My Creativity Sweatshop: 20-21 November 2014
Do you also think it is time for a reality check on the creative industries? Come check out talks, discussions, art & design lab, workshops and performances during My Creativity Sweatshop, 20-21 November 2014 at Trouw Amsterdam. READ MORE
CREATE researcher Claartje Rasterhoff wins Utrecht Prize for her PhD research
Dr. Claartje Rasterhoff is de winnaar van de PUG-prijs 2014 van het Provinciaal Utrechts Genootschap voor Kunsten en Wetenschappen. Ze krijgt de prijs voor haar proefschrift The Fabric of Creativity in the Dutch Republic: Painting and Publishing as Cultural Industries, 1580-1800. Zij verdedigde dit proefschrift opREAD MORE
CreAtive Nodes in Amsterdam’s Artefact-actor Networks (CANAAN)
Linking data from Ecartico (actors) & Amsterdam Museum (artefacts). Check out progress and comments: www.canaan.humanities.uva.nlREAD MORE
CREATE Salon 27 November: New Research Tools
Dr. Paul Dijstelberge will present Metabotnik. Metabotnik allows scholars to gather a selection of high-resolution image files, add metadata and contextual information, and render a Seadragon compatible gigapixel image ready for use, all while doing so from a web-based tool. Dieuwke Hupkes will discuss part-of-speech tagging of 17th centuryREAD MORE
CREATE Salon #2: virtual reality, romantic reconstructions, and sensory sources
How did 40 maidens and 40 men fit in the 16th-century Amsterdam home of Pompeius Occo? And how could the Kerkplein in Hoorn have housed the medieval Grote Kerk until its demise in the 19th century? To answer these and many other questions, we should turnREAD MORE
CREATE SALON #2: November 6th
On November 6th we have planned an exciting afternoon with 3D reconstructions and virtual reality experiences of historical spaces. UvA researchers Loes Opgenhaffen and Madelon Simons will present their digital reconstruction of The Paradise (‘t Paradijs) on the Kalverstraat, home of the family of PompejusREAD MORE
My interest in CREATE (by Rosa Merino Claros)
The first time I read the proposal of the CREATE project I was fascinated by both of its two sides: the leading question “Why is Amsterdam such a creative city?”, and the aspiration to answer it by using information technology tools. To grasp the makingREAD MORE
CREATE SALON # 1: CANAAN & Data Driven Film History
We are proud to report that, like its historical counterpart, the first of our monthly Salons provided a place of exhibition and conversation, enabling researchers to discuss their work in an informal setting. During the first CREATE Salon on Thursday October 2nd, Harm Nijboer and ChristianREAD MORE
Waarde van de Geesteswetenschappen/ The Value of the Humanities
Check out the 2014 documentary ‘Waarde van de Geesteswetenschappen’ (The Value of the Humanities). What purpose do the Humanities serve and why do they matter? Director Shanti van Dam interviewed eight thinkers about these questions. Join the conversation about the value of the Humanities via #valuehumanities.READ MORE
Paul Dijstelberge’s typography website receives more than 1 million views
Vijf jaar geleden begon UD boekwetenschap Paul Dijstelberge met een website die gewijd was aan typografisch materiaal. Het idee was eenvoudig. Onderzoek naar de manier waarop boeken werden versierd in de zestiende en zeventiende eeuw kan interessante resultaten opleveren. Zo werd zeer recent en voorREAD MORE