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Jim McGrath wrote a new post, THATCamp Reflections: On the Unfinished Business of Unconferences, on the site THATCamp Retrospective

Tue, 03 Mar 2020 21:01:46 +0000

The call for THATCamp reflections in the wake of the project’s sunsetting has generated a lot of interesting writing, as well as an informal record of some of the networks that intersected with (and, in some cas […]

Sara Brumfield wrote a new post, THATCamp Changed Our Lives, on the site THATCamp Retrospective

Mon, 02 Mar 2020 15:38:15 +0000

When folks ask me how we started FromThePage, our crowdsourced transcription software, I talk about the family diaries, and how, inspired by Wikipedia, we sought to build a place that made transcribing a […]

Ben Brumfield wrote a new post, Gratitude, on the site THATCamp Retrospective

Mon, 02 Mar 2020 15:38:04 +0000

In 2012, I wrote this email to Dave Lester and Jeremy Boggs:
Yesterday, I was telling someone that I’d had three big breaks to be able to do DHish work as a career. Enumerating them I realized that two of them […]

Matthew Lincoln wrote a new post, Apogee, on the site THATCamp Retrospective

Fri, 28 Feb 2020 22:40:42 +0000

In 2013 I was nearing the end of my PhD coursework and feeling truly despondent about the specter of writing a proposal for my dissertation. Nothing in the field seemed to be the right combo of interesting, […]

karindalziel wrote a new post, THATCamp through the years, on the site THATCamp Retrospective

Fri, 28 Feb 2020 19:31:50 +0000

In 2008 I was an office associate in the Center for Digital Research in the Humanities, halfway through my Library Master’s, and attempting to build a “professional network” on Twitter (an effort hamstrung to this […]

sbrennan wrote a new post, We'll Always Have THATCamp, on the site THATCamp Retrospective

Fri, 28 Feb 2020 02:29:35 +0000

Saying farewell to THATCamp is saying goodbye to an era. That era probably ended a few years ago, but it’s ethos and enthusiasm lives on in all of us campers.

I must admit, I never expected that THATCamp w […]

Dan Cohen wrote a new post, More than THAT, on the site THATCamp Retrospective

Wed, 26 Feb 2020 18:13:32 +0000

“Less talk, more grok.” That was one of our early mottos at THATCamp, The Humanities and Technology Camp, which started at the Roy Rosenzweig Center for History and New Media at George Mason University in 20 […]

mebrett wrote a new post, Just (geo)Duckie, on the site THATCamp Retrospective

Wed, 26 Feb 2020 17:43:02 +0000

It was my Dad, George H. Brett II, who told me about THATCamp. He was my introduction to many DH things – html, the world wide web, twitter, and RRCHNM. I was working in public history, and after he attended a […]

quinnanya wrote a new post, When anything was doable, on the site THATCamp Retrospective

Wed, 26 Feb 2020 17:19:32 +0000

My first THATCamp memory is the poster for THATCamp Chicago in 2010. I downloaded it immediately and set to work adding Space Invaders. I couldn’t resist.

That meeting, which brought in folks from […]

Anastasia Salter wrote a new post, Playing at Academia, on the site THATCamp Retrospective

Wed, 26 Feb 2020 15:49:22 +0000

When I attended THATCamp in 2010, I had just defended my dissertation, and I was trying to figure out who I was supposed to be now that I had supposedly grown up. Looking back at my session proposal that year, my […]

Jeanne Kramer-Smyth wrote a new post, THATCamp Reflections, on the site THATCamp Retrospective

Wed, 26 Feb 2020 03:39:35 +0000

My path to the inaugural THATCamp started at the Society of American Archivist’s 2006 annual meeting in DC. I was a local grad student presenting my first poster: Communicating Context in Online Collections – […]

Amanda French wrote a new post, Bliss was it in that dawn, on the site THATCamp Retrospective

Tue, 25 Feb 2020 22:26:54 +0000

When I think of the THATCamp era, 2008-2014, I think of the Wordsworth lines from The Prelude: “Bliss was it in that dawn to be alive / But to be young was very heaven” (see at Hathitrust). Wordsworth was […]

