Call: DRHA07: Extension of deadline for call for proposals

DRHA07: Extension of deadline

Call for proposals
Deadline: 20/05/2007



The deadline for proposals for this year's Digital Resources in the
Humanities and Art conference has been extended for a further two
weeks.

Whether you consider yourself a creator, practitioner, user,
distributor or custodian of digital resources in the arts and
humanities, if you have something to say or something to show,
something to discuss, or a corner to defend, we'd like to hear from
you at this year's conference, to be held at Dartington College of
Arts, UK, 9 - 12 September 2007.

Proposals for academic papers, themed panel sessions and reports of
work in progress can now be accepted up till 20 May 2007.

Your proposal should be no smaller than 500 words and no longer than
2000; it will be reviewed by an independent panel of reviewers, and
notifications of acceptance will be sent out before the end of June
2007.

Visit the website at http://www.dartington.ac.uk/drha07/ for more
information and a link to the proposals website.

Dr Craig Bellamy
Research Associate
ICT Guides, AHDS,
King's College, London
http://ahds.ac.uk/ictguides/

26 - 29 Drury Lane
3rd Floor
King's College London
LONDON, WC2B 5RL
Phone: 020 7848 1976

http://www.dartington.ac.uk/drha07/

Callout: SaskInteractive Summit 2007 - "Way Beyond Websites"

SaskInteractive Summit 2007 - "Way Beyond Websites"

Location: Hilton Garden Inn, Saskatoon
Time: 8 a.m. to 5 p.m., Thursday, March 8, 2007

Our second annual one-day SaskInteractive Summit will feature this year the
theme "Way Beyond Websites." Wide-ranging topics for this event will
include, among others:

* Everything you need to understand about Web 2.0
* The latest developments on mobile platforms
* An overview of computer gaming in the traditional sense, moving into
online games, serious games, games for health and the virtually unlimited
opportunity e-Gaming offers to education, industry, and to service providers
* Developments in eGaming and eLearning at the University of
Saskatchewan and University of Regina, as well as exciting research at
TRLabs
* Practical, real-world examples of applied simulation training in
industrial applications
* A presenter from one of the companies that creates immersive on-line
worlds, such as the enormously popular "Second Life"
* Marketing yourself online
* An overview of developments in England - a major player on the world
stage in the e-Gaming industry
* An update on Fortune Cat Game Studio - Manitoba's recently-launched
not-for-profit game development incubator to create a successful eGaming
industry in Manitoba
* An overview of developments across Canada, from the formation of the
national body (CIAIC), to NewMediaBC's World Centre, to the Banff New Media
Accelerator Program, to Manitoba's animation and game industry, to Quebec's
highly-developed industry, to PEI's bold move into e-Gaming.

More details will be posted as they become available.
Who Should Attend

This summit will be of interest to:

* Interactive digital media developers
* Progressive companies and organizations who provide training,
education, and customer support (i.e., human resource professionals,
universities, technical schools, school divisions, health regions, tribal
councils, government departments and agencies, manufacturers)
* Members of the government and business community interested in growth
opportunities for the province

Registration Fees
Members (Full session) $125
Non-members* (Full session) $175

Half day, A la carte and group pricing are also available; please visit our
registration page for details.

*Non-members who submit a membership application prior to March 1 qualify
for member pricing

Full session fees include:

* Wednesday evening reception (cash bar)
* Continental breakfast
* Lunch
* 2 nutrition breaks

Callout: Initiative for Electronic Arts at PAVED

*Initiative for Electronic and Digital Arts*
PAVED Arts (Saskatoon)

This is a note to the membership, interested artists, people with both
arts and technical backgrounds about PAVED Arts interest in creating
more activity around the topics of new media arts (specifically the
Electronic and Digital disciplines). We are beginning a three phase
project in that will hopefully increase the awareness and interest among
our membership and Saskatchewan based artists.

"/You don't have to be a Techie!/"

We would like to create an environment where artists in other
disciplines who have an interest in using new technologies can come and
discuss their ideas with our staff and determine what they need to learn
in order to carry them out.

*Trajectory*

1. *feb-march* 1 day Digital/Electronic arts workshops for members and
others
"PAVED Arts technical director will be providing technical support and
hands on workshops for topics such as Beginners Linux, Electronics for
Artists, Digital Imaging and Web based technologies (HTML/Flash). See
website for details http://www.pavedarts.ca."

/Additional Related Events:/
EXHIBITION: Daniel Dugas - MAX/MSP based installation FIB/BID - Opening
Exhibition feb 23rd
ARTIST TALK: Ed Pas - Art and Vectors - Adobe Illustrator in a fine Arts
Practice – Sat Mar 3

2. *may-june*
RESIDENCY: "_Electronic Arts Scholarship Program_"
"Providing support for 3-5 artists to learn how to program in the
puredata environment for creation of projects involving realtime
audio/video processing. Taught by highly regarded puredata experts
Mathieu Bouchard and Darsha Hewitt (Montreal) they will take beginners
through a 2 month series of workshops to create projects and cover
topics such as live video mixing, interfacing robotics, interactive
sound design, and sensor interfacing. Artists will receive access to
PAVED Arts equipment and technical support. A collaboration between
Artengine (Ottawa) & PAVED Arts (Saskatoon)."
WORKSHOPS: Mathieu Bouchard and Darsha Hewitt - Beginners Guide:
Puredata may 5,19,26 jun 2,9,16.

/Additional Related Events:/
ARTIST TALK: Erika Lincoln - Beyond the Skin Effect: Responsive Systems
- may 9
WORKSHOP: Erika Lincoln - DATAin DATAout - "Understanding how you can
manipulate sound and video with MAX/MSP" - may 12
WORKSHOP: Mfanway Ashmore - Hack and Snack - "Creative appliance
hacking" - june 8,9

3. *july-aug-sept *
RESIDENCY(Projected): _Throughput: Digital Electronic Arts Residency_
"Providing support for one regionally based artist to learn about
electronic/digital arts to create an concept that we can bring in to
reality. The artist will receive a artist fee, technical support, use of
paved equipment and travel expenses to go to the 2007 puredata
convention in Montreal, QC."