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Join us for two days of exploring digital humanities tools and methods. Day three is an optional day to sign up for one-on-one consultations with the instructors. These sessions are geared primarily for graduate students and postdoctoral fellows but open to all who are interested.
Join us for two days of exploring digital humanities tools and methods. Day three is an optional day to sign up for one-on-one consultations with the instructors. These sessions are geared primarily for graduate students and postdoctoral fellows but open to all who are interested.
WORKSHOP DAYS:
May 6-7 • 10 a.m. – 4:30 p.m.
OFFICE HOURS DAY:
May 8 • 10 a.m. – 4:00 p.m.
LOCATION:
Center for Black Digital Research •
Pattee Library W312 • University Park
COST:
Free
A collaboration between the Libraries’ Digital Humanities Unit and the College of Liberal Arts’ Office of Digital Pedagogy and Initiatives
Hosted by the Center Black Digital Research at University Park Campus
This training series was partially funded by the Kenneth L. and Marion Pollock Digital Resources Center Program Endowment in the University Libraries. Additional funding provided by the College of Liberal Arts and the Center for Black Digital Research.
Sessions
Sessions
Digital Storytelling: Intro to Omeka & WordPress
Digital Storytelling: Intro to Omeka & WordPress
Lauren Cooper, MLIS
Digital Scholarship Librarian and Managing Director at the Center for Black Digital Research
Making Meaning
Making Meaning
with Digital Maps
with Digital Maps
Dr. Summer Hamilton
Digital Projects Developer and Assistant Research Professor of Digital Scholarship
Network
Network
Visualizations
Visualizations
Dr. Jennifer Isasi
Assistant Director of the Office of Digital Pedagogies and Initiatives/Director of the Digital Liberal Arts Research Initiative
Session Overviews
Digital Storytelling: Intro to Omeka & WordPress
Digital Storytelling: Intro to Omeka & WordPress
Come learn the basics of two commonly used content management systems (CMS): Omeka Classic and WordPress. We'll compare the affordances of each platform specific to storytelling (e.g. exhibits, galleries, maps) and incorporating digitized documents. You will get time for hands-on work mocking up your own projects.
By the end of the 2-day session, participants will:
Gain familiarity with the digital humanities publishing landscape
Learn the difference between Omeka Classic and WordPress
Learn digital publishing structures including menu building, page building, and search engine optimization for discoverability
Making Meaning with Digital Maps
Making Meaning with Digital Maps
Do you want to provide geographic context for your research in a fun, interactive way? Would you like to visualize the spatial relationships of texts, characters, or historical figures? Are you interested in learning the basics of a popular mapping tool?
If you answered yes, sign up for “Making Meaning with Digital Mapping” for an introduction to StoryMaps.com, a free storytelling solution by ArcGIS. StoryMaps.com is an information-sharing tool you can use to share dynamic visualizations that include maps, photos, videos, and text in an interactive format.
By the end of the 2-day session, participants will learn:
The difference between StoryMaps.com and ArcGIS StoryMap
How to create a StoryMap
How to incorporate a map into StoryMap
Network Visualizations
Network Visualizations
Are you doing research that involves analyzing correspondence between individuals, re-prints of news in different periodicals, or tracking who was attending specific gatherings? If so, or similar, join us for a hands-on workshop where we’ll present the basics of social network analysis and Onodo for interactive visualizations to share your research (or for-fun projects!). By the end of the 2-day sessions, you will know:
Daily Schedule
Daily Schedule
MONDAY, MAY 6
9:30-10:00 am: Arrival • Coffee, tea, pastries
10:00-11:00 am: Introductions: Meet each other (15 min.) • Overview of all 3 tracks (15 min. each)
11:00-11:15 am: Break
11:15 am-12:30 pm: Sessions
12:30-2:30 pm: Lunch on your own
2:30-4:30 pm: Sessions
TUESDAY, MAY 7
10:00-11:00 am: Coffee and Tea • Centering the Humanity in Digital Humanities (presentation and discussion)
11:00-11:15 am: Break
11:15 am-12:30 pm: Sessions
12:30-2:30 pm: Catered Lunch • Socialize
2:30-4:30 pm: Sessions
WEDNESDAY, MAY 8 (optional)
10:00-12:00 pm: Sign up for consultation slots
2:00-4:00 pm: Sign up for consultation slots
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