X University
Centre for Digital Humanities
September Offerings
2021
• most events are hosted on Zoom and are free and open to all registrants
• also, check out the workshops hosted by the X University Collaboratory!
DH@XU
Lunchtime talks
Thursday 2-3 pm
Fall 2021
Details TBD
Coming…
Description of Talk
Coming soon…
In Fall 2021, in place of the drop-in hours it holds at its space in X University Library, the Centre for Digital Humanities (CDH) will be holding weekly virtual drop-in sessions on Wednesdays from Noon-1 pm (usually on Zoom). These are intended as casual, learning opportunities that bring together the DH community at X University and beyond during COVID-19 restrictions.
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More About Weekly Themes
Each week in a month will be dedicated to a specific theme. The first week, Stories in Play: Let’s Try, will consist of a led, shared exploration of a work of electronic literature (eLit) or a narrative-driven digital game. Week 2, DH Workbench, will be a led, shared exploration of a digital resource or tool for research and/or pedagogy. Week 3, DH@XU Reads, will be an open discussion of a selected work of DH scholarship, read in advance of the drop-in. The fourth week, Critical Code Studies, will explore how coding/programming can be studied in the humanities.
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CDH Virtual
Drop-Ins
Wednesdays Noon-1 pm
STORIES IN PLAY: LET’S TRY
September 8
Lucas Pope’s Papers, Please (2013)
Host: Jason Boyd
Join Jason as he plays a border crossing guard under a repressive government.
DH WORKBENCH
September 15
Using Zotero to Manage Research
Host: Jason Boyd
Join Jason as he demonstrates how Zotero can be used to streamline one’s research process. (Attendees may wish to download the Zotero application in advance.)
DH@XU READS
September 22
“Why Are the Digital Humanities So Straight?” by Edmond Y. Chang
Host: Jason Boyd
A free PDF of the collection in which Chang’s essay appears can be downloaded here: https://punctumbooks.com/titles/alternative-historiographies-of-the-digital-humanities/
CRITICAL CODE STUDIES
September 29
Programming as an Art
Host: Jason Boyd
Donald Knuth, a prominent computer scientist, has argued that programming should be understood as an art and not (just) a science. What does this mean for programming as a focus of humanistic studies? (Knuth’s Turing Award lecture, “Computer Programming as an Art” (1974) can be accessed here: https://dl.acm.org/doi/10.1145/361604.361612).