Jeffrey McClurken wrote a new post, A Career Forged in THATCamps, on the site THATCamp Retrospective

Tue, 25 Feb 2020 21:18:36 +0000

I began by just trying to figure out how many THATCamps I attended. I knew that I went to the original one at CHNM in 2008, presenting on a class that I had just finished teaching for the first time, and […]

Mills Kelly wrote a new post, I Am Here to Have Fun!, on the site THATCamp Retrospective

Tue, 25 Feb 2020 16:06:28 +0000

Sometime toward the end of 2010, the organizers of ThatCamp Lausanne asked me to come and give a keynote to get the event started on the right foot. ThatCamp in Switzerland? Um, sure. I can definitely make […]

Max Marmor wrote a new post, THATCamp and Digital Art History, on the site THATCamp Retrospective

Mon, 24 Feb 2020 23:09:26 +0000

We at the Samuel H. Kress Foundation are proud to have been among the early philanthropic sponsors of THATCamps. Our key interest was in jump-starting the evolution of digital art history. In retrospect it is […]

jtheibault wrote a new post, Reflections on THATCamp, the Franchise, on the site THATCamp Retrospective

Fri, 21 Feb 2020 17:16:43 +0000

I don’t remember how I first learned about THATCamp – perhaps it was from the HNN website, or perhaps it was from Twitter. I’m pretty sure the inaugural one passed me by entirely unnoticed. But when the call for p […]

Boone Gorges wrote a new post, The Unreality of THATCamp, on the site THATCamp Retrospective

Thu, 20 Feb 2020 20:42:38 +0000

I attended my first THATCamp in 2009, less than a year before I quit my PhD studies. I descended on CHNM that June weekend wavering between: frustration about the hypercompetitive-hypermasculine-hypercynical world […]

Trevor Owens wrote a new post, Growing up with THATCamp, on the site THATCamp Retrospective

Wed, 19 Feb 2020 01:21:39 +0000

The Humanities and Technology Camp (THATCamp) has announced the program is sunsetting and is hosting a retrospective on the site. I’m crossposting some quick reflections there and here.

I think I’ve been to […]

Patrick Murray-John wrote a new post, THATCamp, DH, and my Wardrobe, on the site THATCamp Retrospective

Tue, 18 Feb 2020 21:45:02 +0000

The sunsetting of THATCamp is bittersweet for me. It played a fundamental part in both my personal and professional development over its entire span. From the initial reactions on Twitter, and the retrospectives […]

Lee Skallerup Bessette wrote a new post, Where We All Ended Up, on the site THATCamp Retrospective

Tue, 04 Feb 2020 01:22:38 +0000

I don’t know if I can say what impact THATCamp had on (checks notes) Comparative Literature, but I do know, personally, what impact it had on my teaching and my career. A decade ago, I was a contingent faculty […]

Amanda French wrote a new post, Announcing THATCamp retrospective and sunsetting, on the site THATCamp

Mon, 03 Feb 2020 14:13:42 +0000

(Cross-posted from http://retrospective.thatcamp.org/2020/01/31/announcing-thatcamp-retrospective-and-sunsetting/ )

The first THATCamp (The Humanities and Technology Camp) was held at the Center for […]

Amanda French wrote a new post, Announcing THATCamp retrospective and sunsetting, on the site THATCamp Retrospective

Fri, 31 Jan 2020 23:03:01 +0000

The first THATCamp (The Humanities and Technology Camp) was held at the Center for History and New Media (now the Roy Rosenzweig Center for History and New Media) at George Mason University in the summer […]

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Tue, 28 Jan 2020 22:04:17 +0000

Amanda French wrote a new post, Contribute to the THATCamp retrospective, on the site THATCamp Retrospective

Tue, 28 Jan 2020 21:03:36 +0000

This is a site where you can share memories, critiques, epiphanies, comments about THATCamp — read more about the project here. If you would like to contribute, please register for this site using the form below. […]

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Mon, 11 Nov 2019 20:26:10 +0000

