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• Exploring Accessibility and Extended Reality at CES2024

  This post does not represent the views or opinions of Humanities Commons or Michigan State University. Additionally, mention of products, services, individuals, or companies within this post do not indicate support or preference.  Written by Stephanie E. Vasko, User Experience Researcher for Humanities Commons As a Senior User Experience (UX) Researcher in Mesh Research and the…

• Open Infrastructures and the Future of Knowledge Production, part 2

  In my last post, I unpacked some of the reasons why open infrastructures matter for the future of knowledge production, and I talked a bit about how Humanities Commons and hcommons.social strive to live out their principles of community governance that truly open infrastructure requires. But I ended on a less cheerleadery note: We aren’t…

• Open Infrastructures and the Future of Knowledge Production, part 1

  I’ve been thinking a good bit lately about the ways that the future of knowledge production depends upon the openness of the infrastructures that support our work. For a lot of people, the word “infrastructure” triggers a yawn reflex, and not without reason. As Deb Chachra points out in her brilliant new book, How Infrastructure…

• The Pets of the Commons

  This holiday season we thought we’d showcase some of our part-time team members. As a distributed team spread across two continents and three countries we generally meet online. One of the best part of virtual meetings is having our furry teammates show up and hang out. We’d like to introduce you to a few of…

• The Web We Want

  As we seek new members to join our network, we want to share with you more of the inner workings of Humanities Commons and how we understand our work as part of a collective movement. Today, our community development manager, Zoe Wake Hyde, shares a vision of the future of the web that our team…

• Purpose, Values, Process, Goals

  As we seek new members to join our network, we want to share with you more of the inner workings of Humanities Commons and how we understand our work as part of a collective movement. Today, our founder, Kathleen Fitzpatrick, tells of how we have come together as a team, united by a shared purpose…

• Celebrating Global Accessibility Awareness Day

  Improving accessibility in all areas of our work is fundamental to our ambition to create more just and equitable scholarly communications.  In honor of Global Accessibility Awareness Day, we here at Humanities Commons wanted to let you know about some of the work we’re doing behind the scenes to both improve accessibility for site users…

• Support Humanities Commons as a Sustaining Member

  If you know Humanities Commons well, you know that we are committed to a more just and equitable future of knowledge creation. We take our place alongside other incredible people and organisations working towards the same goal, knowing the only way to make true, transformational change is to leverage our collective power. Right now, we are…

• Open Access for Teachers: A Reflection from a New Hire

  Last week, we celebrated International Open Access Week with guest posts from some of our friends, and we decided to keep the party going a little longer! Today, June Oh, Assistant Professor in English & Digital Studies at The University of Texas at Tyler, shares her thoughts on the joy of an open access syllabus.…

• Finding Joy in Open Access: Reflections from the Humanities Commons Team

  As we conclude our celebration of International Open Access Week, we asked our team to reflect on what joy in open access looks like for them. Zoe Wake Hyde, Community Development Manager As someone who has worked for many years in open access and open education, I have a somewhat complicated relationship to the theme…