Vivero Digital Scholarship Fellows Bootcamp 2018
- Location: DLab (Forum) unless otherwise specified
- August 20-24, 9am-12pm, 1-5pm
- August 21, 12-2pm: Lunch w/ Dr. Michelle Moravec
- All other meals will be on your own in the Dining Hall
Who are your fearless co-leaders? Find out here.
Where can you take group notes? On the OneDrive documents we’ve set up for:
Questions? Ideas? Let us know. Activities are subject to change as need arises.
What you’ll be responsible for doing each day:
• Participating
• Reflecting
• Documenting
• Reading
• Asking questions, keeping track of ideas
| Monday | |
|---|---|
| 9 | Welcome, overview, getting to know you |
| 10 | What is a digital humanities project?: INQUIRING MINDS WANT TO KNOW Link to examples |
| 11 | Jarrett Drake: "Documenting Dissent in the College Archive" |
| 12 | Lunch |
| 1-2:30 | Intro to metadata: meet in Burling Library Special Collections |
| 2:30-4 | Intro to Omeka via CSV upload |
| 4 | Reflection/ documentation/ read/ work on own |
| Reading for tomorrow | Review guest expert Dr. Michelle Moravec’s website Morgan: The Consequences of Framing Digital Humanities Tools as Easy to Use Battershill, Shavely, Southworth & Gordon: Collaborative Modernisms |
| Tuesday | |
|---|---|
| 9-12 | Introduction to textual analysis with Dr. Moravec |
| 12-2 | Lunch |
| 2-4 | Workshop with Dr. Moravec |
| 4 | Reflection/ documentation/ read/ work on own |
| Reading for tomorrow | D’Ignazio & Klein: Feminist Data Visualization |
| Wednesday | |
|---|---|
| 9 | Debrief week so far |
| 9:30-12 | Intro to data visualization |
| 12 | Lunch |
| 1-3 | Visualize Vivero data |
| 3-4 | Collaboration: what is it? |
| 4 | Reflection/ documentation/ read/ work on own |
| Reading for tomorrow | Richards: Maps: Are They Instruments of Power? |
| Thursday | |
|---|---|
| 9-9:30 | Debrief |
| 9:30-12 | Intro to mapping & spatial analysis |
| 12 | Lunch |
| 1-2 | Documentation as collaboration & generally good practice w/ Dr. Caleb Elfenbein |
| 2-4 | Developing a cohort charter (see link under 2018 Fellows) |
| 4 | Reflection/ documentation/ read/ work on own |
| Reading for tomorrow | How to do your job when you don't know how to do your job (Carleton College) |
| Friday | |
|---|---|
| 9-12 | Your first three hours as a fully-fledged Vivero Fellow (don't worry, we have a tutorial) |
| 12 | Lunch |
| 1:15 | Return from lunch so you aren't late for |
| 1:30-3:30 | Communication Workshop with Chinyere Ukabiala, Grinnell College Ombudsperson |
| 3:30 | Finish charter if needed, next steps & defensive calendaring |
