As the country and the world face multiple unprecedented issues, what do journalism, oral history, documentary, and photography have to offer? Vann R. Newkirk II, senior editor at The Atlantic and host of the podcasts Floodlines and Holy Week, discusses the role of storytelling in marginalized communities, and how it might prepare us for future—and present—struggle. Doors will open at 7:00 PM for a reception, and the talk will begin at 7:30 PM.

The first in a series of African digital humanities conversations this academic season is a book discussion on Ademide Adelusi-Adeluyi's Imagine Lagos. This groundbreaking book provides a historical exploration of Lagos, Nigeria's economic capital and West Africa's most populous city, from a digital humanities perspective. Adelusi-Adeluyi utilizes historical sources, maps, and walking cartography to create new perspectives on the nineteenth-century history of Lagos. Ademide Adelusi-Adeluyi will be in conversation with the history and STS scholar Dr. Damilola Adabayo of York University. Please register for the Zoom event here

Pseudo-3D Imaging on a budget: Introduction to Reflectance Transformation Imaging John McEwan, KU Libraries November 4th, 12 PM Registration Reflectance Transformation Imaging (RTI) is a photographic technique that creates a digital visualization of an object. RTI simulates how the appearance of an object changes as it is viewed with light from different angles. RTI visualizations are most commonly used in forensic science, art conservation, and archaeology, but they can be helpful in understanding any sort of object with fine features. Indeed, an RTI can reveal features of an object that are invisible to the naked eye. Nonetheless, an RTI visualization can be created using relatively affordable equipment and the software is free. In this workshop, you will learn the basics of creating an RTI using a variety of easily sourced equipment, including string, ball-bearings and Lego. Registration is required.

Pseudo-3D Imaging on a budget: Introduction to Reflectance Transformation Imaging John McEwan, KU Libraries November 4th, 12 PM Registration Reflectance Transformation Imaging (RTI) is a photographic technique that creates a digital visualization of an object. RTI simulates how the appearance of an object changes as it is viewed with light from different angles. RTI visualizations are most commonly used in forensic science, art conservation, and archaeology, but they can be helpful in understanding any sort of object with fine features. Indeed, an RTI can reveal features of an object that are invisible to the naked eye. Nonetheless, an RTI visualization can be created using relatively affordable equipment and the software is free. In this workshop, you will learn the basics of creating an RTI using a variety of easily sourced equipment, including string, ball-bearings and Lego. Registration is required.

Registration is now open for our Fall 2024 Digital Jumpstart Workshops. This event, spread over two afternoons, features workshops, panels, and a keynote talk designed to help instructors integrate the tools and methods of the digital humanities into their classrooms. KU participants will be eligible to apply for $500 stipends from the Center for Teaching Excellence to support the development and implementation of digital humanities assignments into their classes. For full descriptions and information about the course stipends, please visit the Digital Jumpstart Workshops 2024 webpage. 90-minute workshops: Critical AI Literacy in the Classroom (Katie Conrad) Creating interactive stories with TWINE (John McEwan) Bringing Data Science into the Humanities Classroom (Jonathan Lamb) Using Scalar to Create a Community Archive (Samantha Bishop Simmons) Panel: Using DH in the Classroom (Brigid Enchill, Aimee Wilson, and Jonathan Hagel) Perusall Possibilities: Open Social Annotation (Liz MacGonagle) Digital Project Assignments: Tool Parade and Jam Session (Danica Savonick) Digital Mapping Fundamentals: Geospatial Data Modeling and Visualization (Randa El Khatib) Creating a culture of possibilities and innovation through podcasting assignments (Tami Albin)

Registration is now open for our Fall 2024 Digital Jumpstart Workshops. This event, spread over two afternoons, features workshops, panels, and a keynote talk designed to help instructors integrate the tools and methods of the digital humanities into their classrooms. KU participants will be eligible to apply for $500 stipends from the Center for Teaching Excellence to support the development and implementation of digital humanities assignments into their classes. For full descriptions and information about the course stipends, please visit the Digital Jumpstart Workshops 2024 webpage. 90-minute workshops: Critical AI Literacy in the Classroom (Katie Conrad) Creating interactive stories with TWINE (John McEwan) Bringing Data Science into the Humanities Classroom (Jonathan Lamb) Using Scalar to Create a Community Archive (Samantha Bishop Simmons) Panel: Using DH in the Classroom (Brigid Enchill, Aimee Wilson, and Jonathan Hagel) Perusall Possibilities: Open Social Annotation (Liz MacGonagle) Digital Project Assignments: Tool Parade and Jam Session (Danica Savonick) Digital Mapping Fundamentals: Geospatial Data Modeling and Visualization (Randa El Khatib) Creating a culture of possibilities and innovation through podcasting assignments (Tami Albin), powered by Localist, the Community Event Platform

