THATCamp Milwaukee, May 23-24, 2014

via Ann Hanlon, Head, Digital Collections and Initiatives, University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee, UWM Libraries

Please join us in Milwaukee, May 23-24, for THATCamp (The Humanities and Technology Camp) Milwaukee 2014, an (un)conference organized by the University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee Library’s Digital Humanities Lab and the UWM History Department. In this collegial setting, we invite you to have a little fun talking about new media and its wider application in the humanities, other scholarly disciplines, and the world beyond. Regardless of technical expertise or skill level, THATCamp Milwaukee provides an open and accessible space to “get your feet wet,” so to speak, in the digital humanities. Above all, it is a place to learn, experiment, and create.

This particular THATCamp is loosely based around the theme of building community through the digital humanities. Many of the DH Lab’s initial projects focus on public-facing and community-oriented projects that document, visualize, and contextualize the city and state where we’re headquartered ­ Milwaukee, Wisconsin. Other UWM projects ­ proposed or underway ­ look outward to other virtually imagined communities around the nation and the world. The DH Lab is an experimental and growing community itself, grounded in the same improvisational spirit that animates THATCamp’s organizers.

May 23rd: Bootcamp (workshops)
May 24th: THATCamp (sessions)

Register at: http://milwaukee2014.thatcamp.org/register/
Registration is free!

THATCamp is truly democratic and relies on YOUR session proposals to succeed. The more session proposals we receive, the more topics we will have to discuss. So, we strongly encourage you to propose a session after registering: http://milwaukee2014.thatcamp.org/propose/

More information on schedule, workshops and locations TBA soon.