"The deficit is glaring,” says Adela Deanova, a doctoral student in Duke’s philosophy program. “You can go through an undergraduate philosophy education without ever reading a female philosopher. It really is that bad.”
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The Humanities for the Public Good Initiative is bringing together people interested in using humanistic knowledge for two days of events on May 3 & May 4. More on the conference theme and the “unconference” break out sessions at the link hpg.unc.edu/symposium/.
We are hosting the last Digital Brown Bag on Thursday at 12pm about incorporating digital projects into undergraduate courses. Follow this link for more information duke.libcal.com/event/513059…
The Humanities Without Walls Consortium is gearing up for a great 2019 summer workshop! Check out this link to learn more about the fellows, and stayed tuned for programming updates as we head into the summer. humanitieswithoutwalls.illin…
Great events! My faves: "Community-based learning and the Potential of Digital Humanities" and "Incorporating Digital Projects into Undergraduate Courses" #triangledh
Q: what's teh biggest threat to fair use? @thepublicdomain Permissions culture. Jennifer Jenkins: Ditto, and court decisions that are reducing fair use flexibility. @TimberlakeLaw Fair use is being asked to do things it was never intended to do, because of copyright terms.
Q: Will the EU changes to their copyright law impact us? @Mchl_Wolfe Though copyright law is territorial, global corporations play a hand (e.g., demands placed on YouTube by EU law (GDPR))
Q: How do we think about how fair use is applied to images, as opposed to texts? Cathy Rimer-Surles: the biggest distinction is the amount that you will need to use (often the whole work).