Registration is now open for our Fall 2024 Digital Jumpstart Workshops. This event, spread over two afternoons, features workshops, panels, and a keynote talk designed to help instructors integrate the tools and methods of the digital humanities into their classrooms. KU participants will be eligible to apply for $500 stipends from the Center for Teaching Excellence to support the development and implementation of digital humanities assignments into their classes. For full descriptions and information about the course stipends, please visit the Digital Jumpstart Workshops 2024 webpage. 90-minute workshops: Critical AI Literacy in the Classroom (Katie Conrad) Creating interactive stories with TWINE (John McEwan) Bringing Data Science into the Humanities Classroom (Jonathan Lamb) Using Scalar to Create a Community Archive (Samantha Bishop Simmons) Panel: Using DH in the Classroom (Brigid Enchill, Aimee Wilson, and Jonathan Hagel) Perusall Possibilities: Open Social Annotation (Liz MacGonagle) Digital Project Assignments: Tool Parade and Jam Session (Danica Savonick) Digital Mapping Fundamentals: Geospatial Data Modeling and Visualization (Randa El Khatib) Creating a culture of possibilities and innovation through podcasting assignments (Tami Albin)

Registration is now open for our Fall 2024 Digital Jumpstart Workshops. This event, spread over two afternoons, features workshops, panels, and a keynote talk designed to help instructors integrate the tools and methods of the digital humanities into their classrooms. KU participants will be eligible to apply for $500 stipends from the Center for Teaching Excellence to support the development and implementation of digital humanities assignments into their classes. For full descriptions and information about the course stipends, please visit the Digital Jumpstart Workshops 2024 webpage. 90-minute workshops: Critical AI Literacy in the Classroom (Katie Conrad) Creating interactive stories with TWINE (John McEwan) Bringing Data Science into the Humanities Classroom (Jonathan Lamb) Using Scalar to Create a Community Archive (Samantha Bishop Simmons) Panel: Using DH in the Classroom (Brigid Enchill, Aimee Wilson, and Jonathan Hagel) Perusall Possibilities: Open Social Annotation (Liz MacGonagle) Digital Project Assignments: Tool Parade and Jam Session (Danica Savonick) Digital Mapping Fundamentals: Geospatial Data Modeling and Visualization (Randa El Khatib) Creating a culture of possibilities and innovation through podcasting assignments (Tami Albin)

Registration is now open for our Fall 2024 Digital Jumpstart Workshops. This event, spread over two afternoons, features workshops, panels, and a keynote talk designed to help instructors integrate the tools and methods of the digital humanities into their classrooms. KU participants will be eligible to apply for $500 stipends from the Center for Teaching Excellence to support the development and implementation of digital humanities assignments into their classes. For full descriptions and information about the course stipends, please visit the Digital Jumpstart Workshops 2024 webpage. 90-minute workshops: Critical AI Literacy in the Classroom (Katie Conrad) Creating interactive stories with TWINE (John McEwan) Bringing Data Science into the Humanities Classroom (Jonathan Lamb) Using Scalar to Create a Community Archive (Samantha Bishop Simmons) Panel: Using DH in the Classroom (Brigid Enchill, Aimee Wilson, and Jonathan Hagel) Perusall Possibilities: Open Social Annotation (Liz MacGonagle) Digital Project Assignments: Tool Parade and Jam Session (Danica Savonick) Digital Mapping Fundamentals: Geospatial Data Modeling and Visualization (Randa El Khatib) Creating a culture of possibilities and innovation through podcasting assignments (Tami Albin)

