The theme of this Institute is “Digital Humanities and the Environment.” From the natural environment to pedagogical environments, this year’s institute will meditate on DH’s impact with its surroundings. What are important considerations for ensuring DH work minimizes harm to the environment? How can we teach practitioners to consider the environmental impact of their DH work? How is industry incorporating the environment into DH products and solutions?
The Spring 2022 DHC-NC Institute will be hosted virtually by UNC Charlotte on Thursday, April 21st and Friday, April 22nd. This two-day institute will begin with a day of virtual presentations and will end with a virtual plenary session and in-person meetups throughout North Carolina. Pre-recorded lightning talks will be shared with registrants the Monday of the Institute with opportunities for asynchronous and live engagement leading up to and during the event. See the conference program for more details and a full schedule.
Faculty that have worked with Beth to integrate these into their classes during the Fall semester, and anyone else that has worked with these programs are encouraged to share their experiences.
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Date: Friday, September 13th (Save to Calendar) Time: 1:00 - 4:00 p.m. Location: VisLab in Area 49 (2nd Floor of Atkins Library) Audience: UNC Charlotte faculty and graduate students Required: Advanced registration (Deadline September 4th). Participants must bring a laptop and commit to participating in the entire 3-hour workshop. |
Led by PhD candidate Emma Davenport (Duke University), this workshop will introduce you to a curriculum project that engages students in an exploration of Twitter and public discourse. Visualizing Twitter: Public Discourse and the 2018 Florida Midterm Election Recounts is a project created at Duke University in collaboration among the English Department, Math Department, University Library and Technology Services. This workshop will walk participants through the steps of conceiving, planning, executing, and assessing a two-week unit that invites students to explore the relationship among social media, visualization of large datasets, and humanities questions. We will examine and evaluate a completed sample unit, discuss the pedagogical benefits and drawbacks of the visualization software Tableau, and develop familiarity with some of the classroom applications of Twitter. Additionally, participants will have an opportunity to construct their own visualizations of a sample Twitter dataset. Ultimately, we will aim to answer the question: how can working with large datasets augment students’ abilities to engage with humanistic questions? Time will be provided during the workshop to share ideas for applications of this project to your work.
Who should participate? People with an interest in…
Questions? Please contact Amanda Binder (abinder3@charlotte.edu) or Natalie Ornat (nornat@charlotte.edu)
This half-day forum on digital humanities (DH) brings together faculty and graduate students from across UNC Charlotte. The goals of the forum are to learn from each other, share ideas and expertise, and hopefully encourage collaboration on-campus to further research projects, grants and instruction in DH.
The day will begin with a showcase of digital humanities tools and spaces that can be incorporated into your research and/or teaching. Enjoy a light breakfast, explore the new innovation center in Atkins Library (Area 49), and talk with graduate and undergraduate students, faculty and Atkins librarians about technologies they have used in DH projects and/or instruction.
The next phase of the event will highlight the work of UNC Charlotte faculty in the areas of Digital Humanities. The first panel discussion will feature faculty that have incorporated Digital Humanities into their research. The second panel discussion will feature faculty that have incorporated Digital Humanities assignments and projects into their courses.
Faculty panelists:
The day will end with lunch and a brainstorming session. Participants will discuss ways the campus can better support faculty and students with digital humanities work.
