The second day of THATCamp DHSoCal proved as rewarding as the first. I left with a long list of tools to test and try out, along with some very smart strategies for implementation in teaching and research.

We left invigorated to continue the conversation, both virtually and online. If we captured your email in registration, watch for an invitation to join the DHSoCal email list. This will keep you updated on the latests in the DHSoCal regional network.

Session Summaries

Liz Losh presented on FemTechNet

Share, Play, Remix: a show and tell of cool digital tools and our uses of these tools.

Assessing Digital Projects

Creating Queer Spaces Online

Scalar powered ACLS Workbench

Topic Modelling

Closing Ideas

Great DH Projects and Resources Shared

Exemplary Topic Modelling Projects

Special issue of Journal of Digital Humanities on Topic Modelling

Article on Collaborative Peer Review

Collection of resources for Evaluating DH Practice

We had a great first day of THATCamp DHSoCal. Below are a few pages and docs that summarize the conversations of the day:

Day One Storified

Notes from sessions:

Visualizations Workshop

Starting up a Digital Humanities Center

Being a Digital Humanities Scholar

Text Analysis with Lexos Workshop

Cyberfronterismo

Links shared:
Resources for teaching with Wikipedia

Tools shared:

Lexos

Omeka

Mondrian: A visualization tool

Cool projects:

The Execeptional and the Everyday

Deformance & Interpretation

More than a Fence

Good resources:

ADA Initiative

Geek Feminism on conferences and anti-harassment

Technological Pedagogical Content Knowledge

SAMR model

Gallery of Data Visualizations

Another Gallery of Data Visualizations

Fusion Table Gallery of Examples

We invite you to begin proposing sessions for THATCamp DHSoCal. Sessions can cover topics such as how to use DH tools and build projects, plans for collaborating, coding, administering DH, preserving projects, funding, crowdsourcing, teaching, blogging, data and text mining, mapping, visualizations, open access, publishing, social media, getting started, making/crafting, and whatever else you connect to digital humanities. Bring your ideas, challenges, successes, and visions!

Check out the full details on how to propose as session.

Welcome to “Diving into the Digital Humanities,” a ThatCamp for Southern California!

October 24-25
San Diego State University
@ The new Aztec Student Union

This ThatCamp is special because it is organized through a unique collaboration between 4 regional institutions: San Diego State University, UCSD, Cal State University at San Marcos, and University of San Diego. Inspired by the open, grass-roots efforts of our regional networking group, DHSoCal, this ThatCamp promotes working together and collaborating across disciplinary, departmental, and institutional divides.

All ThatCamps are open to all kinds of campers, but this one is envisioned as a way to get new folks engaged in the DH and to create new networks of collaboration. So, if you have any kind of inkling to learn about the Digital Humanities– whether you’re already a dedicated digital humanist researcher or an absolute newbie, whether you are a student, teacher, or curious community member– come to camp!

Our ThatCamp is about jumping into the Digital Humanities, getting wet, and learning to swim.

Dive in. The water’s fine!