Kurt Fendt (@fendt) profile picture

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

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Joined October 2008
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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.
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-…
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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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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#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
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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Very excited to announce a new open-rank cluster hire in Digital Humanities at Northeastern University! Please apply, please share with interested colleagues! Happy to respond to any questions, please email me or other ctte members. careers.hrm.northeastern.edu…
The path to becoming a global citizen leads straight through MIT's Global Studies & Languages program: bit.ly/2LIMe0G @GlobalMIT • #MIT2022 HASS = #Humanities, Arts, and Social Sciences
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Renowned literary translator David Dollenmayer will moderate the Friday panel on “Übersetzungen/Übertragungen” with Perikles Monioudis, Kristof Magnusson, and Hansjörg Schertenleib. David has translated works by Brecht, Canetti, Walser, Monioudis, Schertenleib, and others.
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Matthew Gentzkow on Media, Polarization, and the 2016 Election @mattGentzkow pscp.tv/w/bO8DgzF6WUViZ0dyTn…
Delighted to release the Beta version of our #dariahTeach platform: teach.dariah.eu/
Join us on @humcommons to discuss @JSTOR Labs' Reimagining the Monograph: hcommons.org/groups/digital-… @kfitz @mandellc @elotroalex @seth_denbo
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Making visible the relationships btwn the world’s many languages @MacroMIT @medialab @sciam mitsha.re/48xh302VU4m
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.@MIT's Global Shakespeares Archive gives online, open access to the plays: bit.ly/1iITZhI #Shakespeare400
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