Monthly Archives: March 2013

Thanks to all!

I realize this is a little belated, but I just wanted to say I had an extraordinary time at THATCamp Feminisms East 2013.  I think I felt more inspired and empowered than I have felt in a long time. It … Continue reading

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Session Proposal: Teens on the Net

Aisha Oglivie & I are interested in teens on the internet: how do they build identity? How, if at all, do they become activists? What are the downfalls of tech for teens, and what are the positives? How do we … Continue reading

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Wikipedia Edit-a-thon?

Possible working session/workshop: If anyone is interested, we could take part in a Wikipedia edit-a-thon like at THATCamp Feminisms West and South: en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:Meetup/Feminists_Engage_Wikipedia SESSION NOTES

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Video a Go Go

Hands on workshop learning how to use the tools that you ALREADY have (or can buy for under $5.00) to make short videos. Come with footage from the conference and create a collaborative video where EVERYONE gets to contribute footage … Continue reading

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Introduction to the Digital Humanities

Led by Natalia Cecire, this brief, partial, and situated introduction will explore the diversity of disciplinary foundations, methodologies, and practices of digital humanities. After an overview, we will look at a number of existing projects and discuss some core issues … Continue reading

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Digitizing Zines: Tensions Between Digital Desires & Print Culture Ideals

Daniela Capistrano (People of Color Zine Project), Jenna Freedman (Barnard Zine Library), and Melissa Rogers (Women’s Studies Multimedia Studio, University of Maryland) are interested in opening up a conversation about issues of ethics and materiality when it comes to digitizing … Continue reading

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Workshop: Introduction to Omeka

Omeka is a simple system used by scholarly archives, libraries, and museums all over the world to manage and describe digital images, audio files, videos, and texts; to put such digital objects online in a searchable database; and to create attractive … Continue reading

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Feminist Digital Pedagogies

First, let me say thanks to those who have already submitted such provocative session proposals! I’m excited to workshop many of these. My offering comes out of an ongoing Mellon-funded project I’m part of as an Associate of the Five … Continue reading

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What I Wish I Had Known Earlier in the Digital Humanities Development Process

From Mia Zamora, Kean University: I would like to propose a “Best Practices and Advice” discussion, or “What I Wish I Had Known Earlier in the Development Process” to support anyone who might be embarking on their first DH project. … Continue reading

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Researching and Archiving Personal/Public Online Material

I’d like to talk about the ethics and practices surrounding research on and archiving of personal online material. By personal online material I mean personal sites, blogs, and other publicly available, user-generated online materials, as well as the networks or … Continue reading

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