Comments for THATCamp Victoria 2011

Comment on Digital Humanities + Social Justice = “Does Not Compute?” by clarissalee

clarissalee — Fri, 10 Jun 2011 18:15:08 +0000

But I will be most interested in understanding how DH can contribute to improving and making relevant within a larger context, the way ideology is being theorized in the academia.

Comment on Digital Humanities + Social Justice = “Does Not Compute?” by clarissalee

clarissalee — Fri, 10 Jun 2011 18:14:11 +0000

This is already being done, albeit still slowly, in Durham, NC. School-going students are involved.
digitaldurham.duke.edu/

Comment on Digital Humanities + Social Justice = “Does Not Compute?” by Tess

Tess — Fri, 10 Jun 2011 16:30:19 +0000

This is a fantastic idea! It has significant implications for us within our own communities in addition to the more global implications. For example, how can the DH skills that we teach increase opportunities for our students from less privileged backgrounds?

Comment on Digital Humanities + Social Justice = “Does Not Compute?” by Marta S. Rivera Monclova

Marta S. Rivera Monclova — Fri, 10 Jun 2011 15:38:12 +0000

By the way, THATCamp Prime apparently had some discussion of this too. I was not there, but they created a document too, see it here.

Comment on Digital Humanities + Social Justice = “Does Not Compute?” by GhostProf

GhostProf — Fri, 10 Jun 2011 15:19:09 +0000

I was actually thinking last night about a session on the ecologies of DH as well — our tech does not come from nowhere, and it is material in its impacts on the world. How does that factor into the warm fuzziness of DH community ethos?

Comment on Topics by Marta S. Rivera Monclova

Marta S. Rivera Monclova — Fri, 10 Jun 2011 14:48:12 +0000

I echo Doug about not using Devon Think but seriously considering it. I’m a Scrivener devotee (though I admit I haven’t yet gotten the hang of all the new 2.0 features…) and I use bookends, and used them respectively to draft and to cite my dissertation. I would love to talk about these tools, as well as throwing Mellel as a word processor into the mix!

Comment on Digital Humanities + Social Justice = “Does Not Compute?” by Marta S. Rivera Monclova

Marta S. Rivera Monclova — Fri, 10 Jun 2011 14:46:25 +0000

Yes! I was the convener of that THATCamp SoCal session (you can read the document we generated here. I'm excited to continue this conversation!!

Comment on Digital Humanities + Social Justice = “Does Not Compute?” by Janet Simons

Janet Simons — Fri, 10 Jun 2011 13:16:15 +0000

I have often wondered about how to introduce students to the tools that they might
use to effect change in human crisis situations. What do our students need to know and how might they teach those same technologies to community members so they might continue to be used in grassroots efforts?

Comment on GIS Projects by Tess

Tess — Fri, 10 Jun 2011 05:15:44 +0000

That sounds interesting! Just at Texas A&M there are several of us who would be interested.

Comment on GIS Projects by alisonchapman

alisonchapman — Fri, 10 Jun 2011 01:09:34 +0000

Aha! Another Victorianist! Do you want to chat about setting up a DH Victorian/nineteenth-century support group?

Comment on Hacking DH by Jentery Sayers

Jentery Sayers — Fri, 10 Jun 2011 01:01:59 +0000

Great topic, Alison! See you soon!

Comment on Topics by Constance Crompton

Constance Crompton — Thu, 09 Jun 2011 23:20:51 +0000

Here, here! I’d love to make more of my TEI-encoded texts.

Comment on DH and Professionalization by Lindsey Eckert

Lindsey Eckert — Thu, 09 Jun 2011 20:15:19 +0000

Related to this topic is the issue of peer review. I’d really like to discuss getting DH resources through the peer review process that is offered by groups such as NINES. This seems an important aspect of putting DH work on the same level of traditional forms of publication (i.e. journals). For NINES, you have to submit a “Site Rationale and Content” statement. I’d love to know more about how to write such a statement.

