Oct 25 2022

Signifying and Sampling: Black Studies and Data Storytelling

Digital Humanities Initiative Workshop

October 25, 2022

1:00 PM - 4:30 PM

Location

Richard J. Daley Library, IDEA Commons

Orange background with bubbles and an illustration in blue of rapper Jay-Z. Text describes event: Signifying and Sampling: Black Studies and Data Storytelling, Tuesday, October 25, 2022 1 p.m. to 4:30 p.m. IDEA Commons, UIC Daley Library, Part 1: Signifying and Sampling with Dr. Kenton Rambsy, Part 2: Teaching with DH

Please join us for this two-part fall workshop presented by the Digital Humanities Initiative!

Part 1: 1 p.m. - 2:30 p.m.

In Part 1, "Signifying & Sampling: Black Studies & Data Storytelling,” Dr. Kenton Rambsy, will introduce participants to the concept of data storytelling and facilitate their interactions using Tableau Public to create interactive visualizations. Relying on The Data Notebook, a free, online introductory resource, he will explain how Jay-Z, the Brooklyn-born rapper, is a gateway to the world of data storytelling. Dr. Rambsy is an Assistant Professor of African American literature and digital humanities at the University of Texas at Arlington.

Part 2: 3 p.m. - 4:30 p.m.

Part 2 will feature an array of educators who teach with the digital humanities at UIC: Dr. Karen Leick, senior lecturer in English, Teresa Helena Moreno, Assistant Professor and Librarian, and Mary Kate Coleman, Ph.D. Student in Creative Writing. We will have a short discussion of teaching in digital humanities and then take questions about how these experts use digital humanities in the classroom.

The Multiethnic Digital Humanities Project is generously funded by the University of Illinois Presidential Initiative: Expanding the Impact of the Arts and the Humanities.

The Digital Humanities Initiative is a partnership between the UIC University Library and the Institute for the Humanities.

The UIC University Library follows UIC health safety mandates for COVID-19. Masks required for this event.

Visit the Digital Humanities Institute website for more information and to register.

 

 

Contact

Alexis Guilbault

Date posted

Oct 20, 2022

Date updated

Oct 20, 2022

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