Given our theme of collaboration, we will be sponsoring a mini-symposium on that theme on May 16 from 1-5 pm.
May 16: Mini-Symposium on DH and Collaboration, Evans Library 204E (PLEASE NOTE LOCATION CHANGE!)
12:30-: Registration, 204E
1 pm: Keynote: Rebecca Frost Davis, “Everything is Cool When You’re Part of a Team”
Dr. Rebecca Frost Davis is Director for Instructional and Emerging Technology at St. Edwards’s University; a board member of DHCommons, she previously served as program officer for the humanities at the National Institute for Technology in Liberal Education (NITLE).
2:15-2:30 Break
2:30-3:30 Roundtable: Amy Earhart and Toniesha Taylor, “Digital Humanities in the Classroom: Students as Collaborators”
Dr. Amy Earhart is Assistant Professor of English at Texas A&M; Dr. Toniesha Taylor is Assistant Professor of Languages and Communication at Prairie View A&M University.
3:30-3:45 Break
3:45-5:00 Keynote: Ann Hawkins, “From Attic to Archive: DH for the Everyday Document.”
Dr. Ann Hawkins is Professor of Bibliography in the English Department of Texas Tech University, and Director of Texas Manuscript Cultures at txmscultures.writingstore.com/.
Happy Hour at the Hilton/Dinner on your own.
May 17: Unconference in Liberal Arts and Humanities Building (LAAH) 453
8:30-9:00: Registration, Breakfast and Ground Rules, LAAH 453
9:10-10:15: First small groups (LAAH 326, 463, 453, 504, and open spaces)
10:15-10:30 Break, LAAH 453
10:30-11:45: Second small groups (LAAH 326, 463, 453, 504, Evans library, open spaces)
12:00-1:15: Lunch/Birds of a Feather
1:15-2:15: Project planning/small groups (LAAH 326, 463, 453, 504, Evans library, open spaces*)
2:15-2:30: Break
2:30-3:00: Sign up/Prep sessions for Lightning talks (LAAH 326, 463, 453, 504, Evans library, open spaces)
3:00-3:15: Break
3:15-4:15: Lightning talks aka Dork Shorts
4:15-4:30: Wrap-up
Dinner on your own
*Room details:
LAAH 326: (seminar room, seats 20, whiteboards, workstation & projector)
LAAH 401: (seminar room, seats 30, whiteboards, workstation & projector)
LAAH 465: (seminar room, seats 30, whiteboards, workstation & projector)
LAAH 465: (computer lab)
LAAH 453: (large seminar room, seats 75, whiteboards, workstation & projector)
LAAH 504: (seminar room, seats 20, whiteboards, workstation & projector)
LAAH 535: (seminar room, seats 20, whiteboards, workstation & projector)
(for info on all LAAH rooms/labs:
Open spaces: each floor of LAAH has open seating (small tables with 4-5 chairs) that groups can use.
The first floor of Evans has a large open area with tables and chairs that groups can use.
Read more about how unconferences in general and THATCamp in particular work at THATCamp 101 and our “About” page.
