Saturday, Feb 23rd (International Open Data Day), there will be event at the GC for Occupy Sandy data. We'll digitize, sanitize and preprocess a data set that can be used for further analysis, and recommend data standards for ongoing neighborhood canvassing.
MALS and Digital Humanities GC students may attend these classes on a space-available basis: interested students must contact Prof. Arienne Dwyer to confirm space availability and scheduling: [email protected]. Course site: http://dhmethods13.commons.gc.cuny.edu/course/syllabus/ Course Description This is a hands-on course, which is the second semester of a two course core sequence in Digital Humanities. Its …
The purpose of this workshop is to familiarize participants with the WordPress platform while creating a digital academic identity on the CUNY Commons. We will focus on the main design and content components of a WordPress site, including theme editing, managing content, plugin capability and image use. We will create a WordPress site on the …
“Never Mind the Body, Here’s a Gamepad? Considering Embodiment in The Age of Play” Mary Flanagan (Dartmouth College) Sponsored by the English Student Association, Doctoral Students’ Council, GC Digital Initiatives, and CUNY Digital Humanities Initiative Opening keynote for “Minding the Body: Dualism and its Discontents,” an interdisciplinary conference hosted by the English Student Association at …
Friday, March 1st and Saturday, March 2nd, is the Occupy Data Hackathon in the James Gallery. There will Occupy Sandy and other data sets to work. All tech skill levels (inc. zero) are welcome. More information can be found here. Please share this info with others. Any questions, feel free to email Chris Alen Sula …
JustPublics@365, The Graduate Center, ARC, OpenCUNY and the Department of Sociology are pleased to host Theorizing the Web 2013 (#TtW13) Conference, Saturday, March 2. There will be a pre-conference meetup and panel discussion on the evening of Friday, March 1. All events are held at The Graduate Center, CUNY, 365 Fifth Avenue. Saturday March 2nd, Concourse Level …
MALS and Digital Humanities GC students may attend these classes on a space-available basis: interested students must contact Prof. Arienne Dwyer to confirm space availability and scheduling: [email protected]. Course site: http://dhmethods13.commons.gc.cuny.edu/course/syllabus/ Course Description This is a hands-on course, which is the second semester of a two course core sequence in Digital Humanities. Its …
Poverty, YouTube and Representation: A Conversation Cheap and accessible digital technologies have changed how we tell stories and voice opinions in public, as well as who gets heard. Yet many people fighting to move out of poverty don’t share stories online—some don’t have access, and even if they do, may be so used to being …
From March 1-6, JustPublics@365 will host a summit, “Re-Imagining Scholarly Communication for the 21st Century.” How is the web changing the way we produce knowledge, engage with publics beyond the academy and work for social justice? What does it mean to be a scholar in the digital era? How is the measure of scholarly impact …
Wish you could jump into the digital conversation by actually using digital and social media? You can. JustPublics@365 is offering free workshops for academics on Wednesday, March 6th, from 10am to 1pm at The Graduate Center, CUNY. These Graduate Center Ph.D. students will be offering workshops to help faculty and graduate students improve their digital …
