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Digital Humanities Initiative

The CUNY Digital Humanities Initiative (CUNY DHI), launched in Fall 2010, aims to build connections and community among those at CUNY who are applying digital technologies to scholarship and pedagogy in the humanities. All are welcome: faculty, students, and technologists, experienced practitioners and beginning DHers, enthusiasts and skeptics.

We meet regularly on- and offline to explore key topics in the Digital Humanities, and share our work, questions, and concerns. See our blog for more information on upcoming events (it’s also where we present our group’s work to a wider audience). Help edit the CUNY Digital Humanities Resource Guide, our first group project. And, of course, join the conversation on the Forum.

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Internet Privacy Party?

  • Posted by Sara Vogel, PhD. (she/her) on November 22, 2016 at 10:56 pm

    Hi DH community,

    Do we know if anyone at the GC is planning (or has planned) an event around helping people in the community protect the privacy of their digital communications? I was thinking about putting together an informal party / event that would bring together folks who are experts in things like encryption, TOR, and other tools, along with others who care about keeping their data private given the political climate. Anyone interested in ideating this with me? I know some folks at NYU Magnet were also interested, so we could do a co-produced event. There are all sorts of guides online about how to do this, but I feel like I’d be more motivated to dive in if I was around others!

    Sara V (GC Urban Ed)

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  • Achim Koh
    Participant
    November 30, 2016 at 3:44 pm

    Hi Sara,

    I was feeling the need for such an event for a while and I’m glad that you’ve brought it up! I can’t say I am too experienced with event organization but I am definitely interested. I also plan to visit the CryptoParty at Eyebeam (http://eyebeam.org/events/secure-resist/) this Saturday, so I might have more to talk about after that.

    Sara Vogel, PhD. (she/her)
    Member
    November 30, 2016 at 4:43 pm

    Hey Achim!

    I saw that and was planning to go get some ideas for some sort of future GC event. Hopefully I’ll see you there.

    SV

    Matthew K. Gold (he/him)
    Participant
    November 30, 2016 at 5:14 pm

    Hi Sara,

    GC Digital Initiatives has been discussing this along with some other CUNY colleagues, but planning efforts may wind up be subsumed by end-of-semester hecticness. We’d love to co-sponsor something. There is a new Data Privacy and Security group — http://commons.gc.cuny.edu/groups/data-privacy-and-security-369391218/ — that is already sharing some resources.

    Best,

    Matt

    Sara Vogel, PhD. (she/her)
    Member
    November 30, 2016 at 6:31 pm

    Thanks, Matt — I’ll sign up for the group, and maybe we can pull something together for early next semester, given schedules!

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