Welcome to the Digital Scholarship Seminar:

Joining the National Digital Humanities Conversation:

Communities, Conferences, Centers

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Joining the National Digital Humanities Conversation: Communities, Conferences, Centers• Jason Jones, Associate Professor of English at Central

Connecticut State University• Dave Lester, Associate Director of the Maryland

Institute for Technology in the Humanities• Jentery Sayers, advanced doctoral candidate,

University of Washington• Moderators: Ryan Cordell, Assistant Professor of

English at St. Norbert College, and Daniel Chamberlain, Director of the Center for Digital Learning and Research at Occidental College

ProfHacker

• Jason B. Jones (@jbj)

• NITLE: “Joining the National DH Conversation”

• October 2010

• http://www.profhacker.com (or, http://chronicle.com/blogs/profhacker )

• http://digitalhumanities.org/answers/

. . . only 1 of these is a “DH” site

Most days, a class’s LMS looks like this.

Many faculty work like this!

Tangled networks are a problem & an opportunity.

Many hands, common problems.

http://digitalhumanities.org/answers/

http://www.profhacker.com

Photo credits• Tumbleweeds: Flickr user Nogwater / http://www.flickr.com/photos/nogwater/7450188• Network: Flickr user D'Arcy Norman: http://www.flickr.com/photos/dnorman/3263654347/• Pecha Kucha image by Marco Raaphorst http://www.flickr.com/photos/raaphorst/3971612696• Google image from Search Engine Watch: http://blog.searchenginewatch.com/080407-113209• iOS: Yutaka Tsutano: http://www.flickr.com/photos/ivyfield/4486938457• Writing: Markus Rodder http://www.flickr.com/photos/subcess/3723699858/• teaching: akeg http://www.flickr.com/photos/akeg/417524495• jogging: espinr http://www.flickr.com/photos/martinalvarez/2167608217/• lunch: chidorian http://www.flickr.com/photos/chidorian/106713617/• experiment: Jurvetson http://www.flickr.com/photos/jurvetson/2798315677/

• the what, who, and why

Dave Lester, Maryland Institute for Technology in the Humanities (MITH)Presented 3/25/2011, NITLE Digital Scholarship Seminar

(and other DH conferences)

THATCamp is..• a free, open

“unconference” where humanists and technologists meet

• a self-identifying community that’s active on Twitter (#thatcamp)

• fun, productive, collegial

what campers have said

founded at George Mason University

THATCamp events• Regional: Victoria, Saigon, Great Lakes,

Jersey Shore, Florence, Texas, New York, Cyprus, Florida, Chicago, Bay Area, Paris, Southern California, Austin

• Topic or Community-Focused: Liberal Arts Colleges, Museum Computer Network

unconference scheduling

informal

non-hierarchical and open

lightning talks aka “dork shorts”

• brief presentations, often during lunch and lasting only a few minutes that allow campers to give a pitch for a project, idea, or question

bootcamps

• introductory workshops in various digital skills that take place at a THATCamp.

• We think newbies and experts alike will benefit from cultivating “beginner’s mind” in these workshops, but believe it’s especially beneficial for “analog” scholars and museum professionals to learn alongside passionate and expert technologists.

bootcamp fellowships• Awarded in the amount of $500 (USD), participants begin acquiring

digital skills at THATCamp• Faculty in the humanities and art professionals are eligible to apply

for fellowships, along with grad students, postgraduate fellows in Arts and Humanities as well as Museum Studies

THATCamp covers all of DH

• participants that are humanities scholars, librarians, archivists, museum professionals, software developers

• session topics ranging from text mining, libraries and web 2.0, mobile, publishing, digital storytelling, library and university collaboration, annotation, crowdsourcing, teaching online

more information about THATCamp

• http://thatcamp.org• info@thatcamp.org (Amanda French)

• my info: Dave Lester (@digitalhumanist)

Digital Humanities Summer Institute

Jentery SayersUniversity of Washington

jentery@uw.edu / @jenterysayers

with contributions from Ray Siemens and Cara Leitch

University of Victoria

NITLE Digital Scholarship SeminarMarch 25, 2011

DHSI History & Method

• Annual event since 2004• One week in June at the University of Victoria, BC• Participants help shape curriculum, speaker and instructor

selection, and how the institute is organized• Development driven by participant feedback• Accreditation model (certificate for completion) • Tuition scholarships offered• Known for its relaxed atmosphere• DH summer camp: social event meets vocational training

meets conference meets unconference 

@jenterysayers

Forms of DH Curricula

@jenterysayers

DHSI in a "Sweet Spot"

@jenterysayers

2011 DHSI Courses

Fundamentals: (1) Text Encoding  (2) Digitisation

Tools & Methods: (1) XLST, (2) Multimedia Design, (3) SEASR in Action: Data Analytics, (4) Geographical Information Systems, and (5) Data Discovery, Management, and Presentation

Seminars & Consultations: (1) Large Project Planning and Management, (2) Digital Editions, and (3) Out-of-the-Box Text Analysis

@jenterysayers

2011 DHSI Events

Graduate Colloquium: opportunity for students to share work (e.g., ten-minute talks) with a friendly audience, who can learn about new developments in DH

THATCamp Victoria: DHSI's first (at conclusion of the week, with at least 50 participants anticipated) 

Keynote: Matthew Kirschenbaum (University of Maryland) 

@jenterysayers

Value of DHSI

• Has been called the "gold standard of digital humanities training events"

• Instructors and speakers are leaders in their field• Learning doesn't stop at 4:00 p.m.: there are opportunities for

people to keep talking and collaborating after class meetings• Participants are major strength: smart, driven people with a

desire to learn and share what they know• Track record helps maintain and recruit sponsors (UVic

Libraries, UBC Libraries, U of Guelph, EMiC, INKE, Texas A&M, Acadia U, SFU Libraries), who choose DHSI to train their researchers

@jenterysayers

Why DHSI for Beginners

• Get a rich sense of the "big tent," including how DH is practiced differently and why

• One-week course: great, low-risk way to become familiar with unfamiliar methods / content

• Extremely well-organized (the social events, the courses, the colloquium, and the talks included)

• You will learn plenty to communicate and teach to those at your home institution or organization.

• Rich sense of community, with plenty of return participants• You won't be the only beginner. Many come to get their feet

wet.• It's a lot of fun!

@jenterysayers

More?

The Digital Humanities Summer Institute website: 

dhsi.org

THATCamp Victoria website: 

victoria2011.thatcamp.org

@jenterysayers

Thanks!