June 26 – 30, 2023
Blog Post
Due Friday, June 30:
By the end of this week, we will have covered all of the digital tools and methods that we’ll be learning about this summer. Write about some (~2-3) of the tools or methods you will be using in your project, and why you chose those. How can they help you answer your research question(s)?
Monday, June 26
10:00 AM – 11:00 PM, HMHC 113
- Issues in Digital Scholarship discussion with Diane Jakacki (Digital Scholarship Coordinator)
- Reading: Brown, Susan. “Same Difference: Identity and Diversity in Linked Open Cultural Data.”
- Reading: Brown, Susan, and John Simpson. “The Curious Identity of Michael Field and Its Implications for Humanities Research with the Semantic Web.”
- Reading: Johnson, Jessica Marie. “Markup Bodies: Black [Life] Studies and Slavery [Death] Studies at the Digital Crossroads.”
- Reading: Pattuelli, M. Cristina, Karen Hwang, and Matthew Miller. “Accidental Discovery, Intentional Inquiry: Leveraging Linked Data to Uncover the Women of Jazz.”
- Individual check-in meetings
1:00 PM – 4:00 PM
- Meet with your librarian partner
Tuesday, June 27
Homework: Share a piece of your project
Due by Thursday, June 29th:
For your brief check-in on Thursday, bring one digital component of your project to share. It could be a map, a visualization, a timeline, or your site/storymap set up for your content. The component don’t have to be fully finished, but it should be ready to present to the group.
9:00 AM – 12:00 PM, HMHC 113
- Voyant and text analysis
1:00 PM – 4:00 PM
- Independent work time
6:30 PM, Humanities Center Great Room (Optional)
- Humanities, Arts, and Social Science (HASS) Summer Research Dinner – free pizza and salad, plus a brief activity.
Wednesday, June 28
9:00 AM – 12:00 PM
- Independent work time
2:00 PM – 3:30 PM, HMHC 113
- User Experience and Accessibility Workshop with Dr. Anne Ross (Assistant Professor of Computer Science)
3:30 PM, Rooke Pavilion (Optional)
- Ice cream social for undergraduate research
Thursday, June 29
Homework: Get Makerspace access
Due by Monday, July 3rd:
Prepare to go to the Maker-e by completing the online training for Bucknell Makerspaces. If you have recently used a Makerspace, you may already be qualified!
- Read the general Bucknell Makerspace User Agreement and agree to follow the rules outlined in it.
- Complete the Access Training for Bucknell’s Makerspaces with a score of 100%.
9:00 AM – 12:00 PM, HMHC 012 (Digital Lab)
- Wildcard Workshop
- Google Sheets tips (download sample UFO data)
- Open time for working with Tableau, other tools
- Color picking tools: Coolors and Adobe Color
- Discuss digital tools chosen for Friday’s blog post
- 5-minute check-ins
1:00 PM – 4:00 PM
- Independent work time
Friday, June 30
- Independent work day