COMMUNITY-DRIVEN CURATION IN THE DIGITAL ARTS AND HUMANITIES: OUR THEME FOR 2021-2022

Welcome to 2021-2022, scholars! We're excited to announce our new annual theme for this academic year: Community-Driven Curation in the Digital Arts and Humanities. Through the examination of academic, artistic, and archival perspectives, we will cross disciplinary boundaries to foreground computational and curatorial approaches that converge in ways to lift the otherwise unknown or untold. We will explore ways communities span place and time through mapping, oral histories and digital storytelling. We will highlight participatory art, activist art and other forms of dialogical arts and humanities projects  as an important form of digital public engagement. Finally—and most importantly—we will advocate for inclusive and ethical data curation practices as central to community-based and community-inspired digital arts and humanities.

We look forward to seeing you at our events and workshops throughout the year, whether that's virtually or in-person. We're still working to update our event listings for Fall 2021, but check back in on our events page for more at the start of the year. We'll see you soon!

CONSULTATIONS + OTHER RESOURCES

VIRTUAL CONSULTS WITH IDAH + DCS

IDAH and the IU Libraries are holding joint consulting sessions via Zoom until further notice. If you need help with a digitally-inflected project or class, we can help. Our regular consulting hours vary by semester; for Fall 2020, our hours are on Tuesdays from 10 AM - 11 AM, Wednesdays from 2 PM - 3 PM, and Fridays from 2 PM - 3 PM. You can schedule a consultation with us using our online scheduling tool.

RESOURCES + TEACHING TEMPLATES

Our graduate assistants and staff have created a small selection of digital methods guides for novice practitioners, providing a gentle introduction to mapping, network analysis, and more. In addition, we have a series of teaching templates intended to help guide instructors and professors through using digital methods in their own classrooms.

RECORDED WORKSHOPS + LECTURES

Our digital methods workshops demonstrate how applications of mapping, data mining, network analysis, data visualization, 3D rendering, and other digital methods can help arts and humanities practitioners craft new research questions and answer those questions. We also link attendees to the IU resources that can support these efforts, and provide practical examples of these digital-methods applications in a variety of environments.

JOIN OUR MAILING LIST

IDAH regularly reports on talks, workshops and other special events related to digital arts & humanities on the IU Bloomington campus through Twitter, Facebook, and our mailing list. If you'd like to hear about what we're doing on campus (and what our colleagues are up to), give us a follow or sign up to receive emails from us. We send weekly DH event roundups, reminders about upcoming features, and deadlines and save-the-dates for future conferences.

WONDERING IF YOUR PROJECT IS READY FOR A CONSULT?

The answer is more than likely yes! We encourage you to schedule an appointment regardless of where you are in your project timeline. It's just as important to us to provide early and exploratory brainstorming support as it is to assist with final touches and publishing. Whether you're just starting out and wondering if digital approaches could be useful for you or need advanced support as you tackle late-stage concerns, we're here to help. 

In the meantime, if you're still not quite ready to schedule, some of our existing resources and recorded workshops might be able to help. You can use the buttons above to navigate our archives and related pages.

STAY UP TO DATE.

IDAH regularly reports on talks, workshops and other special events related to digital arts & humanities on the IU Bloomington campus through Twitter, Facebook, and our mailing list. If you'd like to hear about what we're doing on campus (and what our colleagues are up to), give us a follow or sign up to receive emails from us. We send weekly DH event roundups, reminders about upcoming features, and deadlines and save-the-dates for future conferences.

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