Category Archives: Session: Talk

Session proposal: FemTechNet and the DOCC

Posted on March 14, 2013 by Jacque Wernimont

Alex Juhasz has offered to host a session on FemTechNet and the feminist Distributed Online Collaborative Course. You can read more about the effort here as well.

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Session Proposal: Discussion of gender consturction in public digital spheres

Posted on March 14, 2013 by Chandra Jenkins

I work with high school and early college students at an after-school non-profit, and one of the interesting aspects of my job is watching as students construct ad deconstruct themselves, particularly in terms of gender identity, online through sites like … Continue reading →

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Session proposal: Gamification and “thirding” the DH Intro

Posted on March 12, 2013 by Jacque Wernimont

From a recent comment by Anne Harley: “Is gameification a dirty word in DH? Is the narrowing of experience and choice in games inherently a bad fit for the humanities? How have others (if they exist) implemented gameification in DH? … Continue reading →

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Session proposal: Video game studies and DH

Posted on March 11, 2013 by Jacque Wernimont

From Amanda’s recent registration: “My particular specialties are in video game studies and the digital humanities, and would be happy to host sessions on either of those topics.”

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Seconding the Intro to DH workshop

Posted on March 10, 2013 by Jacque Wernimont

This is my first THATCamp and I would definitely be interested in a workshop that serves as an introduction to DH. Thanks! -Genevieve Carpio (originally via comment).

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Session proposal: creating a Community DH Center or Tech Hub

Posted on March 9, 2013 by Jacque Wernimont

Borrowing the idea from the many “community cycling centers” around the U.S., I’d like to develop a plan to establish either a virtual, traveling, or brick and mortar center that would offer free/low cost help with programming, database management, web … Continue reading →

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