Digital Infrastructure 11 April.pdf
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… (Zagreb) and National Coordinator for Croatia for DARIAH • Dr Marianne Ping Huang, Associate Professor at School of Communication and Culture at Aarhus University. • Ms Anna Villarica, Teaching Fellow, Department of Literature and Art, UM • Dr Sophie Withaeckx, Department of Philosophy, UM 17.00-17.45: Reception Keynote Addresses Keynote I Building Infrastructures for the Future: the New Public Intellectuals Dr Laura Mandell, Professor of English, Texas A&M University In this talk, I examine … major movements to the contrary among literary theorists world-wide, prominent scholars in the fields of literary criticism and history have argued that the twentieth-century definition of the public intellectual is not a concept that needs revision. They argue that disciplinary research and teaching as traditionally defined by universities and elite publishers already serve the public good and consequently deserve greater support and recognition. However, as has been recognized by the Dutch … but, above all, a cultural one, requiring shifts in mindsets, methods, and practices among scholars, practitioners, and institutions. So what are we to do as humanities scholars who are sensitive to the questions of both technology and ideology? Can we — and should we — start to think infrastructurally? And if we do, how would that effect the way we conduct and disseminate research? While technology can be engineered, I will argue that the greater challenge — and reward — comes in cultivating …