@fendt

Director of MIT's @activearchives, former Director of @MITHyperStudio, digital humanist, German literature/film scholar, sound & radio art enthusiast

 Boston
Joined October 2008
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Fascinating upcoming book about the Bauhaus era in New England. kickstarter.com/projects/mar…
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Ich als Münchner unterstütze die Petition 'Berliner Kultur in der Haushaltskrise schützen'. Bitte hier unterzeichnen: weact.campact.de/petitions/g…

Berliner Kultur in der Haushaltskrise schützen

Einsparungen in dieser Größenordnung kämen einem Kahlschlag für die Kultur in Berlin gleich: • Die institutionell geförderten Opern-, Konzert- und Theaterhäuser wären gezwungen, den bereits...

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Now it’s official: Today, I am starting my new position as Senior Lecturer Emeritus, well, again at MIT, after more than 30 years at this outstanding institute. Thanks to all the wonderful students and colleagues with whom I had the pleasure to share the experience.
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Schließung der Goethe-Institute: Baerbocks Verachtung via @sz sz.de/1.6278376 Jörg Bongs Analyse kann ich nur zustimmen. "Deutsche Kanonenbootpolitik 2023 auf höchster diplomatischer Ebene.”
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Terrific final project presentations by students yesterday in my “Extending the Museum” and “Visual Histories” classes. Very rewarding conclusion of my 30-year teaching career at MIT in @mit_cmsw and @MITLanguages. It’s been an amazing journey, thanks to many incredible students.
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manovich@manovich7 Aug 2022
Today there are hundreds of different AI tools for artistic creation spread around Internet - but no easy mechanism to see and use them together. Phygital+ studio created "AI Library" - a directory that lists 300+ such tools #AIart #dalle2 #midjourney library.phygital.plus/
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We're excited to announce that Sarah Kenderdine & her Lab of Experimental #Museology are digitizing the massive Panorama of the Battle of Murten: a project that's expected to yield one of the largest single #digital images ever produced! @epfldh @EPFL_en actu.epfl.ch/news/epfl-lab-t…
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Videos of our Symposium "Participation and Multiple Historical Narratives" are now online c2dh.uni.lu/thinkering/recor… #publichistory #museum @C2DH_LU
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Thrilled to share our @HuMetricsHSS report, which draws on 123 interviews & builds on years of collaborative work. In examining current evaluation systems, the report highlights ways to recognize labor, invest in many kinds of scholarly work, & better align practices with values.
HuMetricsHSS@HuMetricsHSS17 Feb 2022
The HuMetricsHSS team is thrilled to announce the release of our new white paper “Walking the Talk: Toward a Values-Aligned Academy,” with thanks to the @MellonFdn for ongoing support. Download it here: humetricshss.org/walking-the…. View on @ManifoldScholar: pubhub.lib.msu.edu/projects/…
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🌷CUDAN Spring News are out > mailchi.mp/6424b52f8997/cuda… TODAY (Monday) > KEYNOTE Nancy Baym (@nancybaym) The Future of Tensions at Work 2022-02-07 16:00-18:00 (Tallinn time) Listen and discuss with us via Zoom! > cudan.tlu.ee/events/2022-02-…
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First #cudan open seminar talk of 2022: @nancybaym, The Future of Tensions at Work When: Monday 2022-02-07, 4-6PM Tallinn time / 3PM CET / 9AM ET Details and zoomlink: cudan.tlu.ee/events/ Topic: microsoft.com/en-us/research… Speaker: microsoft.com/en-us/research…

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BostonCHI@bos_chi26 Jan 2022
Join us for Collecting Visualizations In the Time of Coronavirus on Tue, Feb 8. Learn more and register : zpr.io/9uz6iqbLYizR
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Just arrived in Bern, Switzerland; outstanding fall weather. Looking forward to my talks and workshop on annotation and @activearchives DH @unibern over the next couple of days.
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#Writing is a formalized method of critical thinking, and writing instruction helps our students consider the societal implications of advanced #computing and #AI. — Commentary by @TomLevenson, MIT Prof of Science Writing #MITComputing bit.ly/TLWritingTech
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The path to becoming a Global Citizen leads straight through MIT's Global Languages program: @GlobalMIT. @MITstudents, learn more + apply for a Major or Minor in a language of your choice! bit.ly/GlobalMITLanguages
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“In this pandemic era, what a mask really says is, ‘I care about YOU.’ The mask is a badge of honor, indicating that you are protecting the health of others during a crisis." — @mit_cmsw Professor Eric Klopfer, The Meanings of Masks bit.ly/EKOnMasks #MasksSaveLives
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We just relased Annotation Studio v. 3.1 with a new, powerful group structure, greatly enhanced filter options for annotations (users, tags) & several enhancements and bug fixes: app.annotationstudio.org/ #annotatemit, thanks @ben___silverman
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The Call for Papers for our first Computational Humanities Research workshop is out! It will take place in November 2020 in Amsterdam. For more information see: cohure.github.io/CoHuRe/ #computationalhumanities #dh #chr #digitalhumanities #cfp
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How scary and spooky, no treats for you! – at Cambridge, MA
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Yesterday’s trenchant sculpture in front of MIT’s Green Building was quickly removed by the authorities. It would have deserved to be seen by more people to fuel the ongoing discourse.
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