THIS WEEK’S QUESTIONS:
What do we recognize to be the state of affairs of DH in practice at Northwestern? What kinds of digital work are faculty and graduate students taking on right now? How can we activate useful and responsible DH practice in the classroom setting? What technologies and resources are available through the Library, and what will be available in months to come? What resources and individuals can one turn to for assistance and guidance on digital projects?
We will address these and other, related questions during the first hour of this Friday’s meeting. Four presentations will deliver a picture of DH on-the-ground and in practice among graduate students, researchers, instructors, and librarians. (These samples of current work will serve as the basis of discussion in lieu of readings.) The second hour will serve as a forum for graduate students to discuss among themselves what they see to be useful approaches and techniques in DH going forward. In the hopes of bringing together our group in a less formal fashion, we’ll then gather for a collegial get-together at the Celtic Knot, where the conversation will continue.
DATE & TIME:
Friday, 17 May 2013
12pm – 1pm: Presentations & Discussion
1pm – 2pm: Graduate Student Forum
2pm and on: Conversation @ Celtic Knot, 626 Church St., Evanston (click for map).
PLACE:
Alice Kaplan Institute for the Humanities Conference Room, Kresge Hall, 1880 Campus Drive, #2-360, Evanston, IL 60208 (click for map).
FULL PRESENTATION & DISCUSSION AGENDA:
I. Introduction: Emily VanBuren & Amanda Kleintop, Ph.D. Students, Department of History
II. Brief Presentations: DH in Practice
a. Graduate Research: Andrew Keener, Ph.D. Student, Department of English
b. Pedagogy: Michael Kramer, Department of History
c. Library Resources: Josh Honn, Digital Scholarship Library Fellow
III. Discussion about DH @ NU (with an eye toward its futures)
IV. Graduate Student Forum (tools, workshops, presentations, goals)
V. Walk into Evanston & Continued Conversation @ Celtic Knot
Thanks for posting this, Andrew! Just a note that the first part of the meeting will probably run until about 1:15 or so.
For the second part of the meeting, here are some of the questions I’m interested in posing: What sort of DH training would be most useful for current NU grads? What sorts of tools workshops or research presentations would be useful? What questions can we address as a group that would be helpful for grad students? How can we recruit participants from incoming cohorts?
I’m sure I’ll think of more as the week goes on…
Andrew, Emily, et al —
Looking forward to this meeting. Thanks for your work organizing it!
Michael