Zhiwei Wang wrote a new post, THATCamp Followup, on the site CNY THATCamp 2019

Tue, 05 Nov 2019 18:47:24 +0000

Accessibility
Katherine (Kate) Deibel

Inclusion & Accessibility Librarian

Syracuse University Libraries

Web Accessibility Testing Anyone Can Perform: Keyboard Access

Interactive Digital W […]

Glenn Allen wrote a new post, Let's watch some TED talks that we haven't had a chance to see., on the site CNY THATCamp 2019

Fri, 25 Oct 2019 05:12:08 +0000

If you are like me there are some TED talks on your ‘to watch’ list that you never get around to watching. Let’s choose a few to watch and then have a group discussion after each one.

We watched the f […]

Adam DJ Brett wrote a new post, Incorporating #minicomp best practices into DH, on the site CNY THATCamp 2019

Fri, 25 Oct 2019 00:58:42 +0000

Digital Humanities projects are fantastic and quite versatile but they are often severely limited due to being inaccessible and/or from requiring far too much computing power. I would like all of to take time to […]

Zhiwei Wang wrote a new post, Which States Are More Poetic? Exploring Places in American Poetry with the HTRC Analytics, on the site CNY THATCamp 2019

Thu, 24 Oct 2019 21:16:00 +0000

‘Distant reading’ is an alternative approach for historians and literary scholars who are working on large and extra-canonical corpora. But the problem is, how can we ‘feed the texts into computer’? Do we have to […]

Patrick Williams wrote a new post, See you Friday!, on the site CNY THATCamp 2019

Thu, 24 Oct 2019 08:54:38 +0000

I’m really excited for our event coming up on Friday. I just wanted to put in a final prompt/reminder about proposing sessions. As you can see, several of our co-campers have written up proposals that cover a w […]

Glenn Allen wrote a new post, Tips and tricks session (or life hacks), on the site CNY THATCamp 2019

Wed, 23 Oct 2019 21:19:12 +0000

In my travels I seem to discover cool, interesting little tips (and sometimes they show up a couple of times in different places). This could be anything…..academic, Microsoft office short cut, cooking recipe, e […]

Lina Žigelytė commented on the post, HistoryForge Workshop, on the site CNY THATCamp 2019

Wed, 23 Oct 2019 20:49:15 +0000

Eve, thanks for the proposal, I love it. I wonder how this session could also include a conversation on working with historic maps from other locations, especially outside of West, and on visualizing history on […]

Amy Gay wrote a new post, Strengths and Needs of our Institutions - How can we build cross-collaborations and a community of practice (Talk Session), on the site CNY THATCamp 2019

Wed, 23 Oct 2019 18:38:35 +0000

This talk session would be a time to discuss how Digital Humanities / Scholarship plays a role at our institutions, sharing what is going well and also what challenges / gaps are impacting growth, scaling, […]

Eve Snyder wrote a new post, HistoryForge Workshop, on the site CNY THATCamp 2019

Wed, 23 Oct 2019 01:54:31 +0000

HistoryForge is an open-source program being developed by The History Center in Tompkins County that combines historic maps, data from the US Census, archival and user-generated content to allow users to engage […]

Amanda Page wrote a new post, Listen, Talk, Discuss: Panel session on Open for Whom: A conversation with editors of Open Access Journals, on the site CNY THATCamp 2019

Fri, 18 Oct 2019 15:20:32 +0000

Our beautiful world is ever changing, and ever staying the same. Many years have passed since the BOAI formally defined Open Access in the BOAI (Budapest Open Access Initiative), 2002, though the heart of the […]

Noah Wilson wrote a new post, Developing an Algorithmic Awarness in the Classroom, on the site CNY THATCamp 2019

Wed, 16 Oct 2019 17:39:08 +0000

In this session we will discuss approaches to teaching algorithmic principles in first year classrooms (and beyond). In the first part of this session, we will engage with 2-3 short activities that can be used to […]

Kelly Delevan wrote a new post, Let's solve the NYT Crossword Puzzle!, on the site CNY THATCamp 2019

Tue, 08 Oct 2019 17:21:57 +0000

Do you like crosswords, but find them hard to crack? Do you wish you could get past the confusing clues and themes and finish a tough puzzle? Crosswords are an excellent way to flex your cognitive muscles in the […]

Patrick Williams wrote a new post, It's time to begin proposing sessions!, on the site CNY THATCamp 2019

Fri, 04 Oct 2019 20:26:10 +0000

Because THATCamp CNY 2019 is an unconference, planning the content of the conference falls to all of us.