Registration is now open for our Fall 2024 Digital Jumpstart Workshops. This event, spread over two afternoons, features workshops, panels, and a keynote talk designed to help instructors integrate the tools and methods of the digital humanities into their classrooms. KU participants will be eligible to apply for $500 stipends from the Center for Teaching Excellence to support the development and implementation of digital humanities assignments into their classes. For full descriptions and information about the course stipends, please visit the Digital Jumpstart Workshops 2024 webpage. 90-minute workshops: Critical AI Literacy in the Classroom (Katie Conrad) Creating interactive stories with TWINE (John McEwan) Bringing Data Science into the Humanities Classroom (Jonathan Lamb) Using Scalar to Create a Community Archive (Samantha Bishop Simmons) Panel: Using DH in the Classroom (Brigid Enchill, Aimee Wilson, and Jonathan Hagel) Perusall Possibilities: Open Social Annotation (Liz MacGonagle) Digital Project Assignments: Tool Parade and Jam Session (Danica Savonick) Digital Mapping Fundamentals: Geospatial Data Modeling and Visualization (Randa El Khatib) Creating a culture of possibilities and innovation through podcasting assignments (Tami Albin)

Making Your Digital Project Accessible Watson 503A Katherine Knowles, Hall Center for the Humanities October 17th, 4 PM Register Digital accessibility is a critical component in making sure anyone can interact with your project online. Guidelines for making web pages accessible are continuously evolving, but if you prioritize digital accessibility from the outset, you can easily make sure your project upholds accessibility standards. In this workshop, we will discuss the shifting landscape of digital accessibility, examine the principles of universal design, and explore ways you can easily make various components of your webpage accessible. Registration is required.

Machine Learning and Humanists: strategies for the classroom John McEwan, KU Libraries Watson 455 October 7th, 12 PM Registration The availability of software libraries for machine learning, in combinationwith the growing number of digital information resources, enables humanities scholars to explore the application of this technology not only to their research, but also to their teaching. To work effectively with machine learning, students need an understanding of technical concepts, but also a critical understanding of the biases and limitations of machine learning systems. What is the best approach to introducing humanities students to these topics, without overwhelming them? This presentation will introduce strategies for teaching machine learning to humanities students, through an evaluation of an undergraduate internship research program that I ran in 2023-24, which involved students building a system for dating medieval seal matrices from Britain. Registration is required.

Since the beginning of the lesbian and gay archival movement of the 1970s, LGBTQ+ activists, archivists, and scholars around the world have produced hundreds of impactful LGBTQ+ archival and memory projects, many of them increasingly digital. Yet these projects are troubled at the intersection the queer, local, and digital past. For instance: many projects desiring queer pasts never begin due to the false belief that such histories can only be found in a few major urban centers or in projects that take a national or transnational perspective. Similarly: existing, under-resourced LGBTQ+ archives often prioritize well-known nationally impactful artifacts and narratives when selecting which of their holdings to digitize. Moreover: some local LGBTQ+ projects reject digital platforming as too expensive, too complex, and less effective at serving local audiences than other forms of exhibition. Despite these troubles, significant opportunities lie in embracing the queer/local/digital past. This talk explores these opportunities through the story of the Queer Memory Project of Northern Colorado (http://www.qmpnoco.org), an educational and community project aimed at discovering, preserving, and sharing the local LGBTQ+ past of the region.  

Machine Learning and Humanists: strategies for the classroom John McEwan, KU Libraries Watson 455 October 7th, 12 PM Registration The availability of software libraries for machine learning, in combinationwith the growing number of digital information resources, enables humanities scholars to explore the application of this technology not only to their research, but also to their teaching. To work effectively with machine learning, students need an understanding of technical concepts, but also a critical understanding of the biases and limitations of machine learning systems. What is the best approach to introducing humanities students to these topics, without overwhelming them? This presentation will introduce strategies for teaching machine learning to humanities students, through an evaluation of an undergraduate internship research program that I ran in 2023-24, which involved students building a system for dating medieval seal matrices from Britain. Registration is required.

Since the beginning of the lesbian and gay archival movement of the 1970s, LGBTQ+ activists, archivists, and scholars around the world have produced hundreds of impactful LGBTQ+ archival and memory projects, many of them increasingly digital. Yet these projects are troubled at the intersection the queer, local, and digital past. For instance: many projects desiring queer pasts never begin due to the false belief that such histories can only be found in a few major urban centers or in projects that take a national or transnational perspective. Similarly: existing, under-resourced LGBTQ+ archives often prioritize well-known nationally impactful artifacts and narratives when selecting which of their holdings to digitize. Moreover: some local LGBTQ+ projects reject digital platforming as too expensive, too complex, and less effective at serving local audiences than other forms of exhibition. Despite these troubles, significant opportunities lie in embracing the queer/local/digital past. This talk explores these opportunities through the story of the Queer Memory Project of Northern Colorado (http://www.qmpnoco.org), an educational and community project aimed at discovering, preserving, and sharing the local LGBTQ+ past of the region.  

