Last night, as our final GCDI Sound Series workshop of the semester, I taught a new workshop: Audio Annotation with Praat and Python. And when I say “new”, I mean …
Category: Reflections
Which digital tool should I use?
It can sometimes be overwhelming to decide which of the legions of digital tools out there are good for any given task, especially when you haven’t yet built expertise in …
An Anthropologist’s Visit to DHSI to Learn about Sound
Kelsey’s photo, Smuggler’s Cove, Victoria, BC, Canada I knelt down with my knees in the sand, feeling a bit silly and bit nostalgic of my more artistic childhood, and held …
Passions, Projects, and Python
Two days before this semester’s Introduction to Python Programming workshop (which was held this past Tuesday night), I came across the following tweet from Jake VanderPlas, author of ‘The Whirlwind …
Multifaceted Access: Modeling Possibility in Maker Spaces with Arduino
Our last maker-themed blog post explored how maker spaces and maker culture are increasingly common features of digital centers, libraries, and academic settings. Common, perhaps, but still, perhaps mystifying to …
Exploring the local impact of the NEH – NEH Impact Index
Graduate Center Digital Initiatives is proud to share the NEH Impact Index. Recent budget proposals by the Trump administration have allocated zero funding to a number of independent federal agencies …
On Choosing a Mobile Platform in the Digital Humanities
Image source:Japanexperterna.se More and more we engage the digital world through smartphones rather than desktop PCs. But some applications are more easily adapted to mobile platforms than others. Among Digital …
Participation, Collaboration, and an Opportunity to Find Out How Much We Can Do
In our series of guest posts by #GCDRB participants, Dr. Lavelle Porter shares his experiences as a faculty member at our inaugural Digital Research Bootcamp. Lavelle is a graduate of …
Finding Your Way Through the Obstacle Course of Code
As Digital Fellows, we occasionally share our reflections on the process of exploring digital research here on Tagging the Tower. During the Digital Research Bootcamp we invited 35 interdisciplinary scholars …
DRB Recap!
For four days in late January, 35 students and faculty from around CUNY gathered at the Graduate Center to take part in GCDI’s inaugural Digital Research Bootcamp. These individuals represented …
