Category Archives: Session Proposals

Proposals for unconference sessions from THATCamp participants.

Building quick and easy timelines with TimeMapper

Posted on April 18, 2017 by Fletcher Durant

Adding another possibility for a Tools sessions, I can walk through the process of building a simple timeline and map display using Open Knowledge Labs TimeMapper tool. The session could be a part of a collaborative tools sessions (10-15 minutes … Continue reading →

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Mapping old and new routes between Florida and Cuba (a DH project in progress)

Posted on April 18, 2017 by Javier Sampedro

Both Florida and Cuba have played a central role in the socio-economic development of the Caribbean basin for centuries. What new research and analytical tools can be employed for the study of this time-honored interchange in the age of Digital … Continue reading →

Categories: Collaboration, Data Mining, Libraries, Mapping, Research Methods, Session: Talk, Teaching, Text Mining, Visualizations | 2 Comments

Talk (or Play): Hands on the Touch Table

Posted on April 18, 2017 by Eric Segal

Are you a non-programmer curious about producing touch table experiences?  I would be glad to facilitate or co-facilitate an introduction to creating touch table experiences that promote exploration of art and humanities content. In this session, i would like to … Continue reading →

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Augmenting Art with Aurasma

Posted on April 17, 2017 by Emily Brooks

Digital humanities offer ways for scholars to explore how technology impacts our fundamentals. For example, three basic modes of writing are expository, narrative, and persuasive. But, what if we used those same three guidelines, to expose, to narrate, to persuade, … Continue reading →

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Monograph to Multimedia: Transforming Assignments

Posted on April 17, 2017 by Barbara Lewis

Last fall, a colleague and I worked with a professor to transform his History class’s research paper assignments to multimedia projects using timeline, mapping, and website building online apps.  I propose to share our process and results and to discuss lessons learned. … Continue reading →

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Session: Exhibiting Online

Posted on April 16, 2017 by Casey Wooster

For THATCamp, I would like to see a session focused on online exhibitions as interpretational mediums for engagement, education and interpretation with audiences inside of and outside of museums. It would be great to hear from anyone who has experience and or an … Continue reading →

Categories: Session: Talk | 2 Comments

Tools – Omeka, Scalar, Palladio

Posted on March 27, 2017 by Jessica Aberle

As a session, I was thinking about teaching a tool that I have used previously – Scalar, Omeka, or Palladio. I am not an expert but have worked with them before and would be happy to share what I know. … Continue reading →

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