Param Ajmera

PhD - English

I'm a PhD Candidate in English at the CUNY Graduate Center. My research interests include South Asian American Studies, Critical University Studies, theories of performance and archives, as well as technologies of digital curation. I am currently a Digital Fellow at GC Digital Initiatives.

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    Param Ajmera wrote a new post, GCDI is going on Winter Break – See you in Spring 2021!, on the site Digital Initiatives at the Grad Center 1 month ago

    The GCDI will be going on winter hiatus beginning December 21, 2020. We look forward to coming back online when the Spring semester begins on January 29, 2021. The GCDI’s calendar and the news page will be updated […]

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    Param Ajmera started the topic Call for Papers: The Sonic South, Southern Cultures Journal in the forum Group logo of Sound Studies and Methods Working Group #GCDISoundSound Studies and Methods Working Group #GCDISound 1 month, 1 week ago

    Hello all,

    Please check out this exciting CFP – of interest to our group!!!

     

    Call for Papers

    Southern Cultures: The Sonic South

    Guest Editor: Regina N. Bradley (Kennesaw State University)

     

    Southern Cultures, the award-winning, peer-reviewed quarterly from UNC’s Center for the Study of the American South, encourages submissions from s…[Read more]

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    Param Ajmera wrote a new post, GIS at Scale with Google Earth Engine, on the site Digital Initiatives at the Grad Center 1 month, 2 weeks ago

    In this blog post GC Digital Fellow Connor French teaches you how to add “some extra oomph” to your GIS project. Connor discusses different datasets as well as analytical tools available through the Google […]

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    Param Ajmera wrote a new post, Thinking with Sound: Starting a Podcast Project, on the site Digital Initiatives at the Grad Center 1 month, 2 weeks ago

    In this blog post GC Digital Fellow Di Yoong discusses ways of getting your Sound Studies project off the ground by focusing on how to make a podcast. What is the difference between a podcast and an interview? […]

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    Param Ajmera wrote a new post, Apply for the GC Digital Research Institute 2021, on the site Digital Initiatives at the Grad Center 1 month, 2 weeks ago

    The GC Digital Research Institute (GCDRI) Workshop Series
    Six sessions over 5 weeks – January 29 – February 27, 2021
    Application due: December 7th, 11:59pm
    Are you interested in using digital tools in your res […]

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    Param Ajmera wrote a new post, Developing Communities of Practice through Digital Pedagogy, on the site Digital Initiatives at the Grad Center 1 month, 2 weeks ago

    On December 3, 2020 GC Digital Initiatives collaborated with a group of professors from City College as part of a panel for the CUNY IT Conference. Our panel’s topic was “Developing Communities of Practice through […]

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    Param Ajmera started the topic Sound Studies Group Open Meeting – Dec. 7 at 2pm in the forums: DARC (Digital Archive Research Collective), GC Digital Research Institute – January 2020, Digital Initiatives at the CUNY Graduate Center, English Program American Literature Group, Digital Humanities Initiative.

    Hello all!!

    The next Sound Studies and Methods working group meeting will take place on Monday Dec. 7 at 2pm. Will be exploring the Musical Passage project to discuss the various aspects of designing a Sound Studies project.

    The Zoom details for the meeting will be shared in the Sound Studies commons group, so please join our group!

    Until soon,
    Param

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    Param Ajmera started the topic December Meeting – 12/7 @ 2pm in the forum Group logo of Sound Studies and Methods Working Group #GCDISoundSound Studies and Methods Working Group #GCDISound 1 month, 4 weeks ago

    Hello all!!

    Our next Sound Studies and Methods working group meeting will take place on Monday Dec. 7 at 2pm. Will be exploring the Musical Passage project to discuss the various aspects of designing a Sound Studies project.

    The Zoom details for the meeting will be shared in this group soon, so stay tuned!

