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Jacque Wernimont wrote a new post, Session proposal: FemTechNet and the DOCC, on the site THATCamp Feminisms West 2013 right now

Alex Juhasz has offered to host a session on FemTechNet and the feminist Distributed Online Collaborative Course. You can read more about the effort here as well.

Jacque Wernimont wrote a new post, Session proposal: Gamification and "thirding" the DH Intro, on the site THATCamp Feminisms West 2013 right now

From a recent comment by Anne Harley: “Is gameification a dirty word in DH? Is the narrowing of experience and choice in games inherently a bad fit for the humanities? How have others (if they exist) implemented […]

Jacque Wernimont wrote a new post, Session proposal: Video game studies and DH, on the site THATCamp Feminisms West 2013 right now

From Amanda’s recent registration: “My particular specialties are in video game studies and the digital humanities, and would be happy to host sessions on either of those topics.”

Jacque Wernimont wrote a new post, Seconding the Intro to DH workshop, on the site THATCamp Feminisms West 2013 right now

This is my first THATCamp and I would definitely be interested in a workshop that serves as an introduction to DH. Thanks! -Genevieve Carpio (originally via comment).

Jacque Wernimont wrote a new post, Session proposal: creating a Community DH Center or Tech Hub, on the site THATCamp Feminisms West 2013 right now

Borrowing the idea from the many “community cycling centers” around the U.S., I’d like to develop a plan to establish either a virtual, traveling, or brick and mortar center that would offer free/low cost help […]

Jacque Wernimont commented on the post, Feminists Engage Wikipedia, on the site THATCamp Feminisms West 2013 right now

Hi Tassie,

Location and other information is now up – had to migrate it over from other blog! So many blogs!

Looking forward to seeing you there.

Jacque

Jacque Wernimont wrote a new post, Register!, on the site THATCamp Feminisms West 2013 right now

A few people have found the Registration link above a bit hard to find. You can also just click on the following link to the Registration Page. Don’t forget to suggest a session below, too!

Jacque Wernimont wrote a new post, Workshops and Sessions, on the site THATCamp Feminisms West 2013 right now

For those who are new to the THATCamp genre, it’s important to distinguish between ‘workshops’ and ‘sessions.’ The former are lead on a specific topic or skill and generally have a single facilitator/educator. The […]

Jacque Wernimont wrote a new post, Be a THATCamp Feminisms Fellow!, on the site THATCamp Feminisms West 2013 right now

Interested in using digital/new media to think about culture, society, and community? Curious about the ways that gender and technology interface? Want to enable more people to utilize the tools of our networked […]

Jacque Wernimont wrote a new post, Workshop planning, on the site THATCamp Feminisms West 2013 right now

We’re busy getting ready for our March 15th and 16th events here at THATCamp Feminisms West.

Currently in the hopper:

a virtual and in-person Wikipedia Edit-a-thon in celebration of Women’s History Month and […]

Jacque Wernimont commented on the post, Strategies for broad-based adoption, on the site THATCamp Liberal Arts Colleges 2012 right now

This is a really hard nut to crack, especially at LACs where institutional culture and infrastructure might not change very quickly. I’d be interested in thinking about ways that showcasing DH work might lead to […]

Jacque Wernimont commented on the post, Intermediate Digital Humanities Professional Development, on the site THATCamp Liberal Arts Colleges 2012 right now

I’m in full agreement with the notion that we need to be programming for DHers beyond the intro level. There are other kinds of workshops – like the Women Writers Project seminars […]

Jacque Wernimont wrote a new post, Session Idea: Transform DH, on the site THATCamp Liberal Arts Colleges 2012 right now

A number of different groups and individuals have pointed out the ways in which DH, as a field, could do more to include women and people of color. Similarly, there have been calls to encourage more engagement […]

Jacque Wernimont wrote a new post, DH Collaboration: LACs, R1, and Cultural Heritage Institutions, on the site THATCamp Liberal Arts Colleges 2012 right now

The 2008 CLIR report on Digital Humanities Centers suggested that Centers were risking silo-style knowledge and infrastructure development (http://www.clir.org/pubs/reports/pub143/pub143.pdf). At the same time, […]

Jacque Wernimont commented on the post, Digital Archives notes?, on the site THATCamp Liberal Arts Colleges 2011 right now

I’m terrible with names but the faculty member was a gentleman – maybe John Pennington, and the student, a young woman. Hope that helps!

Jacque Wernimont commented on the post, Digital Archives notes?, on the site THATCamp Liberal Arts Colleges 2011 right now

yes, there were. Someone from St. Norbert had a student there who was our scribe. I’m sorry that I don’t remember her name, but perhaps Ryan will know who the faculty member was – he was the one working on the […]