Events of Interest
At the Edge of the Network: A Talk with Nicole Starosielski
On 18, Feb 2016 | In Events of Interest | By Mary Catherine Kinniburgh
Please join us for this exciting event, sponsored by CUNY DHI and GC Digital Initiatives.
“At the Edge of the Network: Undersea Cables and Deep Infrastructure”
with
Nicole Starosielski
Assistant Professor of Media, Culture, and Communication at New York University Steinhardt
March 8th, 6:30-8:30pm
The Skylight Room, The Graduate Center
Free and open to the public
Over 99% of transoceanic data traffic is carried across the oceans by undersea cables—these technologies comprise the backbone of the global internet. This presentation will focus on Surfacing, a digital map that enables users to traverse the social worlds of the cable system and the unseen cultural formations that sustain everyday internet connections. Surfacing is both a project of infrastructural visibility, revealing the geographies of internet systems, and a critical experiment in digital cartography that challenges existing modes of vertical and lateral movement.
Announcing NYCDH Week GC Digital Fellows Workshops: Intro to Programming with Python & Social Media Scraping
On 05, Feb 2016 | In Events of Interest | By Michelle A. McSweeney (Johnson)
The GC Digital Fellows will be offering 2 workshops in celebration of NYCDH Week, a week-long celebration of all things digital humanities in New York City (open to non-humanists, of course!) February 8-12. For more information, visit the NYCDH Website, and for a list of all events taking place around New York City, check out the Schedule.
Join the GC Digital Fellows for Introduction to Programming with Python and Social Media Scraping with the Twitter API on Monday and Wednesday, 2:00-4:00pm at the Graduate Center at CUNY! Details are below, we hope to see you there!
Introduction to Programming with Python
Monday, February 8th 2:00-4:00pm
This workshop introduces the fundamentals of programming using Python, a language popular in both academia and the commercial world. Topics will include basic programming concepts such as loops, variables, and conditionals, installing and importing libraries, and creating simple scripts. No previous programming experience is necessary.
This workshop will be hosted by Ian Phillips and Patrick Smyth.
Social Media Scraping with the Twitter API
Wednesday, February 10th 2:00-4:00pm
This workshop will introduce the Twitter API, a way of programmatically interacting with the Twitter platform, and will place a particular emphasis on gathering data for textual, sociological, or linguistic analysis. Some knowledge of Python will be helpful, but is not strictly necessary.
This workshop will be hosted by Patrick Smyth and Jen Tang.
For more information, please contact [email protected] or visit our website. Hope to see you there!
February 5th, 4pm: Digital Poetics, A Roundtable
On 27, Jan 2016 | In Events of Interest | By Mary Catherine Kinniburgh
Please mark your calendars for this upcoming event at The Graduate Center, CUNY:
“Digital Poetics: A Roundtable”
Friday, February 5th
4pm in the English Lounge (Room 4406)
This panel will place in conversation an array of scholars, artists, poets, and archivists from the New York City area to discuss the intersection between the poetic and the digital in contemporary creative and critical practice. We will discuss digital approaches to poetic composition, poetic approaches to digital work, archival considerations for electronic poetry, the poetics of computer code, and beyond.
We are excited to welcome the following speakers:
Dennis Tenen (Columbia University);
Karla Nielsen (Columbia Rare Book & Manuscript Library);
Taeyoon Choi (School for Poetic Computation);
Kendra Sullivan (Center for the Humanities, The Graduate Center);
Iris Cushing (Argos Books, The Graduate Center)
Moderator: Mary Catherine Kinniburgh (GC Digital Initiatives, The Graduate Center)
This event is sponsored by the GC English Program, CUNY DHI, and GC Digital Initiatives.
For more information, please email [email protected]. We look forward to seeing you there!
Applications Open for the GCDI Digital Research Bootcamp
On 08, Dec 2015 | In Events of Interest | By Ian Phillips
To apply and find out more information, visit cuny.is/drbootcamp!
when: January 19–22, 2016
what: four-day intensive in digital research methods
where: The Graduate Center, CUNY
why: to equip our academic community with digital research skills
who: for CUNY graduate students and faculty of all skill levels and disciplines (no previous digital experience required)
GC Digital Initiatives invites applicants for the inaugural Digital Research Bootcamp, an opportunity to develop digital research skills and connect with like-minded colleagues in an interdisciplinary environment. Free of charge to participants, the GC Digital Research Bootcamp has been developed in partnership with Software Carpentry, the New York Public Library, Mozilla Science Lab, Humanities Intensive Learning and Teaching, and the Digital Humanities Summer Institute thanks to the sponsorship of GCDI, The Graduate Center, and The CUNY Strategic Investment Initiatives Program.
