Author Archives: Elijah Meeks

Posted on April 18, 2012 by Elijah Meeks | Comments Off

Isophoretric Maps

Posted on April 16, 2012 by Elijah Meeks

Isochrone maps are well-known enough to have their own Wikipedia page and Google Maps API tutorial. These represent the time to get to or from locations as a gradient and/or contour. Their usefulness in representing historical movement is obvious, as … Continue reading →

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The Digital Humanities as a Part of the New Aesthetic

Posted on April 16, 2012 by Elijah Meeks

When Ian Bogost and Mike Migurski both mention the same term in close chronological proximity, I feel the need to pay attention. Of course, the one thinks it’s more fodder for taking seriously the personhood of objects (so much so … Continue reading →

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A Model of and for Digital Publication

Posted on April 15, 2012 by Elijah Meeks

As the digital humanities produces new methods of research, so does it produce new forms in which that research can be published. Rather than just using linear narrative text to present their theories, humanities scholars can create rich, digital scholarly … Continue reading →

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The Building Blocks of a Visual Vocabulary

Posted on April 7, 2012 by Elijah Meeks

When I suggested an animated encyclopedia of verbs and processes, I naively assumed that nouns were taken care of. Not so, as The Noun Project demonstrates. The site, which began with the question, “what if I had a sketch for … Continue reading →

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The Digital Humanities as a Journal (of)

Posted on April 5, 2012 by Elijah Meeks

The inaugural edition of the Journal of the Digital Humanities is now online, and includes an article by me in the Conversations section titled Digital Humanities as Thunderdome. I will resist posting a photo of Tina Turner and Mel Gibson so as … Continue reading →

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Watercolor Basemap

Posted on April 4, 2012 by Elijah Meeks

Stamen Design, who has done too many beautiful geospatial things for me to count, has created something I’ve been wanting for years. It’s a web basemap in watercolor.   Incredible. More information on how they were made can be found … Continue reading →

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My Day of DH – Pernicious Collaboration

Posted on March 28, 2012 by Elijah Meeks

I took part in the Day of DH yesterday, though not as vigorously as I did last year. Here is the Day of Elijah Meeks, in case you’re really, really interested. The post of mine I thought the most valuable … Continue reading →

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The Digital Humanities as a Slideshow

Posted on March 21, 2012 by Elijah Meeks

This morning I gave a presentation on the role of data visualization in DH work. The annotated slides can be found on Google Docs here.  

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Topography Error: Too Much Topography!

Posted on March 19, 2012 by Elijah Meeks

An attempt to illustrate something that may be better expressed through a less traditional visualization.

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