Thursday, November 14th
12:00-2:00pm
Main Library, Digital Scholarship Lab, Flex Space (2nd Floor, West)
Join the MSU Digital Humanities Program for our second annual DH Research Showcase in the MSU Main Library, Digital Scholarship Lab, Flex Space (2nd Floor, West), where recipients of DH summer funding will discuss their projects, and where we invite all faculty, staff and students working on DH projects to share their projects in process.
Please feel free to bring your own lunch.
The interdisciplinary field of digital humanities (DH) aims to bring together humanistic inquiry and digital technologies, organizing new modes of archival research, developing computer-aided methodologies for answering humanistic questions, curating digitized archives of all kinds, bringing digital platforms into the classroom in creative ways, and engaging critically with the culture of new media.
Schedule:
12-12:10PM – Introduction
12:10-12:17PM: A Community-Engaged Approach to Mesoamerican Plant Knowledge: The Co-Creation of a Botanical Database, Aubree Marshall (Seed Grant Report)
12:20-12:27PM: Taking A Walk Down Memory Lane: Exploring Immersive Digital Approaches in Local Communities, Ashley Cerku (Seed Grant Report)
12:30-12:37PM: “Below the Line – The Feuilleton and Modern Jewish Cultures” Matt Handelman
12:40-1PM: Questions/Discussion
1-1:07 PM: Walking virtually with Nokomis, Heather Howard
1:10-1:17PM: Networking Letters of the Revolution (1689-1691), Gillian MacDonald and Morgan Fox (Seed Grant Report)
1:20 – 1:27: Mapping Reproductive Injustice Law, Taylor Mills and Gregory Rogel (Seed Grant Report)
1:30 – 1:37PM: Rebuilding Department Stores in SketchUp, Marissa Knaak
1:40 – 2PM: Questions/Discussion/Wrap Up