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DHChicago: New Archival Knowledges
We would be thrilled if you’d circulate this CFP to your department and to any graduate students interested in the digital humanities.
All best,
Sarah Kunjummen
PhD Student, Department of English, University of Chicago
*** Attention: please circulate ***
CALL FOR PAPERS
DHChicago: New Archival Knowledges
University of Chicago, May 19-20, 2016
Organized by the Macroanalysis & the Humanities Working Group
DHChicago seeks to bring together scholars from across the Chicagoland area and across the disciplines to present work on one of the most promising areas of the digital humanities: macroanalysis, or the computational analysis of textual data and metadata. We are specifically looking for presenters whose work engages with questions, some of which may include:
- What new knowledges can computational approaches produce about large cultural archives?
- How can we fold these knowledges back into existing debates within the humanities?
- How compatible are humanistic questions and computational methods?
The broader goal of DHChicago, building on the work done by organizations such as the Chicago DHCS Colloquium, is to lay groundwork for longer-term intellectual support by fostering inter-institutional and inter-departmental ties, connecting scholars to new resources, and creating new networks of potential interlocutors and collaborators for future endeavors. To this end, the conference seeks presentations that favor a practical, “under the hood” approach. We welcome presentations on ongoing as well as finished projects, and we encourage presenters to talk about the process of building their projects from the bottom up. What problem does the project address? Why did you choose a certain method to engage this problem? How did you arrive at a particular visual representation of your research?
Daniel Shore will deliver a keynote address on Thursday afternoon, entitled “In Defense of Search,” from his forthcoming monograph, Cyberformalism (Johns Hopkins UP, 2017). The conference will take place on Friday. Shore will also be leading a workshop that day on the syntactical analysis of regular expressions. Please email us to sign up to attend the workshop.
Proposals are due by Friday, May 6, 2016 and should include: a title, abstract of up to 250 words, and, in the email, the author’s name, a C.V., institutional affiliation, and email address. For more information, please contact Sarah Kunjummen and Jonathan Schroeder at digitalhumanitieschicago@gmail.com or visit our website.
Digital History Opportunity: Evanston Historical Society
Northwestern University
Nicholas D. Chabraja Center for Historical Studies
http://www.historicalstudies.northwestern.edu/
invites you to apply for a summer fellowship!
The CCHS is co-sponsoring a summer 2016 fellowship at the Evanston History Center (previously the Evanston Historical Society) http://evanstonhistorycenter.org/ for 4-7 weeks in the summer (June/July/August all possible).
Sam Kling started on this project last summer and can tell you more about it. Here’s his description:
This job entails processing and cataloging digital files of Evanston newspapers, then uploading them to database software to make them accessible to the public online. It will be a self-directed project, so an ability to work independently is essential. It will require use of database software such as Omeka. If you have experience with Omeka or similar software, great. If not, this will be your self-directed opportunity to learn. You’ll need to take advantage of digital humanities resources at Northwestern, build relationships with library staff, and coordinate with the Evanston History Center. At the end of this process, you will have managed and carried out an important public history/digital humanities project–an impressive accomplishment and an attractive item on a CV!
The Center will pay a stipend of up to $3,000, either as a summer fellowship ($1000 per month for June-August) or as taxable Special Pay ($30 per hour). Please send your application to Elzbieta Foeller-Pituch atefp@northwestern.edu by Monday, MAY 9.
Application materials should include the ff.:
- Current CV with contact information
- One-page explanation why you are the right historian for this project.
- A one-sentence e-mail approval from your dissertation advisor.
Researcher’s Toolkit – Visualization and GIS
Remember to register! As always, pizza will be provided.
Interactive Visualization on the Web with D3.js – May 3
Instructor: Alessandro Febretti, Sr. Interactive Visualization Specialist, Research Computing Services, Northwestern Information Technology
Web-based visualization is gaining popularity thanks to its wide availability and ease of use. In this toolkit you will discover the basics of D3.js, a Javascript library that helps create powerful visualizations on the web. D3 lets you combine data from multiple sources and gives you full control on the final look of your data. We will go through the steps needed to set up a basic development environment, create a simple visualization and make it accessible to other people online. All you need to follow along are your laptop with your favorite browser and text editor installed.
When: Tuesday, May 3
Time: Noon – 1:00 p.m.
Location: The Garage – Workspace See map.
Advanced Interactive Visualization on the Web with D3.js – May 17
Instructor: Alessandro Febretti, Sr. Interactive Visualization Specialist, Research Computing Services, Northwestern Information Technology
In this toolkit we will use D3.js to create complex web-based visualizations such as force-directed graphs and heat maps. You will learn how to aggregate and sort data in the browser, how to filter data in real-time, and how to create web pages with multiple coordinated views of your data.
