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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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Fwd: [DHSI] Reminder: One Week Left! Fwd: Call for Chapter (Recipe) Proposals for ACRL’s Critical Digital Humanities Cookbook, Edited by Fiona Kovacaj & Victoria James

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    From: Fiona Kovacaj <[email protected]>
    Date: Wed, Jan 24, 2024 at 3:49 PM
    Subject: [DHSI] Reminder: One Week Left! Fwd: Call for Chapter (Recipe)
    Proposals for ACRL’s Critical Digital Humanities Cookbook, Edited by Fiona
    Kovacaj & Victoria James
    To: <[email protected]>
    Cc: <[email protected]>, Victoria James <
    [email protected]>

    Good afternoon,

    This is a friendly reminder that the call for proposals for recipes/chapter
    for ACRL’s upcoming ‘Critical Digital Humanities Cookbook’ is due next
    week, on *February 1st*.

    Please complete the Google Form to submit a proposal no later than:
    https://forms.gle/hjL2TMLY5E2GFNeY9

    We are accepting chapter (“recipe”) proposals on instructional activities
    for teaching about the Digital Humanities through a critical lens for
    ACRL’s upcoming *Critical Digital Humanities Cookbook, *edited by Fiona
    Kovacaj & Victoria James. Activities in this cookbook will encourage
    participants to think about theoretical and methodological issues in the
    field. Some theoretical paradigms/frameworks that can be applied to the
    recipes include critical media studies, feminism, disability justice,
    anti-racism, decolonization, critical race theory, and queer theory. Each
    recipe will serve as a guide to teaching about the Digital Humanities.

    Final recipes will follow the ACRL Cookbook format
    (https://drive.google.com/file/d/172C0sgfIuBE67aEBcMFsHE21XJ6kLU5T/view?usp=sharing),
    which frames each activity as a recipe. While recipes are presented in an
    approachable package, the topics they discuss should be handled with
    seriousness and care.

    Your recipe is encouraged to be related to one of these key areas, although
    ideas outside of these key areas are also welcome!

    – Defining the Digital Humanities
    – Digital Tools
    – Data & Metadata
    – Preservation
    – Access

    More details on each section below!

    If you have any questions, please don’t hesitate to reach out to Victoria
    and I at [email protected]

    Best wishes,
    Fiona

    ———- Forwarded message ———
    From: Fiona Kovacaj <[email protected]>
    Date: Mon, Dec 11, 2023 at 11:52 AM
    Subject: Call for Chapter (Recipe) Proposals for ACRL’s Critical Digital
    Humanities Cookbook, Edited by Fiona Kovacaj & Victoria James
    To: <[email protected]>
    Cc: Victoria James <[email protected]>, <
    [email protected]>

    *Call for Chapter (Recipe) Proposals*

    We are accepting chapter (“recipe”) proposals on instructional activities
    for teaching about the Digital Humanities through a critical lens for
    ACRL’s upcoming *Critical Digital Humanities Cookbook, *edited by Fiona
    Kovacaj & Victoria James. Activities in this cookbook will encourage
    participants to think about theoretical and methodological issues in the
    field. Some theoretical paradigms/frameworks that can be applied to the
    recipes include critical media studies, feminism, disability justice,
    anti-racism, decolonization, critical race theory, and queer theory. Each
    recipe will serve as a guide to teaching about the Digital Humanities.

    Proposal Submission Guidelines:

    Final recipes will follow the ACRL Cookbook format
    (https://drive.google.com/file/d/172C0sgfIuBE67aEBcMFsHE21XJ6kLU5T/view?usp=sharing),
    which frames each activity as a recipe. While recipes are presented in an
    approachable package, the topics they discuss should be handled with
    seriousness and care.

    Please complete the Google Form to submit a proposal no later than February
    1, 2024: https://forms.gle/hjL2TMLY5E2GFNeY9

    Cookbook Outline

    Your recipe is encouraged to be related to one of these key areas. If you
    have ideas outside of these areas, please let us know.

    Section 1: Defining the Digital Humanities

    Chapters or “recipes” in this section may include activities about:

    Different types of digital scholarship and who is producing digital
    scholarship

    Debates surrounding the definition of DH

    Centering humans in the digital

    Introducing theoretical paradigms

    Critical methodologies to specific topics in the humanities and the
    digital

    Section 2: Digital Tools

    Digital tools include, but are not limited to:

    Storytelling tools (3D Modeling, interactive timelines and displays, AR,
    VR, etc.)

    Text encoding tools (Oxygen, LEAF-writer)

    Mapping and timeline tools (ArcGIS, etc.)

    Text mining tools (Voyant, Google nGram viewer, Bookworm, etc.)

    Network analysis tools (Gephi, Cyoscape, Onodo, etc.)

    Data visualization tools (Tableau, Voyant, D3.js, etc.)

    Gaming and virtual reality (Twine, Blender, Unreal Engine, etc.)

    Critical DH topics within this chapter may range from:

    Biases in digital tools (ex. racist algorithms)

    Ethics around machine learning and artificial intelligence

    Inclusivity and representation in digital tools

    Issues of privacy

    Digital autonomy

    Limitations of digital tools more broadly

    Section 3: Data & Metadata

    Chapters or “recipes” in this section may include, but are not limited to,
    activities about:

    Data bias

    Critical reflection of metadata standards (ex. MODS, MARC 21, etc.)

    Ethics of linked data

    Privacy and surveillance

    Ethics of crowdsourced labor

    Decolonial schemas

    Critical reflection of language and taxonomies

    Section 4: Preservation

    Chapters or “recipes” in this section may include, but are not limited to,
    activities about:

    Weighing the benefits against the limitations of digitization

    Environmental impact of digital storage

    Intermediality

    Equitable representation

    Risks to digital media

    Preservation challenges

    Loss of context in digitized materials

    Section 5: Access

    Chapters or “recipes” in this section may include, but are not limited to:

    Accessible design

    The digital divide (i.e. equitable access to information)

    Open access and copyright issues

    Censorship

    Sustainability of digital projects (upkeep, etc.)

    Protection of traditional knowledge

    Please email Fiona Kovacaj and Victoria James at
    [email protected] if you have any questions.

    You can refer to The Data Literacy Cookbook (ACRL 2022)
    (https://www.ala.org/news/member-news/2022/11/new-acrl-data-literacy-cookbook)
    and The Scholarly Communications Cookbook (ACRL 2021)
    (https://www.ala.org/news/member-news/2021/11/new-acrl-scholarly-communications-cookbook)
    for
    examples of format. We encourage creativity and are flexible on the length,
    style, topics, etc. We are looking forward to your submissions!


    *Fiona Kovacaj* MA, MI (she/her)
    Librarian, E-Learning | Sociology, LGBTQ+ Studies, Interior Design,
    Performance
    Toronto Metropolitan University (Formerly Ryerson)
    416-979-5000 ext. 540035
    [email protected]
    Book an appointment during my office hours
    (https://calendar.app.google/i5fYSpkDt9L9geRXA)

    library.torontomu.ca Twitter: @librarytmu
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    *Fiona Kovacaj* MA, MI (she/her)
    Librarian, E-Learning | Entrepreneurship, Zone Learning, Marketing,
    Interior Design, Performance
    Toronto Metropolitan University (Formerly Ryerson)
    416-979-5000 ext. 540035
    [email protected]
    Book an appointment during my office hours
    (https://calendar.app.google/i5fYSpkDt9L9geRXA)

    library.torontomu.ca Twitter: @librarytmu
    (https://twitter.com/librarytmu) | Instagram: @librarytorontomu
    (https://www.instagram.com/librarytorontomu/)
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