Category Archives: Session Proposals

Proposals for unconference sessions from THATCamp participants.

Visualization play

Posted on January 4, 2017 by Vilja Hulden

A last-minute proposal for a visualization workshop/play session. I’m no expert, but I can start us off. We could think about what use visualization is for the historian/humanities scholar, what kinds of things can usefully be visualized, and what the … Continue reading →

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(Digital) Historians and the “New Normal”

Posted on January 4, 2017 by Seth Denbo

Over the past year we’ve all heard the call (often on social media) to avoid complacency in the current political environment. Whether one agrees that the foundations of our democracy and the freedoms it protects are threatened or not, it … Continue reading →

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Humanities Data – discussion & brainstorming

Posted on January 4, 2017 by Vilja Hulden

This proposal is for a discussion and brainstorming session on the meanings of data in the humanities (and specifically history). As Miriam Posner has pointed out, most humanities scholars do not think of their work with sources as “extracting features … Continue reading →

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Mapping the US History Survey

Posted on January 3, 2017 by Ben Wright

We are the editors of The American Yawp (americanyawp.com), the first and only open US history textbook produced through massive collaboration. We are in the early stages of thinking through “The American Yawp Atlas,  a compendium of both static and interactive maps designed for … Continue reading →

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When Introducing Primary Sources, Does Format Matter?

Posted on January 3, 2017 by Kevin Seeber

The last decade has seen a large proliferation of online archives, giving more researchers more access to more primary sources than ever before. At the same time, researchers often are no longer physically handling materials, and are instead relying on … Continue reading →

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Teaching with Twitter

Posted on January 3, 2017 by Heather Bennett

EDIT (8:00 PM, Jan 3): Unfortunately I will need to withdraw this session or pass it off to someone else. My flight has been delayed and I will not make it to Denver until at least 3 pm tomorrow (Jan … Continue reading →

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Digital Fluency in an “Information Age”

Posted on January 3, 2017 by Jeffrey McClurken

The past year has brought us many examples of the need for students (well, for the public), to be able to evaluate sources, to identify how and why knowledge is produced in all of its many media and forms, and … Continue reading →

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