Spring 2021
The Power to Publish
Who has the power to share their ideas with the world or their local communities? Where does that power come from? Who controls what gets...
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Podcasting
Bruce Barber explains the transition from broadcasting to podcasting and introduces several tools that will help you start experimenting on your own.
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Digital Curation with Museum Collections
More and more museums worldwide are making the objects in their collections available to the public online. In this class session, we will experiment with...
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Applied Digital Subversion: Circuit-bending, Twitterbots, and Modding
We create technology for the sake of humanity, but the utilitarian nature and mass-produced uniformity of technology can sometimes leave us feeling dehumanized. By repurposing...
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Previous Semesters
Practice as Research: Creating New Knowledge with Audio Recording and Editing
In this session, Dr. Beck will discuss how artistic practice can generate new scholarly ideas. She will demonstrate her use of binaural audio recording and...
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Academic Twitter: Social Media in Research
In this session, students will learn how to use Mozdeh, a free text-analysis application, to collect and analyze large quantities of social media data. While...
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Mapping with Omeka and Neatline
In this session, students will learn how to use Omeka and Neatline to build digital exhibits using maps and images. These tools can be used to archive...
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Critical Data Literacy: Engaging with Search Engine Optimization and Data Visualization
For my presentation, I have decided to focus on data visualization. For those interested in web design and SEO, I will very briefly talk about...
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Technologies of Text
This presentation will invite participants to explore three platforms available for the publication of text on the Web (Wordpress, Wikipedia, and TAPAS) in the context...
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