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Les membres de l’Oulipo furent parmi les premiers à utiliser l’informatique dans la littérature, au cours des années 60 et 70. En retraçant les prémices de ce rapport alors innovant à la machine, des tentatives expérimentales de Raymond Queneau ou François Le Lionnais jusqu’à la création de l’ALAMO en 1981, on observera également la manière dont une certaine pensée de la machine littéraire émerge alors, en particulier autour de la combinatoire, des graphes, et de la syntaxe de langages informatiques. Aujourd’hui encore, de nombreux poètes numériques et designers ont mis la notion d’algorithme au cœur de la création, se revendiquant de cet héritage oulipien.

- by and +1
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- Digital Humanities, Oulipo, Electronic Poetry, Digital Poetry

In San Antonio, Texas, the Alamo is an annual destination for 2.5 million visitors. From the early 1900s, the Daughters of the Republic of Texas (DRT) controlled the Alamo, with their nationalist, Anglo-centric version of the past. They allegedly ignored its previous history, erasing the Tejanos (Texas Latinos) who supported the 1836 Texas Revolution. Texas lawmakers recently voted to restrict DRT's control of the site. For tour guides, what is the Alamo's meaning? What happens as that meaning becomes more inclusive? This study documents Alamo guides' interaction with tourists, through the use of participant observation and interviews. At the Alamo, narratives now embrace Tejano heroism alongside Anglo heroism, and there is substantial inclusion of the Spanish language. Tour guides integrate political context and evidence-based history, alongside – and often in conflict with – the myth-making of the DRT. These are distinct and important adjustments, yet slavery and Alamo tourism's antagonistic past are not fully confronted. Guides wonder whether their story is simply harder to promote in the face of cultural pressures. When contested sites become more inclusive, there are unforeseen obstacles and consequences.

- by Kip Austin Hinton
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- Tourism Studies, Public History, Slavery, Diversity & Inclusion
- by Romina Rondon
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- Populus, Alamo, Transporte, Distribución

The battle for the Alamo is one of the most important and well known events in American history. It exemplifies the “American Spirit” and how far patriots are willing to go to gain their freedom and a government free from tyrannical rule. The bravery shown here by these men displayed the heroic deeds, determination, independent spirit and tenacity of the American people past and present.

- by Anita Kay O'Pry
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- Alamo

The University of Michigan, Ann Arbor hosted Resonance and Remembrance: An Interdisciplinary Campanology Symposium from March 31 to April 2, 2017. This three-day conference brought together scholars and applied practitioners spanning the fields of acoustics, art history, comparative literature, computer music and audio technology, creative writing, engineering, English, film, history, Japanese studies, and the musicologies. This cohort explored how recent modes of critical thought, technological innovation, and artistic practice are influencing campanology. The symposium sought to intervene in an ongoing challenge: despite the existence of robust networks in North America for information sharing in specialized areas of campanology such as the carillon, most other scholars and artists dealing with bells rarely meet or become aware of each other’s work.

- by Tiffany Ng
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- Postcolonial Studies, Algorithmic Composition, Sound Synthesis, Soundscape Studies
- by Skorlynn Love
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- Alamo

Publication papier // Comment les Oulipiens conçoivent-ils, à la veille des années 1980, une esthétique informatique du roman ? Dans une démarche de reconstitution de l’histoire des proto-hypertextualités oulipiennes, cet article s’interroge sur les pratiques de remédiatisation qui transforment, au cours des années 1970, des dispositifs papiers en dispositifs numériques, tout en faisant du support papier le lieu de diffusion d'expérimentations algorithmiques.

- by Sébastien Wit
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- Oulipo, Raymond Queneau, Alamo, Informatique & littérature
- by Dr. Andrew Joseph Pegoda
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- History, Historiography, Revolutions, Texas History

Before Jim Bowie became one of the most mythologized figures in American history, he was a con artist. In 1819, he and his brothers, John and Rezin Jr., embarked on a slave-laundering venture in partnership with New Orleans-based pirate and privateer Jean Laffite. The Bowies then used the proceeds to engage in land speculation and sell fraudulent land claims.