You are invited to use the THATCamp 2019 site to propose sessions in the categories of Talk / Make / […]

Patrick Williams wrote a new post, Choose Your Own Adventures: Simple Tools for Interactive Digital Writing, on the site CNY THATCamp 2019

Fri, 04 Oct 2019 20:21:05 +0000

On this session, we will look at several examples of creative interactive (mostly-text-based) writing platforms. We will play a few examples, talk about applications, and explore the backend interfaces of tools […]

Patrick Williams wrote a new post, Registration is now open for THATCamp CNY 2019, on the site CNY THATCamp 2019

Tue, 10 Sep 2019 20:14:09 +0000

We are pleased to open registration for THATCamp CNY 2019, which will take place at Bird Library on Friday, October 25, 2019. Registration and attendance for this day-long event are FREE. Fill out our registration […]

William Patrick wrote a new post, Epilogue, on the site THATCamp Community College

Fri, 06 Sep 2019 17:48:06 +0000

After seven years and five unconferences, we have decided that THATCamp Community College 2019 will be our final unconference. We would like to thank all campers who attended over the years and for the support we […]

Amanda French started the topic User registration disabled on main THATCamp site in the forum Technical issues

Tue, 23 Jul 2019 15:42:15 +0000

Hi all — this shouldn’t affect you at all if you are a legitimate user, but today I disabled user registration on the main THATCamp site at thatcamp.org because of a recent spate of spam user registration and spam forum posts. If you want to attend a THATCamp, you can still register through that camp’s subsite (such as…[Read more]

Sharon Healy became a registered member

Wed, 17 Jul 2019 08:55:54 +0000

Matthew Hunter wrote a new post, Digital cultural heritage and the gamification of the past, on the site THATCamp Tallahassee 2019

Wed, 26 Jun 2019 18:43:29 +0000

“Digital cultural heritage,” a field with a wide variety of definitions, has benefited greatly from the use of several emerging technologies to increase accessibility to cultures and historical content for a lar […]

Taegan Dennis wrote a new post, Blender in Cultural Heritage, on the site THATCamp Tallahassee 2019

Tue, 25 Jun 2019 20:29:50 +0000

Blender’s versatility as a free, open-source computer graphics program makes it popular with diverse audiences, from professional CG artists to gamers enthusiastic to build their own assets. While these c […]

Hannah Hunt wrote a new post, Python as an Interdisciplinary Necessity, on the site THATCamp Tallahassee 2019

Tue, 25 Jun 2019 18:36:44 +0000

This 30-minute discussion session addresses Python and its claim to being the fastest-growing major programming language in the world. Discussion topics will include:

Overview of Python

Why it is […]

Sarah Smith wrote a new post, What's Up With Archival Digitization?, on the site THATCamp Tallahassee 2019

Tue, 25 Jun 2019 18:09:19 +0000

This 30 minute session will work as an open forum to discuss general knowledge and experience surrounding digitization projects. The session will also be interested in exploring issues faced by digitization […]

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Tue, 25 Jun 2019 15:30:13 +0000

Taegan Dennis became a registered member

Tue, 25 Jun 2019 13:54:33 +0000

Keila Zayas Ruiz wrote a new post, The Digital Public Library of America: A Tool for Humanities Pedagogy and Research, on the site THATCamp Tallahassee 2019

Mon, 24 Jun 2019 20:56:29 +0000

A 50-minute presentation and discussion around the Digital Public Library of America (DPLA) as a tool for teaching and research. The DPLA provides a platform where over 30 million digital cultural heritage […]