Presentation of HUMlab to Science and Technology Studies Conference

Slide 1: A meeting space for disciplines, students, researchers, technologies, languages, media, teachers. People exploring and working with technology and meaning making

Slide 3: HUMlab Creates Places for Unexpected Coincidences Meetings are Important for Understanding new Techniques and Technologies

Slide 4: The meaningful artifacts have differences from traditional media While at the same time requiring established interpretive and critical approaches

Slide 5: A (Concise) History of HUMlab • 1994-96: Humanities Faculty appoints and runs a Multimedia Group • 1997: Concept for HUMlab is formulated and finance is sought from Kempe Foundation with two million crowns granted. • 1998: Steering group is formed. Faculty Board grants financing. • 1999: Patrik Svensson appointed Deputy Director. Seminars begin. • 2000: HUMlab made a permanent working unit. Director Torbjörn Johansson takes up a position at the Interactive Institute ‘Tools for Creativity’. Patrik Svensson made Director. Fifteen seminars are held in 12 months. The Language Lab is established. • 2001: Finance from Kempe Foundation and Riksbankens Jubileumsfond granted for total 7,5 million crowns. HUMlab Phase II begins. Seven or eight staff and the first national conference for the lab held on technology and language learning. • 2002: HUMlab Seminar Series begins with 18 seminars during the year. The first workshops are held; History Laboratories and Digital Culture. Numerous projects are run; Virtual Theater, Computer Games and Players, Planning begins on a Masters Program. • 2003: Humanities and Information Technology established as a priority research area by the Humanities Faculty. Two doctoral researchers appointed with dual affiliation, a model for research in HUMlab. An expansion of technology and the beginning of HUMlab themes

Slide 6: • 2004: Jokkmokk 2004 mobile blog project. More seminars and workshops. Two new doctoral students begin with funding from Wallenberg Foundation. • 2005: Planning of five point course ‘IT for Humanists’ begins. The HUMlab blog begins publishing. Several projects develop with the GIS project at Sävar historic village being one. Funding from EU is sought with a number of applications submitted. HUMlab is described as the “starkast och synligast i sitt slag i Norden” in a national and international evaluation commissioned by the Humanities Faculty. Two large international conferences are held and a symposium on data mining. A book is published from one of the conferences on language learning and IT. One more doctoral candidate begins work in HUMlab. • 2006: Significant funding granted from Wallenberg Foundation, Kempe Foundation, Umeå University and Humanities Faculty. A physical expansion of HUMlab begins and five international post-doctoral fellowships are announced. The 2 year EU project “Query and context based visualization of time-spatial cultural dynamics” (QVIZ) is led by HUMlab. A blog opera project is begun with Kulturverket. The five point course IT for Humanists is taught with high evaluations. • 2007: Work begins on HUMlab II a doubling in the physical space of the lab and a significant expansion of technology. Five post-doc fellows begin their work in HUMlab. The staff of HUMlab is now around 20 people.

Slide 7: The HUMlab Concept Broadcaster Gallery Studio Model Laboratory Theater Resource Meeting Place Archive Classroom Work Place

Slide 11: Sense and Technology Should Not be Taken for Granted

Slide 13: Blogging in Minus 30 degrees Celsius

Slide 20: Steina Vasulka, founder of New York art space ‘The Kitchen’ performs in HUMlab

Slide 21: An Experimental Dialogue Between The Sámi and Pygmy Peoples

Slide 22: Interaction Design

Slide 23: HUMlab is working in the 3D Online World ‘Second Life’ You are Welcome to Join Us

Slide 24: Postdoctoral fellowships in Digital Humanities at HUMlab Jan Van Looy

Slide 25: Jeanne Lopiparo

Slide 26: Matt Ratto

Slide 27: Torill Mortensen

Slide 28: Peter Asaro

Slide 29: Qviz ‘Qviz’ will research and create framework for visualizing and querying archival resources by a time-space interface based on maps and emergent knowledge structures. The framework will integrate social software, such as wikis, in order To utilize knowledge in existing and new communities of practice.

Slide 30: Blog Opera

Slide 31: The Future

Slide 32: Cr ea tive Arts Ca mp us

Slide 33: Doctoral appointment in Humanities and Information Technology with Focus Upon Gender Studies. From 1 January 2008

Slide 34: Masters Program

Slide 35: Links • HUMlab YouTube Channel http://www.youtube.com/user/HUMlab • HUMlab Blog http://blog.humlab.umu.se/ • HUMlab Streams http://www.humlab.umu.se/inspeladeseminarier • Papers and Essays http://www.humlab.umu.se/node/13 • Jokkmokk 2004 Blog project http://blog.humlab.umu.se/jokkmokk2004/ • HUMlab in Second Life http://blog.humlab.umu.se/?p=532 Jim Barrett jim.barrett[at]humlab.umu.se http://www.soulsphincter.blogspot.com