The project I am working on this summer is developing instructional content to share along with my DMA thesis recording project, “New Works for Trumpet and Interactive Electronics”. This project will also include developing a platform to share the instructional content and recordings digitally. I decided to begin my work in the studio this summerContinue reading “Discovering the Difficulties of Online Teaching”
Category Archives: Digital Scholarship & Publishing
Saving Susiana Capstone-Update
With the semester coming to a close, my Saving Susiana digital project is off to a great start. While I began the semester with grand idealism, practical constraints relating both to my associated qualifying paper and issues of audience of the project forced me time and time again to shift gears and re-evaluate what IContinue reading “Saving Susiana Capstone-Update”
Digital tools for responding to writing: A Review
Google Docs and Microsoft Office365 offer a variety of tools and features for collaborative writing and revision. However, my experience with them has felt lacking. I’ve found they fall short of the goal of inviting robust conversation around a piece of writing, where multiple reviewers can interact with the text, the writer, and each other.Continue reading “Digital tools for responding to writing: A Review”
Introducing the Summer 2019 Studio Fellows
The University of Iowa Graduate College and the UI Libraries Digital Scholarship & Publishing Studio are excited to announce that 14 graduate students have been selected for the 2019 Studio Summer Fellowship program. These individuals will soon take part in an 8-week course that provides mentored digital scholarship experience, as well as training in skillsContinue reading “Introducing the Summer 2019 Studio Fellows”
I Am _____: Digital Humanities Meets Digital Photography
As I mentioned in my first post, my DH capstone project is a little different than most. In a few months, I will run a weeklong summer camp, in partnership with the Iowa Youth Writing Project (IWYP). Participants—all of whom will be young women—will talk about body image, explore the function of photography as anContinue reading “I Am _____: Digital Humanities Meets Digital Photography”
Revising in a Digital Space
Two semesters ago, I had the opportunity to co-teach a course in the College of Education with my advisor and another graduate student. This course, Approaches to Teaching Writing, is designed to give foundation and practical knowledge and praxis to students who might be teaching writing in their future. Most of our students were aimingContinue reading “Revising in a Digital Space”
Saving Susiana Project
The project I am presently pursuing revolves around the ancient site of Susa, Modern Sush, also known as Suse, Shush, and Susiana. The site, has been excavated sporadically since 1897 by French Archaeologists under the Ministry of Culture, the latest occurring in 2010. Susa has largely been left out of the Near-Eastern literature, even thoughContinue reading “Saving Susiana Project”
Public Engagement with a Digital Twist
My PDH certificate capstone project isn’t like most. I’m not building an interactive map or an archive, and I’m not learning R (thank goodness). Rather, I’m using WordPress as a tool to increase audience and add permanence to what would otherwise be a small, ephemeral project. Here’s the rundown: In July 2019, I will runContinue reading “Public Engagement with a Digital Twist”
The Ethics of Open Access Digital Archives
After familiarizing myself with Mukurtu CMS throughout my Studio fellowship this summer, it became increasingly necessary to address issues of open access, organizational principles, and ethics in building a digital archive for the Transgender Oral History Project of Iowa (TOPI). To learn more about the project, please read my original blog post about my summerContinue reading “The Ethics of Open Access Digital Archives”
Dance For Screens: It’s Alive!
As a concept, making Dance For Screens seemed completely doable: make some choreography, capture it on film, edit that footage into a series of short screendances and then implement those screendances on a couple of cell phones for an interactive installation. Simple, right? Not quite. Each aspect of this project came loaded with a itsContinue reading “Dance For Screens: It’s Alive!”