Beyond the Map: Visual Literacy & Storytelling That Sticks Story maps have exploded in popularity lately, becoming the go-to tool for effectively communicating data-driven narratives across fields like […]

Hidden Costs of AI and the Case for Luddite Thinking In conversations about technology, being called a Luddite is a big insult. Colloquially, it refers to a kind of technophobic kook who’s m […]

Register for GCDI Conversations in Digital Scholarship GCDI Conversations in Digital Scholarship A Symposium Hosted by the GC Digital Fellows May 13, 2025 from 2 – 5 PM Register here on a […]

Ethical Metadata for Digital Projects Metadata is a foundational element of many digital projects, from tagging posts on a blog, to categorizing resources, to describing archival […]

Become a 2025-2026 GC Digital Fellow Deadline: March 21, 2025 @ 11:59 p.m. Application link: https://cuny.is/gcdf25-26 Are you looking for a fellowship that will challenge you […]

Rethinking Participatory Mapping as a Justice-Oriented Practice Maps do more than document space—they shape who is visible, prioritized, and excluded. Participatory mapping is often framed as a d […]

Doing humanidades digitales at CUNY Humanidades Digitales is the Spanish name for Digital Humanities (DH). While this might be seen as a mere translation, for many of us it […]

Welcome to Spring 2025! The Graduate Center Digital Initiatives (GCDI) and GC Digital Fellows have been hard at work developing resources,  events, workshops, and […]

Have patience, think creatively: reflections on building digital identity and communications capacity for @gcsocialwelfare This post is written by Ian G. Williams, PhD student in Social Welfare and Program Social Media Fellow. Connect with Ian G. Williams on […]

Racialized Aspects of Data Collection & Data Use There is a common misconception that data is neutral, an objective truth. However, the data that we use to build computer programs, to conduct […]

Join us at the GC Digital Research Institute The GC Digital Research Institute (GCDRI) Jan. 21st – 24th Application due: December 3rd, 11:59pm  December 6 @ noon / 12:00 PM Are you i […]

EXTENDED DATE: Apply by 2/7/2025 for the Provost's Digital Innovation Grants Provost’s Digital Innovation Grants Call for Proposals Deadline: Friday, February 7, 2025 at 11:59 PM Provost’s Digital Innovation Grants ( […]

Digital Humanities in the Anthropocene The Anthropocene is the age marked by the substantial consequences that human activities have caused to the Earth system (the different natural […]

What is metadata, and why does it matter? Metadata is “data about data”. In other words, metadata is information that describes one or more aspects of data. It makes working with dat […]

Tidying Data Using tidyverse in R Introduction When researchers collect quantitative data, they often store it in a CSV, TSV, or TXT file for cleaning and analysis. This data […]

Web Scraping with Python and the Reddit API Introduction In this guide, we will be using Python to scrape data from Reddit. Reddit is a social news aggregation and forum-style […]

AI is everywhere; is it in qualitative research, too? Potentials, Pitfalls, and Open-Source Solutions (Part 2) In this second part of our exploration into AI’s role in qualitative research (you can find part one here), we’ll focus on the concerns and iss […]

6 Tools for Digital Safety in the Age of Surveillance 6 Tools for Digital Safety in the Age of Surveillance In response to the past year of anti-genocide student protests across NYC, Gov. Kathy […]

AI is everywhere; is it in qualitative research, too? Potentials, Pitfalls, and Open-Source Solutions (Part 1) AI is everywhere these days. It’s in your pocket,  driving cars, selecting what show we should binge on, and which search results we should se […]

GCDI Welcomes You Back for Fall '24! Welcome back for the fall semester! The Graduate Center Digital Initiatives (GCDI) and GC Digital Fellows have been hard at work developing […]