Ensuring Minimal Computing Serves Maximal ConnectionEN
This article first takes a broader view of minimalism to register several problematic echoes of minimal computing among digital detoxers and disaster survivalists in intensities ranging from Luddism to asceticism.
Minimal Computing from the Labor Perspective- Tiffany Chan
- Jentery Sayers
EN
A brief exploration of Vault, a digital asset management system, and how it illustrates minimal computing from the labor perspective.
Minimizing Computing Maximizes LaborEN
This paper focuses on the practical realities of implementing the most common minimal computing methods for web development.
Hidden in Plain-TeX: Investigating Minimal Computing WorkflowsEN
Drawing on software studies, data feminism, digital rhetoric studies, information science, and the history of computing, this paper foregrounds Markdown as a cultural object to analyze the social, cultural, and political pressures surrounding the digital humanities. Rather than beginning with contemporary discourse, it draws parallels between Markdown and Donald Knuth's TeX.
Lessons from the Library: Extreme Minimalist Scaling at Pirate Ebook PlatformsEN
This article examines the limits on scalability of the distribution of the Library Genesis through its torrent archive and other distributed networking technologies such as IFS, which despite their promise of peer-to-peer redundancy fall down on an archive of this size.
Relocating Complexity: The Programming Historian and Multilingual Static Site Generation- Matthew Lincoln
- Jennifer Isasi
- Sarah Melton
- François Dominic Laramée
EN
In this case study, we show how the challenges of maintaining a sustainable static-site architecture for the Programming Historian are deeply intertwined with the logistical challenges of expanding the original project into a multilingual set of publications.
Power and Precarity: Lessons from the Makers by Mail Project- Christina Boyles
- Andy Boyles Petersen
EN
This article has examines notions of precarity within the Makers by Mail project to interrogate the relationship between minimal computing methodologies and academic austerity.
United Fronteras como tercer espacio: Modelo transfronterizo a través de las humanidades digitales poscoloniales y la computación mínima- Sylvia Fernandez
- Rubria Rocha de Luna
- Annette M. Zapata
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The process of United Fronteras creating a transborder model of work between academics from various humanities disciplines and members of the community outside of academia.
Open, Equitable, and Minimal: Teaching Digital Scholarly Editing North and South- Raffaele Viglianti
- Gimena del Rio Riande
- Nidia Hernández
- Romina De Léon
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In this paper, we present our preliminary reflections on whether minimal computing as a practice can extend beyond computing done under some technological constraints to serving as a common ground between different digital humanities research dynamics in the Global North and South.
Minimal Computing for Exploring Indian Poetics- Zahra Rizvi
- Rohan Chauhan
- A. Sean Pue
- Nishat Zaidi
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Exploring minimal computing as a method for creating multilingual, digital critical editions of Indian-language poetry.
Open Arabic Periodical Editions: A Framework for Bootstrapped Scholarly Editions Outside the Global NorthEN
This paper introduces and evaluates the project Open Arabic Periodical Editions (OpenArabicPE) as a case study of minimal computing.
Minimal Computing with Progressive Web AppsEN
Developing a Progressive Web App, Caravans of Gold, with minimal computing in mind.
Simple but Beautiful: A Case Study on the ZHI Project of Traditional Craftsmanship- Jing Chen
- Mengqi Li
- Wensi Lin
- Yinzhou Zhao
- Mengyue Zhang
- Han Chen
- Qiang Hu
- Yongqing Xie
EN
This essay offers a case study of the ZHI project, a digital craftsmanship project showcasing the beauty of traditional craftsmanship at three levels: knowing, making, and intelligence.
The AudiAnnotate Project: Four Case Studies in Publishing Annotations for Audio and Video- Tanya Clement
- Ben Brumfield
- Sara Brumfield
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The AudiAnnotate use case presented here provides context to three recordings of Zora Neale Hurston created during the Works Project Administration Federal Writers Project from 1937-1942