DH at the End of the World: Mapping and Plain Text
The Fall LxC Skills Workshops are live!!! Open boats, come one, come all!
Join us for our Fall 2021 skills-building workshop series!!!! This fall, we are joined by Dr. Alex Gil, Digital Scholarship Librarian at Columbia University.
Public capacity for the workshops is limited; LxC members guaranteed admittance. So register early!
DH at the End of the World: Mapping
In this session you will learn about different types of digital maps, the differences between GIS and web mapping and what choices you have and their implications.
September 29, 3 PM EST
Registration: https://zoom.us/meeting/register/tJIscuyuqTwjGtXIA7d8u38w0Z7XiLXM24bA
DH at the End of the World: Plain Text
In this session you will learn what is Plain Text, how to edit it, and how it can be used to create websites and run code on your machine.
October 6, 3 PM EST
Registration: https://zoom.us/meeting/register/tJ0vd-mpqT4tGNDN2tQa_b6OfbgFFOWWE_lV
Questions: Contact Brooke Lansing, Logistics Manager, at cblansing at jhu dot edu
Dr. Alex Gil’s profile: I am the Digital Scholarship Librarian at Columbia University, where I collaborate with faculty, students and library colleagues in humanities research, pedagogy and knowledge production that involves the use of advanced computation, digital media design, and network technologies. I am the lead coordinator for the Butler Library Studio at Columbia University Libraries, a tech-light library space focused on digital scholarship and pedagogy, and now a broadcast, Studio Remote. I’m also co-founder and moderator of Columbia’s Group for Experimental Methods in the Humanities, a trans-disciplinary research cluster focused on experimental humanities; one of the creators and main editors of archipelagos journal: a journal of Caribbean digital praxis, and co-wrangler of its sister conference series, The Caribbean Digital.
My research interests include Caribbean culture and history, with a focus on twentieth century poetry; digital humanities and technology design for different infrastructural and socio-economic environments; and, the relations of power and material extent of the cultural and scholarly record.
Read more about him here: https://www.elotroalex.com/profiles/