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February 22: Talk and Play 03 – Race and Visibility in Mafia III
Feb. 15, 2018—Thursday, February 22 6:30-8:00 pm, Vanderbilt Center for Digital Humanities (344 Buttrick) Come to the third event in the Vanderbilt Talk and Play critical gaming series for group play and discussion about how the popular video game Mafia III deals with race visually, mechanically, and affectively. Snacks will be served.
February 14: Frederick Douglass Day Transcribe-a-thon
Feb. 13, 2018—Frederick Douglass’ 200th Birthday and Transcribe-a-thon Vanderbilt Center for Digital Humanities, 344 Buttrick Hall 11 a.m. to 2 p.m. Although Douglass was born into bondage, and never knew his birthdate, he chose to celebrate every year on February 14. Celebrate his elected birthday and his legacy by joining together with others to transcribe documents from the Freedmen’s Bureau...
A Digital Humanities Introduction to Cultural Anthropology
Jan. 16, 2018—ANTH 1101, Anthropology SP 2018: M W 11:30- 12:45 | Cavagnaro Taught by Kellie Cavagnaro, Anthropology, CMAP, Mellon Graduate Fellow in Digital Humanities A Digital Humanities Introduction to Cultural Anthropology This course will engage texts, films and podcasts to explore the following questions: What is culture? What is understood as “natural,” or biological, versus “cultural”? How...
Friday, October 27 – Saturday, October 28, 2017: THATCamp Vanderbilt 2017
Oct. 2, 2017—Keynote Speaker: Ryan Cordell, Northeastern University The Vanderbilt THATCamp (The Humanities And Technology Camp) is an annual unconference co-sponsored by the Vanderbilt Center for Digital Humanities, the Robert Penn Warren Center for the Humanities, the Curb Center for Art, Enterprise, and Public Policy, the Center for Teaching, The Wond’ry, and the Jean and Alexander Heard Library. An unconference...
Angela Sutton: Digital Initiatives for Public Engagement: Storytelling and Oral Histories of the Descendants of Fort Negley
Sep. 27, 2017— Digital Initiatives for Public Engagement: Storytelling and Oral Histories of the Descendants of Fort Negley There is a fortification on St. Cloud Hill, right next to Nashville’s Adventure Science Center, called Fort Negley. Beneath it are buried countless stories untold that we may never get a chance to recover. This fort played a pivotal role...
Drop-in Consultation Hours, 2:30-4:00 pm Thursdays
Sep. 26, 2017—Vanderbilt Center for Digital Humanities Thursdays, 2:30-4:00 pm Working with Data | Mapping | Text Analysis | Social Media Scholarship | Multimodal Publishing | Assessment of Digital Projects | Technology A-Team Whether you’re a seasoned DHer with a specific problem to troubleshoot, or a neophyte hoping to learn more about digital tools and methods relevant...
Digital Initiatives in Community Engagement
Sep. 26, 2017—Meets alternate Tuesdays, 1:30-2:30 pm, at the Digital Humanities Center (344 Buttrick Hall) Public History and local archaeology: Fort Negley This working group will explore digital tools and platforms for community engagement and outreach, focusing on the history and archaeology of Fort Negley, a Civil War Heritage site built by hundreds of free and self-emancipated African Americans, which is...
ArcGIS Working Group
Sep. 26, 2017—Meets alternate Wednesdays, 1:00-2:00 pm, at the Digital Humanities Center (344 Buttrick Hall) If you have an interest in learning ArcGIS for digital mapping projects, come to the ArcGIS working group and learn from the ground up in smart, supportive company. (If you’re interested in exploring mapping technologies more generally, check out the Open Source...
Python Working Group
Sep. 26, 2017—Meets alternate Wednesdays, 1:00-2:00 pm, in the Digital Humanities Center (344 Buttrick Hall) If you’ve ever wanted to program in Python but haven’t had an opportunity to try, if you’ve wondered how to get started with coding for humanities research, or if you’d just like to learn more about how computers work in a casual,...
2017 Digital Humanities Bootcamp
Jul. 24, 2017—SCHEDULE for Digital Humanities Bootcamp RESOURCES for Digital Humanities Bootcamp Interested in the August 14 half-day Quick and Useful Guide to Digital Humanities instead? Vanderbilt Digital Humanities Bootcamp This intensive three-day program is designed for faculty and graduate students who: Have an interest in incorporating digital methods into their scholarship but aren’t sure how...