Prerequisite: This toolkit assumes you attended or are already familiar with the topics presented in the May 3 toolkit: Interactive Visualization on the Web with D3.js
When: Tuesday, May 17
Time: Noon – 1:00 p.m.
Location: The Garage – Workspace See map.
Network Analysis Using ArcGIS Desktop – May 31
Instructor: Kelsey Rydland, GIS and Data Analyst, Northwestern University Libraries
Interested in doing spatial analysis without having the burden of learning a new software package? Want some simple ways of answering common spatial problems? ArcGIS Online is an application that runs on both Windows and MacOS and can be used to quickly and easily help you do things like find locations, create hot spots, drive-time areas or other types network analysis. This presentation provides an overview of the spatial analysis capabilities within ArcGIS Online. No previous experience necessary.
Requirement: Please bring your laptop.
When: Tuesday, May 31
Time: Noon – 1:00 p.m.
Location: The Garage – Workspace See map.
5/16: TeachX From NUIT Faculty Support Services
Faculty Support Services is proud to present TEACHx, a free one-day event for instructors on Monday, May 16. It’s on the second floor of Norris, and we would love to see you there.
With our partners in the Office of the Provost and the Searle Center for Advancing Learning & Teaching, we have designed a day of short talks and digital poster presentations to highlight instructors leading innovations and experiments in teaching and learning with technology.
The schedule of presenters includes faculty enhancing their pedagogy with blended learning, social media, online learning, peer assessments, learning analytics, mobile application development, MOOCs, and active learning spaces.
Our hope is that this event will spark innovation in teaching, highlight opportunities for further collaboration between instructors and educational technology specialists, and support the creativity of a growing educational technology community of practice.
CFP: Exploring the “Humanity” in the Digital Humanities: Africana/Black Studies’ Perspectives on the Digital Humanities
Call for Papers
The 30th Annual Symposium on African American Culture & Philosophy
Exploring the “Humanity” in the Digital Humanities: Africana/Black Studies’ Perspectives on the Digital Humanities
Keynote Speaker: Abdul Alkalimat, University of Illinois-Urbana Champaign
Plenary Speakers: Marisa Parham, UMass-Amherst & Kenton Rambsy, University of Texas-Arlington
African American Studies and Research Center Purdue University
West Lafayette, Indiana
December 1-3, 2016
The African American Studies and Research Center invites scholars, practitioners, and graduate students to submit proposals for papers, panels and digital presentations for “Exploring the “Humanity” in the Digital Humanities: Africana/Black Studies’ Perspectives on the Digital Humanities,” its 30th Annual Symposium on African American Culture & Philosophy to consider the relationship between the digital humanities and Africana/Black epistemological frameworks that ask, “What Does It Mean to Be Human?”
Work that is closely associated with the theme will be given preference during the review process. We seek papers and panels from across the disciplines on such sample topics as:
- Africana/Black Studies & Digital Recovery
- Africana/Black Digital Genealogies
- Africana/Black Studies & Spatial Humanities
- Africana/Black Studies & the Digital Arts
- Data Visualization in Africana/Black Studies
- Text & Data Mining in Africana/Black Studies
- Africana/Black Studies & Digital Scholarly Communication
- Africana/Black Studies & Digital Humanities Pedagogy
- Creation and Curation of Africana/Black Studies Digital Resources
- Africana/Black Studies & Software Design and Modeling
- Africana/Black Studies & New/Social Media
- Game Studies, Digital Humanities & Africana/Black Studies
- Africana Studies: Intersections of the Humanities and Social SciencesThe deadline for individual and panel abstract submission is June 6, 2016. Abstract submissions of up to 250 words should be sent to:
Ronald J. Stephens, Director, African American Studies and Research Center
Purdue University
College of Liberal Arts, School of Interdisciplinary Studies 29th Symposium on Philosophy & Culture
Steven Beering Hall, Room 6176
100 North University Street
West Lafayette, IN 47907-2098
Or email: aasrc@purdue.edu with abstract in the subject line.