The Archivo de Respuestas Emergencias de Puerto Rico (AREPR), or the Emergency Response Archive of Puerto Rico, is a digital open access repository that records, preserves, and disseminates oral histories and relevant disaster-related materials from grassroots Puerto Rican organizations. Utilizing methodologies grounded in the fields of community archiving and digital humanities, AREPR serves as a model for community-engaged researchers to envision and implement projects that are people-first, socially-conscious, and non-extractive. This presentation explores how AREPR’s innovative infrastructure spans theory, technology, and praxis by (1) embracing postcustodial archiving practices; (2) co-creating and co-designing open source software with community partners; (3) partnering with community organizations to determine who, what, where, when, and how information will be shared; (4) collaborating with students in cross-campus research and curricular activities; and (5) building a collaborative framework that allows participating community organizations to collect, preserve, and share archival materials during and beyond the scope of the project. Each of these strategies demonstrate how infrastructure can be reinvented and reimagined to create new opportunities for community engagement, knowledge curation, and social activism. Christina Boyles is an Associate Professor of Information and Library Sciences in the Luddy School at Indiana University Bloomington. Her research explores the relationship between critical archival and data studies, community-centered praxis, and social justice. She currently directs projects funded by the Mellon Foundation and the National Endowment for the Humanities, including the Archivo de Respuestas Emergencias de Puerto Rico, or the Emergency Response Archive of Puerto Rico, a digital humanities project that works with community organizations to collect and preserve oral histories and artifacts pertaining to disaster. The project is available at arepr.org.

The Archivo de Respuestas Emergencias de Puerto Rico (AREPR), or the Emergency Response Archive of Puerto Rico, is a digital open access repository that records, preserves, and disseminates oral histories and relevant disaster-related materials from grassroots Puerto Rican organizations. Utilizing methodologies grounded in the fields of community archiving and digital humanities, AREPR serves as a model for community-engaged researchers to envision and implement projects that are people-first, socially-conscious, and non-extractive. This presentation explores how AREPR’s innovative infrastructure spans theory, technology, and praxis by (1) embracing postcustodial archiving practices; (2) co-creating and co-designing open source software with community partners; (3) partnering with community organizations to determine who, what, where, when, and how information will be shared; (4) collaborating with students in cross-campus research and curricular activities; and (5) building a collaborative framework that allows participating community organizations to collect, preserve, and share archival materials during and beyond the scope of the project. Each of these strategies demonstrate how infrastructure can be reinvented and reimagined to create new opportunities for community engagement, knowledge curation, and social activism. Christina Boyles is an Associate Professor of Information and Library Sciences in the Luddy School at Indiana University Bloomington. Her research explores the relationship between critical archival and data studies, community-centered praxis, and social justice. She currently directs projects funded by the Mellon Foundation and the National Endowment for the Humanities, including the Archivo de Respuestas Emergencias de Puerto Rico, or the Emergency Response Archive of Puerto Rico, a digital humanities project that works with community organizations to collect and preserve oral histories and artifacts pertaining to disaster. The project is available at arepr.org.

Planning Your Digital Project Katherine Knowles, Hall Center for the Humanities September 18th, 12 PM Registration Have an idea for a digital project, but unsure of how to get from the concept to the product? Unsure of how the next phase of your pilot project should evolve? Regardless of what stage you are at in project development, it is important to have a plan as to how you are getting from one iteration of your project to the next. In this workshop, we will discuss how to develop a roadmap for getting your project from point A to point B. We will consider your goals, your audience, and your desired output and explore how your project might evolve. As a group, we will work through creating project planning documents to help you create a manageable to-do list and timeline for your project. This workshop is designed to address issues of project planning for digital projects at any stage? Registration is required.

Planning Your Digital Project Katherine Knowles, Hall Center for the Humanities September 18th, 12 PM Registration Have an idea for a digital project, but unsure of how to get from the concept to the product? Unsure of how the next phase of your pilot project should evolve? Regardless of what stage you are at in project development, it is important to have a plan as to how you are getting from one iteration of your project to the next. In this workshop, we will discuss how to develop a roadmap for getting your project from point A to point B. We will consider your goals, your audience, and your desired output and explore how your project might evolve. As a group, we will work through creating project planning documents to help you create a manageable to-do list and timeline for your project. This workshop is designed to address issues of project planning for digital projects at any stage? Registration is required.