    Until soon,
    Param

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    Param Ajmera wrote a new post, Mapping the Effects of COVID-19 – GC Digital Fellows, on the site Digital Initiatives at the Grad Center 2 months, 1 week ago

    In this informative post, GC Digital Fellow Olivia Ildefonso discusses the GIS /Mapping Working Group’s project to assess the COVID-19 pandemic’s effect on vulnerable communities in New York and strategize […]

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    Param Ajmera wrote a new post, Body Language, on the site Digital Initiatives at the Grad Center 2 months, 2 weeks ago

    In this thought provoking article from The Baffler, Sanjana Varghese discusses the dangers of biometric surveillance beyond facial recognition. Whereas facial recognition has rightfully occupied a lot of […]

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    Param Ajmera started the topic Journal of Interactive Technology and Pedagogy: CFP for Issue with Special Forum in the forums: Sound Studies and Methods Working Group #GCDISound, Transformative Learning in the Humanities, RUG -- R User's Group, PUG - Python User's Group, DVG - Data Visualization Group, DARC (Digital Archive Research Collective).

    Hello all!

    I am writing to invite you and your colleagues to consider submitting manuscripts for consideration in an upcoming issue in the Journal of Interactive Technology and Pedagogy. Here are some details about the Journal and the forthcoming issue:

    About the Journal

    The Journal of Interactive Technology and Pedagogy (JITP) seeks scholarly w…

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    Param Ajmera replied to the topic Public Transportation Project Feedback? in the forum Group logo of Sound Studies and Methods Working Group #GCDISoundSound Studies and Methods Working Group #GCDISound 2 months, 4 weeks ago

    Hey Leanne!

    Great to see you engage this forum. Your project sounds very fascinating (especially around Halloween!) and I would encourage you to begin by thinking about the end and then building towards it. If you’re thinking about sharing these screeches via a website, you could begin by drawing out on a piece of paper what you’d like that…[Read more]

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    Param Ajmera wrote a new post, Creating a Dissertation Blog with Open Source Tools – GC Digital Fellows, on the site Digital Initiatives at the Grad Center 3 months ago

    Check out GC Digital Fellow Filipa Calado’s helpful guide to start a dissertation blog, where you can develop your thoughts and share drafts of your work in progress!

    Read more: Creating a Dissertation Blog […]

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    Param Ajmera joined the group Group logo of Transformative Learning in the HumanitiesTransformative Learning in the Humanities 3 months, 1 week ago

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    Param Ajmera wrote a new post, CFP: 6th Annual CUNY DHI Lightning Talks, on the site Digital Initiatives at the Grad Center 3 months, 1 week ago

    Interested in digital humanities at CUNY? Have a project to share? Sign up to present your digital humanities project, research, or questions with students, faculty, and staff from across CUNY’s cam […]

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    Param Ajmera wrote a new post, When Algorithms Give Real Students Imaginary Grades, on the site Digital Initiatives at the Grad Center 3 months, 1 week ago

    This op-ed by Meredith Broussard throws light on the extremely troubling use of predictive grading for assessing the International Baccalaureate examinations, which recently gave thousands of students a failing […]

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    Param Ajmera joined the group Group logo of Digital Humanities InitiativeDigital Humanities Initiative 3 months, 2 weeks ago

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    Param Ajmera wrote a new post, Twitter Apologizes for Racist Image-Cropping Algorithm, on the site Digital Initiatives at the Grad Center 3 months, 2 weeks ago

    This news article published in The Guardian covers Twitter’s response to a racist image cropping algorithm that automatically focused on White faces over Black ones. The article notes that Twitter isn’t the […]

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    Param Ajmera wrote a new post, The Authoritarian Trade-Off, on the site Digital Initiatives at the Grad Center 3 months, 2 weeks ago

    In this fascinating article, the media theorist Jathan Sadowski casts a critical eye on the ways in which the COVID-19 pandemic has become a cover for the expansion of state surveillance across the world. […]

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