Doing DH is a Digital Scholarship series focusing on the basic skills needed for working in the digital humanities. Lightning-talk panels, presentations, and workshops showcase people, projects, and expertise in the Triangle and offer insights into the practical side of being a digital humanist. Presentations and panel discussions are in the FHI Garage (Bay 4, Smith Warehouse). Light refreshments will be served. Workshops are in the Wired! Lab (Bay 11 Smith Warehouse).
The next events in this series are November 21 : a workshop and panel discussion on project management in the digital humanities (more information below).
Digital Humanities Project Management Workshop
Date: Thursday, November 21
Time: 4:00 – 5:00 p.m.
Location: Wired! Lab, Smith Warehouse, Bay 11 (click for map)
Registration: Required (seating is limited). Please register to attend.
Contact: Liz Milewicz, liz.milewicz@duke.edu
Introduction to digital humanities project planning and management, with special emphasis on choosing the tools and applications (from free apps like Google Docs to professional software like BaseCamp and Jira) that best suit your project and your team. Participants are encouraged to bring their own laptops.
Digital Humanities Project Management Panel
Date: Thursday, November 21
Time: 6:00 – 7:30 p.m.
Location: FHI Garage, Smith Warehouse Bay 4 (click for map)
Registration: Register online
Contact: Liz Milewicz, liz.milewicz@duke.edu
Light refreshments will be served.
Following the workshop, join us for a panel discussion on common issues in digital humanities project development. What planning and management challenges are specific to digital humanities? How do DH project managers coordinate team effort, communicate with stakeholders, and control unexpected changes in project scope? Participating panelists hail from both Duke and UNC, including:
- Mary Caton Lingold (Soundbox Project co-director and English Department doctoral student, Duke University)
- Erin Parish (Cultural Anthropology Department doctoral student, Duke University)
- Ashley Reed (Manager, William Blake Archive, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill)
- Josh Sosin (Duke Collaboratory in Classics Computing and Associate Professor of Classical Studies, Duke University)
Sponsored by the Duke University Libraries Digital Scholarship Services department and the Wired! Group.