[NJ ASIST] "Digital Humanities: Visualizing Data" Workshop February 10, 2016

[Robin Naughton]

*"Digital Humanities: Visualizing Data" Workshop*

Date:               Wednesday, February 10, 2016

Time:              1:00PM-5:00PM

Location:        The New York Academy of Medicine, 1216 Fifth Avenue at
103rd Street, New York, NY 10029

Cost:               $25; maximum 30 people



*Panel Discussion: What Do People Mean When They Say "Digital Humanities"?*
The catch-all term “digital project” can refer to a daunting array of
technologies and methods. For a newcomer (or even an experienced
practitioner), it can be hard to know where to start. In this panel
discussion, we’ll examine a range of digital projects to get a handle on
what’s out there. The panelists will share simple principles for figuring
out the sources and technologies that constitute a “project.” It will help
you with modelling your own project, understanding digital projects and
evaluating someone else’s project.

*Hands-on Workshop: Visualizing Humanities Data*
Bring your laptop and learn that there's more to a spreadsheet than meets
the eye! Structuring information in a table is the key to visualizing it as
graphs, charts, maps, and more. We'll talk about how to find and structure
data, including the kinds of data scholars in the humanities tend to be
interested in. We'll also learn how to use Palladio, a kind of Swiss
Army-knife for visualizing humanities data. This workshop is geared toward
those who are new to data visualization.



*Miriam Posner* is the Digital Humanities program coordinator and a member
of the core Digital Humanities faculty at the University of California, Los
Angeles. A film, media, and visual culture scholar by training, she
frequently writes on the history of science, technology, and medicine. She
is also a member of the executive council of the Association for Computers
and the Humanities.



*Heidi Knoblauch* is the Digital Projects Coordinator for the Experimental
Humanities Initiative at Bard College. She holds a PhD in History of
Science and Medicine from Yale University and specializes in medical
photography and patient privacy in the United States. She regularly gives
public talks and workshops on digital humanities and the history of
medicine and is part of a growing conversation about the role digital
humanities can play in social justice.





*Click here to register for the "Digital Humanities: Visualizing Data"
Workshop
<http://www.nyam.org/events/event/digital-humanities-visualizing-data-workshop/>*





For more information about this and other upcoming history of medicine
events in the New York area, see the calendar page of our blog, “Books,
Health, and History”: http://nyamcenterforhistory.org/calendar/.





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*Robin Naughton, PhD*

Digital Systems Manager

(212) 822-7325 | rnaughton at nyam.org



*The New York Academy of Medicine *

*LIBRARY*

1216 Fifth Avenue, New York, NY 10029



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