Humanidades Digitales is the Spanish name for Digital Humanities (DH). While this might be seen as a mere translation, for many of us it materializes our scholarship and everyday experience …
Doing humanidades digitales at CUNY
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Welcome to Spring 2025!
The Graduate Center Digital Initiatives (GCDI) and GC Digital Fellows have been hard at work developing resources, events, workshops, and opportunities to help you continue to learn and develop your …
Have patience, think creatively: reflections on building digital identity and communications capacity for @gcsocialwelfare
This post is written by Ian G. Williams, PhD student in Social Welfare and Program Social Media Fellow. Connect with Ian G. Williams on [email protected]; Instagram@igraywill; LinkedIn http://linkedin.com/in/iangraywilliams Over the …
Racialized Aspects of Data Collection & Data Use
There is a common misconception that data is neutral, an objective truth. However, the data that we use to build computer programs, to conduct research, and to inform policy cannot …
Join us at the GC Digital Research Institute
The GC Digital Research Institute (GCDRI) Jan. 21st – 24th Application due: December 3rd, 11:59pm December 6 @ noon / 12:00 PM https://gcdri.commons.gc.cuny.edu/ Are you interested in using digital tools in …
EXTENDED DATE: Apply by 2/7/2025 for the Provost’s Digital Innovation Grants
Provost’s Digital Innovation Grants Call for Proposals Deadline: Friday, February 7, 2025 at 11:59 PM Provost’s Digital Innovation Grants (PDIGs), a recurring GC Digital Initiatives program, provide financial support to …
Digital Humanities in the Anthropocene
The Anthropocene is the age marked by the substantial consequences that human activities have caused to the Earth system(the different natural processes and their interactions). What are some challenges of doing Digital Humanities in the Anthropocene?
What is metadata, and why does it matter?
Metadata is “data about data”. In other words, metadata is information that describes one or more aspects of data. It makes working with data easier, and it allows machines to …
Tidying Data Using tidyverse in R
Introduction When researchers collect quantitative data, they often store it in a CSV, TSV, or TXT file for cleaning and analysis. This data can then be loaded into R for …
Web Scraping with Python and the Reddit API
Introduction In this guide, we will be using Python to scrape data from Reddit. Reddit is a social news aggregation and forum-style discussion website. Registered members submit content to the …
