MEGATRENDS AND MEDIA

MEGATRENDS AND MEDIA
3.2.6 Institutional framework
Naturally, the MS/DH intersection isn‘t just about the object of study
and digital tools – scholarship doesn‘t take place in a methodological
vacuum. Finally, we have to drawn attention to practical and institutional
background, for it‘s a necessity for consolidation and diffusion of MS/DH
practice.
Single scholar is primarily interested in funding and support of his/her
scientiic institution. In the discussion are frequently asked questions
like these: „Does your tenure and promotion committee have a system
in place for evaluating digital projects or multimodal scholarship?
Would you be willing to negotiate terms in my contract to make space
for innovative scholarship?“ 20 The answers ultimately take a decision on
implementation or rejection of the individual MS/DH project.
Besides the ixed salary there are a possibility to acquire inancial means
through the grant scheme and international scholarships. Jason Rhody,
senior program oficier at the National Endowment for the Humanities
enumerate funded projects: „...platforms for ilm analysis; institutes for
multimodal scholarship; software for cultural analytics that has been
used to examine manga and computer games; investigations of how
scholars can access born-digital materials in the archives; or processes
for how to archive born-digital materials like computer games.“ 21 The
increasing importance of DH also means greater opportunities for MS
scholars to secure funds for multimodal research.
Crucial platform for the development of MS/DH research represent the
conferences, workshops and network collaborations. The media scholars
draw attention to the lack of these events: „But the fact remains that
SCMS has not yet to host a panel or workshop explicitly devoted to digital
humanities.“ 22 Within DH are popular the so called un-conferences:
20 SCOTT, S.: Help Wanted: A (Tenure-Track) Cyborg Manifesto. [online].
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21 RHODY, J.: The Boolean Logic of the Digital Humanities. [online]. [2015-03-
25]. Available at: .
22 POSNER, M.: Digital humanities and media studies: staging an encounter.
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