Digital Platforms Meet Infrastructures: Characterizing Complex Data Configurations
The Center for Global Culture and Communication,
an interdisciplinary initiative of Northwestern University’s School of Communication,
and
The Buffett Institute for Global Studies at Northwestern University
present:
Jean-Christophe Plantin
(London School of Economics)
Digital Platforms Meet Infrastructures:
Characterizing Complex Data Configurations
Monday, April 18, 2016
4:00-5:30pm
Frances Searle Building, Room 3-417
(Reception to Follow)
Facebook event page: https://www.facebook.com/events/1672845666310152/
Abstract: Two theoretical approaches are available to characterize data-driven objects of study: infrastructure studies and platform studies. While scholarship in the former emphasizes robustness, reliability, transparency, and breakdown, the latter insists on programmability, data flows, and connecting heterogeneous actors. How do these concepts and fields relate? How do they differ in terms of scale, fields of investigation, and analytical power? Which objects, and which methods of investigation, do they bring to the fore? Are they complementary, or oppositional — or are they basically the same thing?
To answer these questions, this talk will characterize digital platforms through their complex interactions with existing infrastructures. Using literature from STS, communication studies and management, along with case studies from citizen science, scientific data sharing, and open data initiatives, it will first show the different configurations this encounter can take: opposition, cooperation, or mutual influence between the two entities. Second, it will show the consequences these configurations have on shaping access to information, knowledge production, and circulation and valuation of data.
Biography: Dr. Jean-Christophe Plantin is an Assistant Professor at the London School of Economics and Political Science, department of Media & Communications. His research investigates the civic use of mapping platforms, the collaborative challenges in big data science, and the political implications of data science. His work has been published in Media, Culture & Society, International Journal of Communication, and Digital Humanities Quarterly.
This talk is a part of the Northwestern University and London School of Economics Initiative, sponsored by the Center for Global Culture and Communication and the Buffett Institute for Global Studies at Northwestern University.
For more information, please contact Gabby Garcia at gabbygarcia@u.northwestern.edu.
CFP: DH Chicago: New Archival Knowledges (May 19-20, 2016)
CALL FOR PAPERS
DHChicago: New Archival Knowledges
University of Chicago, May 19-20, 2016
Organized by the Macroanalysis & the Humanities Working Group
DHChicago seeks to bring together scholars from across the Chicagoland area and across the disciplines to present work on one of the most promising areas of the digital humanities: macroanalysis, or the computational analysis of textual data and metadata. We are specifically looking for presenters whose work engages with questions, some of which may include:
- What new knowledges can computational approaches produce about large cultural archives?
- How can we fold these knowledges back into existing debates within the humanities?
- How compatible are humanistic questions and computational methods?
The broader goal of DHChicago is to lay the groundwork for longer-term intellectual support by fostering inter-institutional and inter-departmental ties, connecting scholars to new resources, and creating new networks of potential interlocutors and collaborators for future endeavors. To this end, the conference de-privileges displays of expertise and erudition in favor of a practical, “under the hood” approach. We welcome presentations on ongoing as well as finished projects, and we encourage presenters to talk about the process of building their projects from the bottom up. What problem does the project address? Why did you choose a certain method to engage this problem? How did you arrive at a particular visual representation of your research?
Daniel Shore will deliver a keynote address on Thursday afternoon from his forthcoming work,Cyberformalism (Johns Hopkins UP). The conference will take place on Friday. Shore will also be leading a workshop that day on the syntactical analysis of regular expressions. Please email us to sign up to attend the workshop.
Proposals are due by April 29, 2016 and should include: a title, abstract of up to 250 words, and, in the email, the author’s name, a C.V., institutional affiliation, and email address. For more information, please contact Sarah Kunjummen and Jonathan Schroeder at digitalhumanitieschicago@gmail.com or visit our website.
Jonathan Schroeder | The University of Chicago | Department of English Language & Literature
Opportunity for Digital Scholars from CHCI & centerNet
Time Sensitive – Opportunity for Digital Scholars from CHCI & centerNet
Dear CHCI Members,
We are pleased to announce that CHCI and centerNet have teamed up for a second time to sponsor a New Scholars Seminar (NSS) at DH2016 (http://dh2016.adho.org/) in Kraków, including travel subventions to digital scholars affiliated with CHCI-member centers and institutes. The NSS will take place on July 10, 2016, and the deadline to apply is April 15, 2016.
The NSS is for new scholars to meet and develop research collaborations in the digital humanities, and the agenda for the event will be set by the participants, starting with an online phase of collaboration in advance of the event.
Details and instructions for applying are provided on the CHCI website:
http://chcinetwork.org/news/centernet-and-chci-collaborate-2nd-new-scholars-seminar
Questions and submissions to: kias@ualberta.ca
Best regards,
Sylvia K. Miller
Senior Program Manager
Consortium of Humanities Centers and Institutes (CHCI)
John Hope Franklin Humanities Institute | Duke University
114 S. Buchanan Blvd., Box 90403 | Durham, NC
T: 919-668-7951 | E: sylvia.miller@duke.edu | W: chcinetwork.org | fhi.duke.edu
Copyright © 2016 Consortium of Humanities Centers and Institutes, All rights reserved.
