A MITH Digital Dialogue Tuesday, November 30, 12:30-1:45 MITH Conference Room, McKeldin Library B0135
"Developing the theatre-finder.org Project" by FRANKLIN J. HILDY
Theatre Finder is a comprehensive online guide of all theatres world-wide that are over 100 years old. Collaboratively edited and peer reviewed, it has been designed for both tourist and scholarly audiences. The project combines 25 years of research by two-time MITH fellow, Prof. Franklin J. Hildy of the School of Theatre, Dance, and Performance Studies, with the technical and design expertise of the MITH staff. Theatre Finder is intended to serve as the test platform for CAMP, a Collaborative, Ajax-Based, Modeling Platform, developed separately at MITH with funding from an NEH Level II Digital Humanities Startup Grant. This talk will examine the relationship between content and collaboration, both in terms of the development of content with international scholars and in terms of the relationship between content development and technology support.
FRANKLIN J. HILDY is Professor and Director of Graduate Studies in the Department of Theatre at University of Maryland. He is author of Shakespeare at the Maddermarket: Nugent Monck and the Norwich Players (1986), editor of New Issues in the Reconstruction of Shakespeare's Theatre (1990), co-author, with Oscar G. Brockett of 4 editions of History of the Theatre and over 50 articles on a wide range of topics, including the history of efforts to reconstruct the theatres of Shakespeare’s day. He as severed as an advisor to Shakespeare’s Globe, London since 1984 and has been a consultant on numerous reconstruction attempts in the United States.
All talks free and open to the public!
Contact: Neil Fraistat, Director, MITH (http://mith.umd.edu, mith@umd.edu, 5-8927).