Category Archives: Session Proposals

Cards Against Digital Humanities update

Posted on September 5, 2014 by Melissa Fortson Green

Submissions for Cards Against Digital Humanities are coming in! While I don’t think we’ll have enough suggestions to play this weekend, I’m hopeful we’ll collect enough to have a deck ready for our friends at THATCamp Games. Here’s a preview … Continue reading →

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TALK Session: Makerspaces On and Beyond University Campuses

Posted on September 4, 2014 by Sherry Nichols

The purpose of this session is to explore shared ideas, interests, and emerging work involving “Makerspaces”. At THATCamp 2013 in Tuscaloosa, a group met to simply talk about the concept– “Makerspace”. Participants mentioned various resources such as websites and authors … Continue reading →

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“Reblogging” the diaries of World War I soldiers

Posted on September 3, 2014 by Andrew Keitt

I’ve recently started a blog about tribute books written to commemorate soldiers who died in World War I. My original interest in the these books was a personal one, stemming from a book written to honor my great uncle, William … Continue reading →

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Cards Against Digital Humanities

Posted on September 2, 2014 by Melissa Fortson Green

Inspired by Cards Against Humanity and Emily Lloyd’s Cards Against Librarianship, Cards Against Digital Humanities, a free, printable card game, is happening. Please submit your suggestions for cards via this Google form. If we receive enough submissions before Friday, I’ll print … Continue reading →

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Accessibility and the Digital Humanities

Posted on September 2, 2014 by Melissa Fortson Green

Last year, I presented an Alabama Digital Humanities Center brown bag on accessibility and its impact on digital resources and practices. Here’s a description: How can we broaden our understanding of the ways that people use digital resources by considering … Continue reading →

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Talk Session-Rethinking the Relationship Between Writing and Civic Education in an Age of “Mass Self-Communication”

Posted on September 1, 2014 by Chris Minnix

How do the increased opportunities for public participation and engagement brought about by digital composing technologies shape the way we teach writing? The rise of what Manuel Castells has called “mass self-communication” technologies–open-access web publishing platforms, social networking technology, curation … Continue reading →

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Digital Social Editions and Interdisciplinary Communities

Posted on September 1, 2014 by Anamaria Santiago

This topic may be rudimentary, but I am interested in having a conversation about how technology can facilitate collaborative narrative or “social editions” of texts and how these texts can enhance a curriculum. A prime example of socially-edited text would … Continue reading →

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Talk Session: THAT Spatial Turn

Posted on August 31, 2014 by Cynthia Kristan-Graham

The Spatial Turn continues to transform understandings of space and human activity in many contexts, from broad strokes to nuances. Mapping and visualization tools facilitate the analysis of movement and phenomena in two and three dimensions, and from many perspectives, … Continue reading →

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Humanistic Computer Simulations

Posted on August 30, 2014 by Marshall Abrams

Computer simulations are used in the study of literature, history, anthropology, and philosophy, among others.  I'll illustrate basic concepts of "agent-based" simulations using NetLogo and my own POPCO software, and suggest that simulations can incorporate insights from traditional humanistic research. … Continue reading →

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Talk session: Wikipedia and oppression

Posted on August 30, 2014 by Grace Kaletski

I’m interested in having a discussion about bias and standards in Wikipedia’s editorial process, especially who decides and how is it decided what constitutes “worthy” sources of knowledge or if a subject is important enough to “deserve” an article. One … Continue reading →

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