{"id":193,"date":"2018-05-18T09:54:39","date_gmt":"2018-05-18T08:54:39","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/blogg.lnu.se\/disa\/?p=193"},"modified":"2018-05-18T09:54:39","modified_gmt":"2018-05-18T08:54:39","slug":"seminar-invitation-beyond-programming-as-primary-computing-skill","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blogg.lnu.se\/disa\/?p=193","title":{"rendered":"Seminar invitation: Beyond programming as primary computing skill"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong>The Digital Humanities invite you to the seminar:\u00a0Beyond programming as primary computing skill: the case of the PDF file format \u2013 Jean-Fran\u00e7ois Blanchette<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Date: 18 May 2018<\/li>\n<li>Time: 13:30-15:00<\/li>\n<li>Location: H1210 (Building H, V\u00e4xj\u00f6)<\/li>\n<li>Online participation:\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/connect.sunet.se\/dhseminars\/\">https:\/\/connect.sunet.se\/dhseminars\/<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><strong><a href=\"http:\/\/polaris.gseis.ucla.edu\/blanchette\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Jean-Fran\u00e7ois Blanchette<\/a>\u00a0<\/strong>is an\u00a0Associate Professor at the Department of Information Studies at UCLA. His research focuses on the computerization of bureaucracies, the\u00a0evolution of the computing infrastructure, and the materiality of digital objects. He is the author\u00a0of\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/mitpress.mit.edu\/books\/burdens-proof\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Burdens of Proof: Cryptographic\u00a0Culture and Evidence Law in\u00a0the Age of Electronic Documents<\/a>\u00a0(MIT Press,\u00a02012) and co-editor of\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/mitpress.mit.edu\/books\/regulating-cloud\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Regulating the\u00a0Cloud: Policy for Computing Infrastructure\u00a0(<\/a>MIT\u00a0Press, 2015). He is the director with Snowden Becker of the \u201c<a href=\"https:\/\/is.gseis.ucla.edu\/bodycams\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">On the Record, All the Time<\/a>\u201d project, which examines the impact of surveillance technologies to archival education and practice.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Abstract for the presentation:<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>LIS programs have been faced for years with the question of how to best teach students adequate information technology skills. In past decades, the answer often took the form of basic computing literacy (how to write an email, how to set up a basic database), but today, the consensus is that the most obvious representative of such a skill is the mastery of a programming language. Indeed, coding is supported today by a wide range of organizations as the most direct path of entry into the computing professions and as a requisite skill for all future workers in the knowledge economy.<\/p>\n<p>In this presentation, <strong>\u00a0<\/strong>Jean-Fran\u00e7ois Blanchette challenges this assumption as it applies to graduate students enrolled in LIS programs. He will argue that the teaching of coding aligns with a conception of computing primarily grounded in its mathematical character as an \u201cengine of logic.\u201d However, an equally important understanding of computing lies in its nature as an engineered system dedicated to the coordinated use of limited computing resources (processing, storage, networking). Of particular importance are the design strategies of modularity and hierarchical aggregation, which allows computing systems to allocate resources, manage complexity and technical change, while providing specific pathways for growth and functional evolution. These resources and strategies constitute the actual materials and tools used by engineers to design, operate, and maintain the extraordinarily complex assemblage of software and hardware components that constitutes networked computing.<\/p>\n<p>For students, such as those in LIS, whose career success depends on the proper anticipation of the impact of information technology on their field of professional practice, such an understanding is more effective than learning to code. Using the PDF file format as example, <strong>\u00a0<\/strong>Jean-Fran\u00e7ois Blanchette demonstrate how this approach can be used to anticipate the evolution of the format and its impact on, e.g., digital preservation, open data, accessibility, and the future of scholarly communication.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><strong>The Digital Humanities (DH) seminar series<\/strong> is aimed at providing a forum for relevant DH discussion in the region and beyond, inspiring collaboration with wider audiences about the emerging field of DH field and University\u2019s DH Initiative, thus both strengthening the DH Initiative\u2019s established network, as well as creating a space for collaboration between universities and cross-sectoral partners at national and international levels.\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/lnu.se\/en\/research\/searchresearch\/digital-humanities\/dh-seminars\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Please find more information at their website<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p><em>The Seminars are open to everyone, but we would appreciate if you would\u00a0<strong>register your attendance<\/strong>\u00a0via\u00a0<a href=\"mailto:dh@lnu.se\">dh@lnu.se<\/a>.\u00a0<\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The Digital Humanities invite you to the seminar:\u00a0Beyond programming as primary computing skill: the case of the PDF file format \u2013 Jean-Fran\u00e7ois Blanchette Date: 18 May 2018 Time: 13:30-15:00 Location: H1210 (Building H, V\u00e4xj\u00f6) Online participation:\u00a0https:\/\/connect.sunet.se\/dhseminars\/ Jean-Fran\u00e7ois Blanchette\u00a0is an\u00a0Associate Professor at the Department of Information Studies at UCLA. 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