Comment on Topics by Doug Dechow

Doug Dechow — Thu, 09 Jun 2011 19:05:56 +0000

I’m not currently using DevonThink, but I’m seriously considering it. I’d love to hear some discussion about it and tools like it.

Comment on GIS Projects by GhostProf

GhostProf — Thu, 09 Jun 2011 17:17:50 +0000

Seriously. I have an idea for a GIS project on Joyce’s Ulysses (out of copyright Jan 1 2012), but no idea if it is feasible or how much it will require in the way of resources.

Comment on Teaching Digital Humanities by clarissalee

clarissalee — Mon, 06 Jun 2011 05:51:27 +0000

Even though I think my interest and the work I do link a lot more to digital humanities (I think there has been tonnes of thatcamps and other events what attempt to iron what IT means), I defiintely do not come out of a traditional English background. We don’t have a ‘digital humanities’ prog where we come from though we do have big players in this area who are part of more traditional programs. I am offering an undergrad class in media archaeology next year and this is where I plan to mold my interest in history of science, history of the book and history of media, exploring digitality beyond the present. I am still figuring how to do it in a way that will be interesting yet intellectually challenging.

Comment on Teaching Digital Humanities by Hannah McGregor

Hannah McGregor — Sun, 05 Jun 2011 16:40:24 +0000

This is a great idea, and as someone who works out of a university without a digital humanities department or any sort of official infrastructure for this sort of work, I’m interested in how those differences play out at the institutional level.

I wonder if we could fold into a conversation like this another, very practical, question I have. It’s been suggested to me that I take a survey of the DH infrastructure available at my institution to facilitate networking across disciplines and increase support for different graduate students engaged in DH-type work, and I’d be interested in help strategizing how such a task might be undertaken efficiently and usefully.

Comment on Session Idea? Feedback? Post It Here. by jasonboyd

jasonboyd — Wed, 01 Jun 2011 20:01:58 +0000

I’m also interested in Michael’s #3 (Big Ideas for an intro-DH course since I expect I will be teaching one in the future). Some additional suggestions for possible sessions:

1. Hacking/Coding in the Humanities (How can/should humanists get into/learn/practice hacking code? How can hacking and critical codes studies be incorporated into the classroom?)

2. Strategies and solutions for post-degree/professional DH skills development (What are the essential skills? How can these skills be acquired efficiently and accredited?)

Comment on Digital Interpretation and Textual Analysis by Jentery Sayers

Jentery Sayers — Mon, 30 May 2011 19:41:42 +0000

Thanks, David! Sounds like a great session topic.

Comment on Session Idea? Feedback? Post It Here. by Jentery Sayers

Jentery Sayers — Mon, 30 May 2011 18:21:32 +0000

Thanks for the suggestions, Michael! That’s a great list. (I’m especially interested in #3, since I’ll be teaching an intro-DH course this fall.)

As for the hashtag, we’ll likely stick with #THATCamp, since the THATCamp folks are already archiving it. Plus, there are no other THATCamps during our weekend. However, if you want to add an additional tag (e.g., #yyj or #uvic), then feel free! See you soon!

Comment on Digital Interpretation and Textual Analysis by davidwright

davidwright — Mon, 30 May 2011 05:24:57 +0000

Just wanted to say that I totally agree with what “Pavillion N3370 Battery” says… it had me at “Screw.”

Comment on Digital Interpretation and Textual Analysis by Pavillion N3370 Battery

Pavillion N3370 Battery — Sun, 29 May 2011 06:47:33 +0000

Screw love poems, we need more breakup poems. Roses are red, violets are blue, trash is dumped, and so are you.

Comment on Session Idea? Feedback? Post It Here. by Michael Ullyot

Michael Ullyot — Fri, 27 May 2011 21:48:44 +0000

A few suggestions / requests for sessions.

1. Using DevonThink & related software to organize ideas, materials, content, &c.
2. Teaching with Twitter, both outside and inside the classroom.
3. Big Ideas for teaching an intro-DH course.

Finally, Jentery (& others): THATCamp Victoria needs a unique hashtag, something like #thatcampvic.