Apply now and find more information at cuny.is/drbootcamp! We advise applicants to apply early to secure a spot. Please direct questions and inquiries to [email protected]
Save the date: GCDI Digital Research Bootcamp
On 04, Dec 2015 | In Events of Interest | By Ian Phillips
Curious about using new technology in your research?
Seeking the skills to jump start your own digital projects?
Save the date!
Digital Research Bootcamp
when: January 19–22, 2016
what: four-day intensive in digital research methods
where: The Graduate Center, CUNY
why: to equip our academic community with digital research skills
who: for CUNY graduate students and faculty of all skill levels and disciplines (no previous digital experience required)
GC Digital Initiatives invites applicants for the inaugural Digital Research Bootcamp, an opportunity to develop digital research skills and connect with like-minded colleagues in an interdisciplinary environment. Free of charge to participants, the GC Digital Research Bootcamp has been developed in partnership with Software Carpentry, the New York Public Library, Mozilla Science Lab, Humanities Intensive Learning and Teaching, and the Digital Humanities Summer Institute thanks to the sponsorship of GCDI, The Graduate Center, and The CUNY Strategic Investment Initiatives Program.
Stay tuned for the Call for Applications on Tuesday, December 8th. Applications require only a short statement of interest, and will be considered on a rolling basis. We advise applicants to apply early to secure a spot. Please direct questions and inquiries to [email protected]
Announcing “The Art of Seeing: Aesthetics at the Intersection of Art and Science”
On 23, Nov 2015 | In Events of Interest | By Mary Catherine Kinniburgh
On behalf of GC Digital Initiatives and The GC Computer Science Colloquium, CUNY DHI is delighted to present the following talk. We hope to see you there!
“The Art of Seeing: Aesthetics at the Intersection of Art and Science”
Thursday, December 10th, 4:15-6:15p
Room C197
The Graduate Center, CUNY.
Featuring:
Emily L. Spratt, Dept. of Art and Archaeology, Princeton University and Ahmed Elgammal, Dept. of Computer Science, Rutgers University
In this two-part presentation, art historian Emily L. Spratt and computer scientist Ahmed Elgammal explore the uses of vision technology for the analysis of art and its philosophical implications for both aesthetic theory and artificial intelligence. Through an investigation of the most fundamental questions computer scientists are confronted with in giving a machine the capacity to see, we demonstrate the value in utilizing methodologies from art history as the field of computer vision has already, in fact, predicted certain categories of interpretation that aid in the analysis of art. Returning to the aesthetic debates inspired by Kant and renewing focus to the art historical theories of iconography and iconology that were prominent in the first half of the twentieth century, basic issues of object classification are examined in relation to vision technology. In this presentation, we hope to demonstrate the merit of bridging the fields of art history and computer science, and to underscore the new challenges aesthetics, in the age of artificial intelligence, face.
Thanks to All: “CUNY DHI: Building a Digital Humanities Community”
On 11, Nov 2015 | In Events of Interest | By Mary Catherine Kinniburgh
Last night at The Graduate Center, a full room of scholars gathered to share ideas, meet colleagues, and embody the vibrant digital humanities community across our CUNY campuses. This event was the first rendition of “CUNY DHI: Building a Digital Humanities Community at The City of New York,” and its success was thanks to our dynamic crew of panelists, audience, and coordinators.
In fact, conversation was so lively at the reception afterwards that we received a friendly reminder that the building was closing–surely a good sign of collaborations and connections to come! Thank you all for joining us, and for those of you who couldn’t make it, we invite you to attend and participate in the next round–stay tuned for updates.
By way of a recap, we’d like to share the numbers:
20 lightning talks: completed within an admirable 5 minutes apiece,
8 of CUNY’s senior colleges represented: including The Graduate Center, York College, Queens College, John Jay College of Criminal Justice, New York City College of Technology, The College of Staten Island, Hunter College, and Lehman College. We look forward to welcoming more colleges in future rounds, particularly community colleges, so please be in touch if this is of interest to you,
2 undergraduates engaged in innovative work: David Fasanya with Prof. Andie Silva at York College for “Intro to Shakespeare with Scalar,” and Marta Orlowska with Prof. Evan Misshula at John Jay College of Criminal Justice for “Jailbreak my Life,”
4 graduate students presenting on digital platforms, dissertation-level research, and pedagogical projects they’ve been instrumental in developing: Patrick Smyth (with Stephen Zweibel) on “DHBox,” Erin Glass on “Social Paper,” Danica Savonick on “Building a Student-Centered (Digital) Learning Community,” Kalle Westerling on “The Roots and Routes of Boylesque.”
