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Many thanks to the University of Kansas and all of the organizers of the Digital Humanities Forum! In the spirit of THATCamp, I wanted to share my notes from all of the sessions—Thursday-Saturday—that I was able to attend. Please feel free to do with these what you want: reuse, remix, add, etc. Apologies for any misspellings or inaccurate quotations; please leave any edits in the comments section and I’ll update accordingly. Notes after the break . . . Read the rest of this entry »

About THATCamp
THATCamp.org

Roy Rosenzweig Center for History and New Media, George Mason University”

THATCamp “groundrules”
www.foundhistory.org/2010/05/24/thatcamp-groundrules/

KU Institute for Digital Research in the Humanities
idrh.ku.edu

THATCamp Kansas Blog
kansas2012.thatcamp.org

Twitter
#thatcampks
@IDRH_KU

Google Docs
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Schedule & locations
Friday:
—THATCamp: Watson Library 8:30 – 4:00pm
—Keynote Talk: Geoffrey Rockwell, 4:30pm Watson Library 3 West

Saturday: Big Data and Uncertainty in the Humanities
—Kansas Union, Alderson Auditorium, 9:00am – 3:00pm
—Keynote Talk: Kari Kraus, 11:15am

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Lunch
–Kansas Union (Food court, Impromptu Cafe)
–Oread Hotel (BirdDog)

IDRH is pleased to announce our Fall 2012 Digital Humanities Forum, September 20-22, 2012 at the University of Kansas. The Forum consists of three separate but related programs held over three days:

Update: full schedule now online

• Day One (Thursday, September 20) / WORKSHOPS
  A set of in-depth, hands on workshops on digital humanities tools and topics such as GIS, data visualization, text markup and annotation, and creating online digital exhibits.

   

• Day Two (Friday, September 21) / THATCamp KANSAS
  An “unconference” for technologists and humanists, with conversations about topics defined on-site by the participants.

   

• Day Three (Saturday, September 22) / BIG DATA AND UNCERTAINTY IN THE HUMANITIES
  A one-day program of panels and poster sessions showcasing digital humanities projects and research.

Plenary speakers at the Forum include:

• Gregory Crane, Editor-in-Chief, Perseus Digital Library
  “The Humanities in a Digital Age”
  Thursday, September 21, 4:30 PM, Watson Library
• Geoffrey Rockwell, Professor of Philosophy and Humanities Computing at the University of Alberta, Canada
  “False Positives: Opportunities and Dangers in Big Text Analysis”
  Friday, September 21, 4:30 PM, Watson Library
• Kari Kraus, Assistant Professor, College of Information Studies and the Department of English at the University of Maryland
  “Phylogenetic Futures: Big Data and Design Fiction”
  Saturday, September 22, 11:15 AM, Alderson Auditorium, Kansas Union

Watch this space for more information as schedules, lodging arrangements, and other details are finalized.