THATCamp New England

May 30 and 31, 2014
Boston University College of General Studies
871 Commonwealth Avenue, Boston MA 02215

THATCamp stands for “The Humanities and Technology Camp.” It is an unconference: an open, inexpensive meeting where humanists and technologists of all skill levels learn and build together in sessions proposed on the spot. An unconference is to a conference what a seminar is to a lecture, what a party at your house is to a church wedding, what a pick-up game of Ultimate Frisbee is to an NBA game, what a jam band is to a symphony orchestra: it’s more informal and more participatory.

Workshops

• Introduction to XML with Vika Zafrin: An introduction to what text encoding is and why digital humanists do it.
• Introduction to Omeka with Karen Bourrier and Erica Zimmer: Omeka is a free, open-source content management system, which is being used by libraries, archives, museums, and scholars to display content and scholarship in a flexible and interactive setting. This workshop will provide participants with an overview of the platform and teach them how to create and describe items (i.e. photos, text, maps), organize items within collections, and publish content for the public.
• Data Visualization and Fusion Tables with Debra Sarlin: A fun and collaborative session for those who are a bit fretful in the face of daunting data.
• Omeka, Under the Hood with Patrick Murray-John: We’ll look at the basic structures of Omeka themes and plugins, and how to navigate around the codebase to find what you need to hack.
• Lexos for Computational Text Analysis with Scott Kleinman and Michael Drout: We will demonstrate the functions and use of Lexos, and workshop participants will have the opportunity to get hands-on experience either with our sample text collections or with their own.
• Introduction to MediaKron with Timothy Lindgren: This session will be a demonstration of the digital humanities tool MediaKron and a discussion around best practices for maintaining and sharing DH applications.