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Can “Art Direction” make better digital projects?
Art direction is not a phrase that I was familiar with in the context of data visualization until I listened to a conversation between Alli Torban, host of the podcast Data Viz Today, and information designer Gabrielle Mérite on Episode 59: How Art Direction Can Make Your Work More Effective. This isn’t a recent episode…
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NYC Digital Humanities in the Context of Radical Care
Introduction Before I begin, I want to thank Kelley Kreitz for her kind introduction, the members of the NYC DH Steering committee for their sense of trust and confidence in asking me to speak today–especially Madiha Choski, who was going to be the other half of this keynote conversation and who unfortunately came down with…
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DHRI: Notes toward our pedagogical approach
The entry below offers a very brief overview of our pedagogical philosophy and the rationale behind the Digital Humanities Research Institutes. The DHRI curriculum places great emphasis on foundational technical skills, and roughly one-third of all sessions at the Institute could be described as foundational. These skills—the command line, Git, Python, and data—represent flexible technologies…
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Closing Remarks: Digital Humanities Research Institute, June 2018
The following are my comments from the closing public lightning talks by participants from the Digital Humanities Research Institute on June 20, 2018. Tomorrow, participants will return to The Graduate Center, CUNY to share their progress and to begin drafting recommendations about leading Digital Humanities Research Institutes (DHRI) at your own institution. The slide show…