New Article: Who is Actually Harmed by Predatory Publishers?

New peer reviewed, open access article, published on 13 August 2017: Who is Actually Harmed by Predatory Publishers? at TripleC: Communication, Capitalism & Critique. Open Access Journal for a Global Sustainable Information Society

“Access/Accès”: #DH2017, Montreal, 8-11 August 2017 Tweetage Volume Charts

#DH2017 starts today in Montreal. I share a snapshot of tweetage so far, and share a previous post related to access to publications in DH.

Untangling Academic Publishing: Key Recommendations for Universities and Academics

The report 'Untangling Academic Publishing: A history of the relationship between commercial interests, academic prestige and the circulation of research' (Fyfe et al 2017) has been published today. I share some of the key recommendations.

Chronicle of a Death Foretold: At Nieman Storyboard, My Translation of an Interview with Slain Journalist Javier Valdez

I've just published a translation of an interview with the slain Mexican journalist Javier Valdez at Nieman Storyboard (Neiman Foundation for Journalism at Harvard University).

Pint of Science: Comics, Humans and Technology in the Pub! 16 May 2017

I will talk about online Graphic Medicine at the Pint of Science event: Humans and technology: in life and in death. Tuesday 16 May 2017- Doors open 6.30 PM, Event 7.00 PM – 9.30 PM.

Digital Humanities/Humanidades Digitales/Informatica Umanistica, Rome, 20 April 2017

I am looking forward to participating in the round table titled “Digital Humanities/Humanidades Digitales/Informatica Umanistica” that will take place on Thursday 20 April 2017 in Rome, at the Political Science Department of the Università degli Studi Roma Tre.

Mexican Comics at TORCH Oxford

Comics and Graphic Novels: The Politics of Form is a new interdisciplinary network and seminar series promoting the academic study of comics at Oxford. On Thursday 17 February 2017 they will host an event on Mexican Comics.

HCID Friday Seminar: Graphic Medicine – Using Comics Within the Mental Health Domain

On Friday 20th January 2017, I will present within the Seminar Series at the Centre for Human Computer Interaction Design at City, University of London. The title of my talk is "Graphic Medicine: Using Comics as a Mental Health Information Resource". The seminar will be held in AG08, College Building, from 1pm - 2pm.

The 2016 Altmetric Top 100 Outputs with ‘Comics’ as Keyword

Inspired by Altmetric's annual Top 100 list I used the Altmetric Explorer to search for the top articles with keyword ‘comics’ mentioned in the past 1 year. I shared the dataset on figshare.

Adapting Dementia Care Best Practice Data into Comics: Enhancing Impact Through Graphic Medicine

We will be organising knowledge exchange workshops between HCID researchers, mental health professionals, comics scholars and comics artists, focusing on the reuse and adaptation into comics of the dementia care best practice data collected the Care'N'Share project.

The Open Library of Humanities One Year On: A Chat with Martin Paul Eve

Professor Martin Paul Eve will give a talk titled "A New Model for Open Access: The Open Library of Humanities One Year On" on Thursday 27 October 2016 at City, University of London, as part of Open Access Week.