We had an incredible array of topics, which all informed each other in exciting and productive ways. A snapshot:
oral history (Lori Wallach, “Queens Memory“)
bilingual repositories and innovative image metadata (Elizabeth Macaulay-Lewis, “Manar Al-Althar“)
new critical and digital approaches to film and photography (Lev Manovich on “Measuring Inequality in Social Media Use in NYC,” Alise Tifentale on “Find your own filter”: The aesthetics of Instagram Photography,” and Kevin L. Ferguson on “Volumetric Cinema“)
print culture and digital media (Michael Mandiberg, “Print Wikipedia“)
digital publishing (Sean Scanlan, “NANO: New American Notes Online“)
and digital pedagogy and platforms (Jill Belli, Jody R. Rosen on “The OpenLab,” Jeff Allred on “Introducing Yoknapedia,” Bret Maney on “Teaching DH in and beyond the English Classroom,” and Eric Metcalf on “Archives & Invention: A Course in Archival Technology and Public Address.”)
In order to review the entire speaker line-up in its original order, please visit our previous blog post.
Again, tremendous thanks to all for attending, sharing research, and joining in the conversation that surrounds the digital humanities community at CUNY. We look forward to seeing you next time!
Announcing our Speaker Lineup for “CUNY DHI: Building a Digital Humanities Community”
On 04, Nov 2015 | In Events of Interest | By Mary Catherine Kinniburgh
We are delighted to share our speaker lineup for next Tuesday at a CUNY-wide panel of lightning talks:
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“CUNY DHI: Building a Digital Humanities Community at The City University of New York,”
Tuesday, November 10th, from 6:30-8:30pm
Room C197 at The Graduate Center
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We will be welcoming undergraduate and graduate students, faculty, and staff to speak on a variety of topics–from Queens Memory to Yoknapedia, Jailbreak My Life to Volumetric Cinema.
We look forward to seeing you there!
Digital Projects as Community Resource
Jill Belli, Jody R. Rosen; New York City College of Technology: The OpenLab
Stephen Zweibel, Patrick Smyth; The Graduate Center: DH Box
Lori Wallach; Queens College: Queens Memory
GC Digital Fellows et al.; The Graduate Center: GC Digital Initiatives
Nyvia DeJesus, Marta Orlowska, Evan Misshula; John Jay College of Criminal Justice: Jailbreak My Life
Communities of Pedagogy
Danica Savonick, Kalle Westerling; The Graduate Center: Building a Student-Centered (Digital) Learning Community
Jeff Allred; Hunter College: Introducing Yoknapedia
Bret Maney; Lehman College: Teaching DH in and beyond the English Classroom
Andie Silva; York College: Intro to Shakespeare Course (ENG 318) with Scalar
Eric Metcalf; York College: Archives & Invention: A Course in Archival Technology and Public Address; Faculty in the arts and the humanities don’t read etexts, so why is CUNY buying them?
Digital Communities of Text + Image
Julie Van Peteghem; Hunter College: Intertextual Dante
Kalle Westerling; The Graduate Center: The Roots and Routes of Boylesque
Sean Scanlan; New York City College of Technology: NANO: New American Notes Online
Erin Glass; The Graduate Center: Social Paper
Kevin L. Ferguson; Queens College: Volumetric Cinema
Lev Manovich; The Graduate Center: Measuring Inequality in Social Media Use in NYC
Alise Tifentale; The Graduate Center: “Find your own filter”: The aesthetics of Instagram Photography
Michael Mandiberg; College of Staten Island, The Graduate Center: Print Wikipedia
Matt Garley; York College: Digital Humanities Data Repository in an English Department
Elizabeth Macaulay-Lewis; The Graduate Center: Manar Al-Athar
Fall 2015 Speaker Series
On 28, Oct 2015 | In Events of Interest | By Mary Catherine Kinniburgh
CUNY DHI and GC Digital Initiatives and are pleased to announce our Fall 2015 Speaker Series. We look forward to seeing you there!
CUNY DHI: Building a Digital Humanities Community at the City University of New York
Tuesday, November 10th, 6:30-8:30pm. Room C197. The Graduate Center. #cunydhi
We invite you to The Graduate Center for this CUNY-wide event, which will feature a series of lightning talks on current and recent digital humanities work at our institutions. All disciplines, all research, and all students, faculty, and staff are welcome and we encourage you to attend and present.
