis on math, science, technology, medicine and environment.	+ Undergraduate Course. [http://history.uwo.ca/faculty/macdougall/ Rob MacDougall] and I teach a course on big / global history from the big bang to human extinction, with an emphasis on math, science, technology, medicine and environment.

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- ''[http://digitalhistoryhacks.blogspot.com Digital History Hacks: Methodology for the Infinite Archive]''. Since December 2005 I've been writing a research weblog at Blogger.com. My premise is that the web constitutes the largest, most easily-accessible archive that people have ever created, and also the most radically unfamiliar. Material is being added to the web at an exponential rate, but it is of low average quality; it usually has an uncertain provenance and uncertain lifespan. Much of it is created by machines and meant to be ‘understood’ by other machines. Historians and other humanists and social scientists need a new set of computational tools for dealing with the web. About half of the posts in Digital History Hacks are devoted to making the argument for a new historical discipline that is analogous to bioinformatics, and draws on machine learning, computational linguistics, information retrieval and other fields. The rest of the posts are about hacks, short programs that demonstrate the potential of digital history, and are designed to be shared, extended or modified (i.e., hacked) by others. There is an ["DHH Archive" archive of source code and other files] for ''Digital History Hacks'' on this wiki.	+ ''[http://digitalhistoryhacks.blogspot.com Digital History Hacks: Methodology for the Infinite Archive]''. Since December 2005 I've been writing a research weblog at Blogger.com. My premise is that the web constitutes the largest, most easily-accessible archive that people have ever created, and also the most radically unfamiliar. Material is being added to the web at an exponential rate, but it is of low average quality; it usually has an uncertain provenance and uncertain lifespan. Much of it is created by machines and meant to be ‘understood’ by other machines. Historians and other humanists and social scientists need a new set of computational tools for dealing with the web. About half of the posts in ''Digital History Hacks'' are devoted to making the argument for a new historical discipline that is analogous to bioinformatics, and draws on machine learning, computational linguistics, information retrieval and other fields. The rest of the posts are about hacks, short programs that demonstrate the potential of digital history, and are designed to be shared, extended or modified (i.e., hacked) by others. There is an ["DHH Archive" archive of source code and other files] for ''Digital History Hacks'' on this wiki.

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- ''[http://digitalhistoryhacks.blogspot.com Digital History Hacks: Methodology for the Infinite Archive]''. Since December 2005 I've been writing a research weblog at Blogger.com. My premise is that the web constitutes the largest, most easily-accessible archive that people have ever created, and also the most radically unfamiliar. Material is being added to the web at an exponential rate, but it is of low average quality; it usually has an uncertain provenance and uncertain lifespan. Much of it is created by machines and meant to be ‘understood’ by other machines. Historians and other humanists and social scientists need a new set of computational tools for dealing with the web. About half of the posts in Digital History Hacks are devoted to making the argument for a new historical discipline that is analogous to bioinformatics, and draws on machine learning, computational linguistics, information retrieval and other fields. The rest of the posts are about hacks, short programs that demonstrate the potential of digital history, and are designed to be shared, extended or modified (i.e., hacked) by others.	+ ''[http://digitalhistoryhacks.blogspot.com Digital History Hacks: Methodology for the Infinite Archive]''. Since December 2005 I've been writing a research weblog at Blogger.com. My premise is that the web constitutes the largest, most easily-accessible archive that people have ever created, and also the most radically unfamiliar. Material is being added to the web at an exponential rate, but it is of low average quality; it usually has an uncertain provenance and uncertain lifespan. Much of it is created by machines and meant to be ‘understood’ by other machines. Historians and other humanists and social scientists need a new set of computational tools for dealing with the web. About half of the posts in Digital History Hacks are devoted to making the argument for a new historical discipline that is analogous to bioinformatics, and draws on machine learning, computational linguistics, information retrieval and other fields. The rest of the posts are about hacks, short programs that demonstrate the potential of digital history, and are designed to be shared, extended or modified (i.e., hacked) by others. There is an ["DHH Archive" archive of source code and other files] for ''Digital History Hacks'' on this wiki.

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- Place-based Computing (2004-06). The convergence of handheld computing devices and GPS receivers makes it possible to augment any place with layers of digital information. Place-based computing has the potential to radically change the way that we experience places and understand the past.	+ ["Place-based Computing"] (2004-06). The convergence of handheld computing devices and GPS receivers makes it possible to augment any place with layers of digital information. Place-based computing has the potential to radically change the way that we experience places and understand the past.

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- Digital History Graduate Course (UWO History 9808). A graduate course on digital history that emphasizes both the presentation of history on the web and in interactive systems, and the use of computational techniques to work with digital resources.	+ Digital History Graduate Course. A graduate course on digital history that emphasizes both the presentation of history on the web and in interactive systems, and the use of computational techniques to work with digital resources. + * [[UWO History 9808 2008-09]]

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- Welcome to the temporary (?) home of digital history for The University of Western Ontario. While our server is on the blink, this is being used for research initiatives in history and computing, including History 9808, a year-long grad course on digital history. Please e-mail me at william.j.turkel@gmail.com if you have any questions.	+ Welcome to the temporary (?) home of digital history for [http://www.uwo.ca The University of Western Ontario]. While our server is on the blink, this site is being used for research initiatives in history and computing, including History 9808, a year-long grad course on digital history. Please e-mail me at william.j.turkel@gmail.com if you have any questions.
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- Welcome to your new wiki! This is your wiki's Front Page. So what do you do now?	+ = Welcome = + + Welcome to the temporary (?) home of digital history for The University of Western Ontario. While our server is on the blink, this is being used for research initiatives in history and computing, including History 9808, a year-long grad course on digital history. Please e-mail me at william.j.turkel@gmail.com if you have any questions. + + = Research = + + ''[http://digitalhistoryhacks.blogspot.com Digital History Hacks: Methodology for the Infinite Archive]''. Since December 2005 I've been writing a research weblog at Blogger.com. My premise is that the web constitutes the largest, most easily-accessible archive that people have ever created, and also the most radically unfamiliar. Material is being added to the web at an exponential rate, but it is of low average quality; it usually has an uncertain provenance and uncertain lifespan. Much of it is created by machines and meant to be ‘understood’ by other machines. Historians and other humanists and social scientists need a new set of computational tools for dealing with the web. About half of the posts in Digital History Hacks are devoted to making the argument for a new historical discipline that is analogous to bioinformatics, and draws on machine learning, computational linguistics, information retrieval and other fields. The rest of the posts are about hacks, short programs that demonstrate the potential of digital history, and are designed to be shared, extended or modified (i.e., hacked) by others. + + ''[http://niche.uwo.ca/programming-historian/ The Programming Historian]''. Since December 2007, I've been writing an open-access monograph on Python programming for historians and other humanists with [http://history.uwo.ca/faculty/maceachern/ Alan MacEachern]. The book is openly accessible on the NiCHE website in the form of a frequently-updated wiki. + + (under construction...)