Heather Simoneau – THATCamp Lehigh Valley 2014

So you want an alt-ac career in DH

Heather Simoneau — Thu, 13 Feb 2014 21:22:55 +0000

What skills are necessary to land an alt-ac job in the digital humanities? How should a graduate student prepare? How much programming knowledge is enough? I’d like to propose a session to talk about preparing oneself for a DH career.

Session The First

Heather Simoneau — Thu, 13 Feb 2014 21:12:52 +0000

I would like to talk about the issues surrounding the curation, preservation, and archiving of social media. Social media feeds can be an important source of university history. Does the digital nature of the artifact change how that artifact should be curated and preserved? Are traditional curation policies more relevant than ever? What should a collection/preservation policy look like for social media artifacts?

It’s session proposing time!

Heather Simoneau — Wed, 12 Feb 2014 22:34:11 +0000

Hi campers,

We’re a little over a week away from THATCamp Lehigh Valley 2014. The food has been ordered. The rooms are all booked. Swag is on its way. Now is the time to start proposing sessions. Sessions can also be proposed when you arrive, but why not start the party early? We’re all going to be snowed in anyway. Let’s ~~make hay~~ propose sessions while the ~~sun shines~~ snow falls! Here’s how to propose a session: lehigh2014.thatcamp.org/propose/

Good luck with this unnamed snow storm (I’m a purist. Only hurricanes should get named.)

For those who arrive early: Conceptualizing a Digital Public Humanities, a Talk by Mary Rizzo

Heather Simoneau — Mon, 13 Jan 2014 16:09:01 +0000

THATCamp Lehigh Valley 2014 starts Friday, February 21st. Those who arrive the night before may be interested in attending the following Friends of the Libraries event:

Conceptualizing a Digital Public Humanities, a Talk by Mary Rizzo

Bayer Galleria, Linderman Library (room 342), Thursday, February 20th @ 4:10pm

Mary Rizzo, co-editor of The Public Historian and currently serving as Public Historian in Residence at the Mid-Atlantic Regional Center for the Humanities at Rutgers-Camden, will examine the history and potential integration of digital humanities, public history, and the public humanities. Although some well-known digital humanities projects include a public component, it is mostly an academy-driven trend. What can the digital humanities learn from public history and the public humanities? How does incorporating the public within the digital humanities make it more meaningful?

In addition to her roles at The Public Historian and Rutgers-Camden, Dr. Rizzo served as Associate and Interim Executive Director of the New Jersey Council for the Humanities. She is also a board member of the National Council on Public History and blogs for History@Work. She earned a Ph.D. in American Studies from the University of Minnesota. Her article, “More than Fun and Games: Play, Public Humanities and Engaged Democracy” is forthcoming from the journal Public. She tweets about digital humanities, public history and public humanities @rizzo_pubhist.

Sponsored by the Friends of the Lehigh Libraries, the South Side Initiative, and the Center for Innovation in Teaching and Learning. This event is free and open to the public. For more information, call 610-758-3039.

Save the date!

Heather Simoneau — Tue, 23 Jul 2013 14:27:46 +0000

THATCamp Lehigh Valley 2014 will be held on Friday, February 21, 2014. Hope to see you there!

Hello world!

Heather Simoneau — Thu, 27 Sep 2012 20:59:40 +0000

There’s a new THATCamp being planned! The details will be published here when known. Meanwhile, read more about the THATCamp movement and browse other THATCamps at thatcamp.org.