One of the most common questions from those outside (and still inside) the field is "What is/are the Digital Humanities?" Rather than come up with one centrally agreed upon answer, Day of DH celebrates diversity in the digital humanities community. Day of DH is an opportunity to follow along and see for yourself what digital humanists really do, through a worldwide blogging collaboration.
For the past several months, we have been working with the Bancroft Library to plan #HackFSM: A Hackathon for the Free Speech Movement Digital Archive on April 1-12, 2014.
Join us next week for the "Computing and Practice of History" event with Dr. Robert Nelson (Digital Scholarship Lab) as he presents his talk, "Topic Modeling and Textual Analysis of the Civil War."
When: February 27, 4pm - 6pm
Where: Maude Fife (315 Wheeler Hall), Reception to follow at D-Lab (356 Barrows Hall)
Join us in welcoming internationally renowned Erik Champion to UC Berkeley campus February 10-14, 2014 for a series of workshops and talks on critical gaming in cultural heritage, archaeology, and digital humanities. Don’t miss out on this great opportunity to hear from Erik Champion! Remember to also check out our 'Events' page for a curated list of digital humanities events at UC Berkeley.
(Note the times and locations for each event)
“What is Virtual Heritage?”
As someone who studies history, I often think about how our understanding of the past is shaped by our capability to remember and also to preserve. In my past experience at the colonial archives, I was thrilled to look through handwritten correspondence, but I always felt that my historical interpretation was like guessing at the image of an infinite-numbered piece puzzle while only possessing a few of its pieces.
I was kindly invited to Umea, Sweden for the Sorting the Digital Humanities Out Workshop convened by Patrik Svensson (@patriksv) from HUMlab, which has left me with lots of inspiration for the digital humanities community at UC Berkeley. I was also really struck by the nature of international discussions on digital humanities, particularly when it came to addressing transnational challenges regarding community and infrastructure (institutional, spatial, and digital).