This email is a benefit of CHCI membership. Directors, administrators, and general mailboxes of CHCI member organizations are included in the list of receipients. Apologies for any duplications.
Our mailing address is:
Consortium of Humanities Centers and Institutes
114 S. Buchanan Blvd., Box 90403
Duke University
Durham, NC 27708
Digital Curation and Repository Work Group Opportunity
From: Meenasarani Murugan <meenasaranimurugan2013@u.northwestern.edu> and Debs Cane <deborah.cane@northwestern.edu>
Hello from the Digital Curation and Repository Work Group at Northwestern University Libraries!
Our working group is responsible for the functional development and community adoption of Avalon Media Systems. Our staff has applied for and received generous support from the Mellon Foundation to conduct the following user research:
A study of scholarly use of audio and video collections by researchers in at least two academic disciplines using contextual inquiry methods; we will use these results to guide future feature prioritization and communicate the value of Avalon to institutions supporting humanities scholars. Our methodology for the study is seated in ethnographic inquiry and user experience modeling. The study is being conducted with three different kinds of data collection:
- Environmental Observations
- In-person Interviews
- Diary Study
Mellon has made it possible to offer scholars a stipend of up to $600 for study participation. We believe that the researchers in the Digital Humanities Working Group, because of their work in time-based media, would be prime candidates for this study. As a study participant you would agree to:
- keeping a private online diary for the length of the study to record when you work with media;
- being observed twice in a setting of your own choosing while using media for your own research;
- and up to three follow-up interviews that would occur during the span of the study.
All data collected during this study will remain confidential and will aid us in better developing the software and understanding the specific needs of researchers who use media. Chances are, if you have used the library to stream your media reserves for your courses, you’ve already been acquainted with our open-source software. As we further develop the software, we would like to improve its capacities for academic researchers. We are interested in how you use media, you are not in any way required to use Avalon in your own work to be a participant, nor are we asking you to try Avalon.
If this study piques your interest, and you have some time (estimation of time for participants is about 20 hours total over 6 months) to share your research methods with us, please respond to this Google Form by March 22 with your name, e-mail address, and the preferred time that you could attend an info session.
We thank you in advance for considering this project. Please feel free to write back to Repository Community Manager Debs Cane (deborah.cane@northwestern.edu) or Research Assistant Linde Murugan (murugan@u.northwestern.edu) with any additional questions about the study or to suggest any other researchers we should contact.
MMLC Workshop: Working with Video Essays
The Multimedia Learning Center offers a workshop on time-based media projects (video and audio).
What makes a good audio or visual student essay? How much do faculty need to know to include time-based media projects in student coursework? The answers to these questions may surprise you: multimedia classwork is more accessible than you think. In this workshop, we delve into the medium of audio and video essays. We’ll discuss both the skills and technology needed to assign and evaluate digital media in the classroom. Led by John Bresland.
When: Wednesday, March 2, 2:30-4:00 pm
Where: Main Library lower level: B183
Matthew W. Taylor, IT Director
WCAS Multimedia Learning Center
Northwestern University
NUDHL Reading Group: Between Humanities and the Digital
NUDHL
Northwestern University Digital Humanities Laboratory – nudhl.net
DIGITAL HUMANITIES READING GROUP
<<All welcome. No DH expertise or experience required. Attend one or all gatherings.>>
BETWEEN HUMANITIES AND THE DIGITAL
eds. Patrik Svensson and David Theo Goldberg
(MIT Press, 2015)
The Northwestern University Digital Humanities Laboratory invites those interested in this emerging field of interdisciplinary scholarship to join us for a three-part reading group. No previous digital humanities experience required. Books are available *for free* at (and thanks to!) the AKIH. Attend one or all discussions as your schedule and interests permit.
Friday, 3/4, 10 am—noon: Introduction, Part I (pp. 1-172)
Friday, 4/22, 10 am—noon: Part II (pp. 173-328)
Friday, 5/27, 10 am—noon: Part III (pp. 329-506), *held in Gender and Sexuality Studies Conference Room, 1800 Sherman Ave*
Alice Kaplan Institute for the Humanities
1800 Sherman Ave. 1st Floor Seminar Room
Light refreshments, coffee, tea will be served.
Please email NUDHL co-convener Michael Kramer, mjk@northwestern.edu, if you have any questions.