[Ohiodig] THATCamp DH Unconference @ OU, 9/21-9/22

[Carleton, Janet]

Dear OhioDIGers,

I wanted to let you know about THATCamp OHIO 2018<http://ohio2018.thatcamp.org/> (The Humanities and Technology Camp), which will be coming to the Ohio University<https://www.ohio.edu/> campus in Athens, on Friday and Saturday September 21-22.

THATCamp is a participant-driven meeting where humanists and technologists from all skill levels, disciplines, and professions come together to discuss digital humanities and tools, brainstorm solutions, and receive feedback about ongoing projects.

The meeting format is an unconference where session content is determined almost entirely at the event. Digital humanities workshops are planned for Friday afternoon, and Saturday begins with a keynote address from Roopika Risam<http://roopikarisam.com/about/>, a DH leader and English professor from Salem State University. Saturday's session content will be determined almost entirely during the first session that morning. This spontaneous program design leads to timely, engaging topics for all involved.

Read more and register to attend by September 12<https://www.ohio.edu/instructional-innovation/ctl/events/thatcamp.html>. Space is limited to 100 participants (it's already half full with little PR), and there will be a waiting list for those still interested.

Follow along at #THATCampOHIO18<https://twitter.com/search?f=tweets&vertical=default&q=%23THATCampOHIO18&src=typd>

Workshop and Session Descriptions

FRIDAY

#WeNeedDiverseGames: Close Playing Gender, Sexuality, and Race in Games
Edmond Y. Chang<http://www.edmondchang.com/>, Assistant Professor of English, Ohio University

In Gaming (2006), Alexander Galloway argues, "Video games render social realities into playable form" and "play is a symbolic action for larger issues in culture." As gaming communities and the gaming industry attempt to address the need for diversity and inclusion in games, how might we understand how the algorithmic underpinnings of programming and game design allow for and problematically constrain and recuperate queerness and difference? Or how might we unpack the ways characters of color are often rendered as either lighter-skinned protagonists or darker-skinned enemies? Central to this workshop is the definition and demonstration of close playing or critical ways of analyzing, engaging, and even teaching games to address gender, sexuality, and race in digital games.

Introduction to Text Analysis
Leigh Bonds<https://library.osu.edu/people/bonds.19>, Digital Humanities Librarian, Ohio State University

Humanities scholars continue to make significant discoveries using a variety of text analysis methods and tools. Ohio State's Digital Humanities Librarian Leigh Bonds will review some of those discoveries and the methods and tools used to make them. She will also guide participants through using the open source Voyant Tools to analyze their selected text. Participants are encouraged to bring a link to an online text or a text in a Word, pdf, or plain text format.

SATURDAY

Keynote Address: Why Wait? Social Justice Digital Humanities for the End Times
Roopika Risam<http://roopikarisam.com/>, Salem State University

At our present moment of crisis-environmental, political, social, educational-how can digital humanities offer us the opportunity to leverage skills in humanities disciplines to create change? Using Torn Apart/Separados <http://digitalhumanitiesnow.org/2018/06/editors-choice-torn-apart-separados/> as a case study, Risam discusses the possibilities that digital humanities can open up at the very moments we feel most hopeless. She further makes the case for a new approach to the temporality of humanities scholarship that can be quickly deployed in times of disaster. We have the tools, Risam argues, so why wait?

Session Blocks 1-4

Session content will be determined almost entirely in the first session of this day.

Agenda

Friday
3:30 p.m.-5:00 p.m.-Digital Humanities Workshops (2 - 45 min workshops) (Alden Library<https://www.library.ohio.edu/>)

Saturday
9:00 a.m.-10:00 a.m.-Keynote Address: Roopika Risam (Do not need to be registered for THATCamp to attend keynote) (Schoonover Center<https://www.ohio.edu/scrippscollege/about/schoonover-center.cfm>)
10:15 a.m.-11:00 a.m.-Planning Session (Alden Library)
11:00 a.m.-12:00 p.m.-Session Block 1 (Alden Library)
12:00 p.m.-1:00 p.m.-Lunch provided (Alden Library)
1:00 p.m.-2:00 p.m.-Session Block 2  (Alden Library)
2:10 p.m.-3:10 p.m.-Session Block 3 (Alden Library)
3:20 p.m.-4:20 p.m.-Session Block 4 (Alden Library)
4:30 p.m.-5:00 p.m.-Wrap-up (Alden Library)
Lodging
Rooms are available at a discounted rate ($149 + tax) at Fairfield Inn & Suites<https://www.marriott.com/hotels/travel/atofi-fairfield-inn-and-suites-athens/?scid=bb1a189a-fec3-4d19-a255-54ba596febe2> and Hampton Inn<http://hamptoninn3.hilton.com/en/hotels/ohio/hampton-inn-athens-ATOOHHX/index.html>. Please note you are with the THATCamp group when making your reservation. Rooms must be reserved by Sept. 13, in order to redeem the discounted rate.
Directions

Google Maps<https://www.google.com/maps?daddr=Ohio+University+Athens,+Ohio+45701&t=m&z=16> |Parking info<https://www.ohio.edu/parking/other/index.cfm> | University Parking map<https://www.ohio.edu/athens/parking/> | Screenshot of parking @ Baker Center<https://drive.google.com/file/d/0By6PYfW45ufLNWVfSl9ZaGFHQWc/view?usp=drivesdk>

Do not plan on street parking for Saturday as it is limited to 2 hours in one space. Weekend parking on campus has more options than Friday parking (see Parking info<https://www.ohio.edu/parking/other/index.cfm>). If you are coming for the Friday workshop, street parking could work as that will be shorter than 2 hours.

See https://www.ohio.edu/instructional-innovation/ctl/events/thatcamp.html for more info and to register.
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OHIO University

Janet Carleton | Digital Initiatives Coordinator | Preservation and Digital Initiatives | University Libraries | 1 Ohio University | Alden 322 | Athens, Ohio | 740.597.2527 | carleton at ohio.edu<mailto:carleton at ohio.edu> | Pronouns: she, her, hers | https://www.library.ohio.edu/about/collections/digital-archives/  | @jcarletonoh<https://twitter.com/jcarletonoh> | @AldenLibDigital <https://twitter.com/AldenLibDigital> | http://ohiou-digital-collections.tumblr.com/ | http://pinterest.com/OhioDigiArchive/


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