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2017-06-14
Transformative Projects
Experimental publishing
Literature Ph.D. Candidate Jeanelle D. Horcasitas is producing a multimedia, non-linear dissertation companion piece entitled “The Utopian/Dystopian American Dream: Immigration and Labor in Latina/o Science Fiction” on the publishing platform
Cyber-Archeology Lab
Anthropology Distinguished Professor Thomas E. Levy and his team of researchers use three dimensional artifact scanning, immersive virtualization of excavations, and ultra-high resolution imaging to facilitate archaeological research and education
Computational Dreams
Visual Arts Ph.D. Student Gabi Schaffzin collaborated with Zachary Kaiser, a professor of Graphic Design and Experience Architecture at Michigan State University, and artist and educator Sofie Hodara on a performance exhibition that investigated the limits of algorithmic thinking.
Digital Philosophy Lab
Philosophy professor Clinton Tolley organizes the DPL, which experiments with various Digital Humanities techniques and critically discusses issues concerning the usefulness of Digital Humanities methodology in philosophy in particular.
Amazonia Mapping Project
History Professor Christine Hunefeldt and History Graduate Student James Deavenport use GIS and big data methods to help support the cultural and ecological preservation of the Amazon.
Have a project to share?
Let us know if you have a digital arts & humanities project you’d like to share with the campus community. Email Erin Glass at erglass@ucsd.edu.
Conceptions of Nature in Public Discourses
Razvan Amironesei, a postdoctoral scholar of the Center on Global Justice, is using computational methods to illuminate underlying conceptions of nature in contemporary public discourses about water scarcity in California.
Nonlinear history
Communication professor Stefan Tanaka’s project “1884” experiments with the possibility of a nonlinear history of Meiji Japan through electronic forms of publication.
Digital Arts & Humanities Discussion Group
All are welcome to join our bi-monthly discussion group where we discuss readings related to digital arts & humanities, workshop digital projects, and share information. Stay tuned for Fall 2017’s reading list.
Unlimited, self-serve, customizable websites, groups, & networking tools
Use the newly-launched digital commons, KNIT, to create websites for your research projects or classes, create topic-based discussion groups, and network with the UC San Diego community.
Race and Oral History in San Diego
History Professor Luis Alvarez and Ethnic Studies Professor Yen Espiritu are designing a course where students will produce digital oral histories with local residents as a public resource.
Mellon-funded digital pedagogy
As part of the Mellon-funded “Activating the Humanities” collaboration with the San Diego Community College District, IAH is providing resources and training for digital pedagogy, multimodal publishing, student networking and professional student presence online.
Research Data Curation
Supports campus needs for data management, discovery, sharing, and preservation.
Feminist Media
USC Professor of Cinema + Media Studies Tara McPherson gave on a talk on “Ambivalent Designs: Feminism, Race + the Digital Humanities.” Co-sponsored by the Race, Gender, Nation, & Empire in Digital Scholarship research group, IAH, and the Library. Check out her article “Designing for Difference” on the freely-available, non-linear digital publishing platform Scalar that she co-founded.
Doing Digital Wrongly
Hip hop scholar group We Levitate gave a collaborative talk on “The Asylum: Alternative Sonic Registers of Black Girlhood,” hosted by the Critical Gender Studies Program at the Cross Cultural Center. Check out their music on Soundcloud.
Teaching fake news
USC Director of Humanities and Critical Code Studies Lab and Associate Professor of Writing Mark Marino gave a netprov-inspired talk on “How to Teach a Fake News Course: Journullism in the Age of Trump.” Co-sponsored by the Library and the IAH. Read more about the course and find teaching materials here.
Digital Humanities community
San Diego State University Digital Humanities Librarian Pam Lach shared information on emerging digital knowledge practices in her talk “Cultivating Community: Building Support for Digital Humanities in Academic Libraries.”
Co-sponsorship opportunities
Interested in bringing a scholar to campus to talk on research related to digital humanities/scholarship or new media? For possible co-sponsorship opportunities, contact Erin Glass at erglass@ucsd.edu.
Podcasting the humanities
Assistant history professor Chris Gratien gave an introduction to scholarly podcasting based on six years of experience with the Ottoman History Podcast.
Writing + Critical Expression Hub
Dedicated to supporting all writing on campus, for any project.
Research IT
Helping UCSD faculty, staff, and student researchers to navigate the complex IT environment for successful research outcomes.
Library Carpentry
UC San Diego hosted the very first Library Carpentry workshop in the United States! Library Carpentry is part of the Carpentry movement, whose mission is to train researchers and librarians in the technological tools and computational skills needed in today’s research environment.
Digital Scholarship Uncamp
The Library held a half day series of interactive presentations and discussions devoted to introducing and exploring a broad array of topics and methods in Digital Humanities (DH) and emerging DH opportunities on campus.
Data science for everyone
Data science can lend fresh perspective on virtually any scholarly discipline, but its practice is often limited to those who have been trained extensively in its methods. In this workshop, Ilya Zaslavsky, Director of Spatial Information Systems Laboratory at UCSD, gave a tutorial on SUAVE, a platform-based tool he’s helped build for exploring data sets as varied as Salvador Dali’s paintings to responses from the General Social Survey.
FORCE11 Scholarly Communication
The FORCE11 Scholarly Communications Institute at the University of California, San Diego is a week long summer training course, incorporating intensive coursework, seminar participation, group activities, lectures and hands-on training. Participants will attend courses taught by world-wide leading experts in scholarly communications.
Future Workshops
Stay tuned for future digital humanities and digital scholarship workshops. And let us know what sort of workshops you’d like to see by writing Erin Glass at erglass@ucsd.edu.
Still here?
Stay updated by joining our Digital Humanities discussion group on KNIT. Students, faculty, and staff from all areas of campus are welcome to post relevant news, events, resources, and questions to the group forum. Don’t forget to first create an account with KNIT by logging in with your Active Directory credentials.