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This workshop will introduce participants to designing a network study, including data collection, analysis, and visualization. After an overview of network studies in the humanities, students will get hands on experience using Gephi, a free and open source software for network analysis and visualization. LEVEL: Beginner NOTES: Laptop with Gephi installed
This workshop will introduce participants to Carto, a freemium, open-source mapping platform. It will include a short review of digital mapping, background information about the platform, and a hands-on demonstration of how to create a simple map on Carto. The workshop will also briefly describe ways to develop personal data that is compatible with Carto, [...]
Word embeddings are a family of algorithms that can be remarkably effective at representing the meanings of words, and their relationships to each other. We'll cover the basics of word embeddings: what they do, how to train a model using word2vec, and how to use them to search for synonyms and analogies. And we'll look [...]
This workshop is for staff, students, and scholars of all kinds who want to publish content online without paying hosting fees or getting stuck in a particular platform. In the course the session, participants will set up their own website using Jekyll and GitHub Pages. We will learn how to format text with Markdown and [...]
After a show closes, how you handle and store materials can mean the difference between preserving theatre legacy and irreversible damage and loss. This workshop introduces theater and other artists to the process of archiving their work, with tips on selection, storage, preservation and digital engagement. The American Theatre Archive Project (ATAP) is a collaboration [...]
Interested in analyzing conversations on Twitter but don’t know where to start? This workshop will demonstrate how to use TAGS <https://tags.hawksey.info/get-tags/>, an open source tool developed by Martin Hawksey to collect and visualize Twitter data as it happens. Aimed at novice users, this session will experiment with small datasets generated from Twitter conversations under specific [...]
This workshop will go over how to complete an initial Linux server setup for use with the web. We will go over security, firewalls, HTTPS, and high availability. Administering one’s own server rather than relying on managed web hosting companies empowers researchers, teachers, and students by providing them with complete control over their web assets. [...]
Working with Dr. Claudio Silva and Dr. Lhaylla Crissaff at New York University's Tandon School of Engineering, we have designed a prototype for a system we have dubbed ARIES for ARt Image Exploration Space. Aries is an interactive image manipulation system that allows for the exploration and organization of fine art images (of paintings, drawings, [...]
Interested in incorporating social media content into your qualitative research project? This workshop will introduce the basics of using small-scale web scraping of social media for qualitative analysis. Using NCapture, a web browser extension, and NVivo, a qualitative analysis software package, this session will focus on methods to incorporate the context from web pages, online [...]
