Mapping – THATCamp CHNM 2013 http://chnm2013.thatcamp.org The Humanities and Technology Camp Thu, 03 Apr 2014 15:36:28 +0000 en-US hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=4.9.12 Designing DH websites in public humanities with multimodal functions (mapping, archiving, crowd sourcing, and curating) http://chnm2013.thatcamp.org/05/28/designing-dh-websites-in-public-humanities-with-multimodal-functions-mapping-archiving-crowd-sourcing-and-curating/ http://chnm2013.thatcamp.org/05/28/designing-dh-websites-in-public-humanities-with-multimodal-functions-mapping-archiving-crowd-sourcing-and-curating/#comments Tue, 28 May 2013 23:54:32 +0000 http://chnm2013.thatcamp.org/?p=392

David Phillips and Tyler Pruitt, Wake Forest University

What do you need to consider in planning and designing a website for a DH project meant as both a resource for the public and a vehicle for outreach and public input? What strategies can you employ in creating such a site?

We would like to explore and have a discussion about experimental ideas and best practices in creating multi-modal sites that have these goals.

What platforms work the best for particular objectives, and why? What web design tools and platforms are most effective for a public humanities DH project?

If you’re in the early planning stages of site design for a DH public humanities project, come discuss your ideas, your questions and your insights.  We’ll work collaboratively on developing ideas for a ‘matrix’ of solutions that looks at the relative advantages of a variety of API, plug-ins and platforms.

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Why should STEM (Science, Technology, Engineering, and Mathematics) have all the fun? It is time for the humanities to embrace the studio model as a pedagogical means to foster intellectual curiosity. MIT has NuVu; let’s create THATClass! Bring your ideas on partnerships, collaboration, technology integration, hands-on projects, uncovering content, and ways to apply knowledge and skills rooted in the humanities to develop the future of secondary (and post-secondary) education. ==> Saturday

]]> http://chnm2013.thatcamp.org/05/16/imagining-thatclass-move-over-stem-make-room-for-that/feed/ 1 QGIS Introduction http://chnm2013.thatcamp.org/05/14/qgis-introduction/ Tue, 14 May 2013 14:13:43 +0000 http://chnm2013.thatcamp.org/?p=274

The value of GIS in the humanities has been heavily discussed over the last few years, but it remains difficult for most humanists to get started and explore new methodologies, vocabularies, software, and procedures.

This fully introductory session will go over:

  • how to install QGIS (a free, open-source alternative to ArcGIS)
  • basic concepts of GIS software
  • finding and using shapefiles (to generate maps)
  • finding data to map
  • mapping historical data on a modern map (ie linking data to shapefiles)
  • mapping historical data on historic maps (ie map overlays)

We will walk through each of these procedures using an example of mapping civil war battles (because that’s what one does in Virginia).

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