We are still accepting presentation proposals, which may be submitted through the following form: http://goo.gl/forms/TCAchwnIw6. Once you have completed the form, we will contact the email address provided with further details. Thank you for your interest in participating!
Sponsored by CUNY DHI and GC Digital Initiatives.
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“TBD:” A Talk by Professor Wendy Hui Kyong Chun
Wednesday, November 18th, 6:30-8:30pm. The Skylight Room. The Graduate Center.
Increasingly, it would seem, the future is already known, determined by algorithms that analyze, predict and pre-empt actions. Privacy is dead, and so is consent, because regardless of our own actions, we are betrayed by people “like us.” To what extent, though, does this situation offer new possibilities for action and modes of identification? This talk explores what it means “to be determined,” by framing users as characters in a universe of dramas putatively called Big Data.
Wendy Hui Kyong Chun is Professor of Modern Culture and Media, Professor of History of Art and Architecture, and Chair of Modern Culture and Media at Brown University.
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“Digging Deep: Ecosystems, Institutions, and Processes for Critical Making”
December 1st, 12:30-2:30pm; 3-5:30pm. ARC Seminar Room 5318.05, The Graduate Center. Advanced registration required for each session.
Join Patrik Svensson, Matt Ratto, and Anne Balsamo for a highly anticipated day of sessions that explore the field of critical making in its institutional context. Sponsored by the Advanced Research Collaborative, with co-sponsorship from GC Digital Initiatives and Umeå University, the program includes two parts. The first session foregrounds institutional perspectives on critical making and materiality, and the second engages situated practices and processes of critical making in its varied sites. For more information and advance registration (required), please visit: <http://tinyurl.com/ps5x69w>
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“The Art of Seeing: Aesthetics at the Intersection of Art and Science”
December 10th, 4:15-6:15p. Room C197, The Graduate Center.
In this two-part presentation, art historian Emily L. Spratt and computer scientist Ahmed Elgammal explore the uses of vision technology for the analysis of art and its philosophical implications for both aesthetic theory and artificial intelligence. Through an investigation of the most fundamental questions computer scientists are confronted with in giving a machine the capacity to see, we demonstrate the value in utilizing methodologies from art history as the field of computer vision has already, in fact, predicted certain categories of interpretation that aid in the analysis of art. Returning to the aesthetic debates inspired by Kant and renewing focus to the art historical theories of iconography and iconology that were prominent in the first half of the twentieth century, basic issues of object classification are examined in relation to vision technology. In this presentation, we hope to demonstrate the merit of bridging the fields of art history and computer science, and to underscore the new challenges aesthetics, in the age of artificial intelligence, face.
This event is hosted by the Computer Science Colloquium, and co-sponsored by GC Digital Initiatives.
Streamlined Sign-up Available: Call for Lightning Talk Presentations
On 26, Oct 2015 | In Events of Interest | By Mary Catherine Kinniburgh
We are still accepting presentation proposals for “CUNY DHI: Building a Digital Humanities Community at the City University of New York,” and would like to share that we have simplified our sign-up process.
The new, streamlined sign-up sheet only requires name, email, project title, and CUNY affiliation, with optional space to describe your project, team, or additional requests.
Please sign up here: http://goo.gl/forms/TCAchwnIw6. Once you have completed the form, we will contact the email address provided with further details.
This event is designed to highlight ongoing, current, and recent digital humanities work across The City University of New York, and all disciplines, all research, and all students, faculty, and staff are welcome to attend and present.
The event is scheduled for Tuesday, November 10th, 6:30-8:30pm at Room C197 at The Graduate Center. Please plan to speak for no more than five minutes. Groups may present collaboratively or with a representative.
Thank you for your interest in participating, and we look forward to seeing you there.
CUNY Digital Humanities Initiative
Welcome to the blog of the CUNY DHI, an effort to build momentum and community around Digital Humanities practitioners at CUNY. We hope you'll join us at our upcoming events and that you'll follow this blog to hear about the latest news in the field.
If you are a member of CUNY and the Commons, please join our group.
Be sure to check out and add to the CUNY Digital Humanities Resource Guide.
CUNY Digital Humanities Initiative
Welcome to the blog of the CUNY DHI, an effort to build momentum and community around Digital Humanities practitioners at CUNY. We hope you'll join us at our upcoming events and that you'll follow this blog to hear about the latest news in the field.
If you are a member of CUNY and the Commons, please join our group.
Be sure to check out and add to the CUNY Digital Humanities Resource Guide.
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