Have you ever wanted to be able to express your ideas for digital collections more clearly, or thought that a hack day sounds like fun but need a way to get started with basic web scripting? In this hands-on workshop you will learn how to use online tools to create interesting visualisations to explore a cultural dataset and create your own simple 'mash-up'.
The workshop will be a fun, supportive environment where you will learn by playing with small snippets of code. No scripting knowledge is assumed.
I taught a class on 'The possibilities of Web 2.0 for cultural heritage institutions' for the course Arch6056: Multimedia Methods in Archaeology at the University of Southampton.
An incomplete, retrospective list of work, talks and more in 2007…
I started to teach on a new Digital Humanities course in the Spring/Summer Term 2007 at Birkbeck. 'Introduction to Digital Humanities' was a new postgraduate course at Birkbeck College which combined aspects of media studies, humanities computing and literary studies to foster an appreciation of the core methods and practical, political/philosophical and pedagogical issues in digital humanities.
I devised and taught classes on:
Introduction to Databases, February 27, 2007
Creating Digital Resources, May 1, 2007
New Working Models, May 15, 2007
Creating Digital Resources II: database design for the digital humanities, May 29, 2007
I also gave a class on 'Computer assisted interpretation; integration of finds and site sequence' for the Birkbeck MA Archaeology Module "Archaeological Post-Excavation and Publication".
I started a blog for the Museum of London (so 2007) – 'first post', 'What does a database programmer do in a museum?'. A hilarious attempt to make my bio relatable: 'My job title is 'Database Developer', which means I am a specialised kind of computer programmer. I spend a lot of time working with the big databases that people like curators, collections managers, archaeologists and archivists use to record, analyse and publish their data. I talk to them to understand their requirements, then update or create applications to help them. I also help with geek stuff for the websites'. The blog didn't last, as so many didn't, but I still think 'About my museum job' posts were a great way to make museums more inclusive by showing all the different types of careers you could have in a museum.
I taught one class on 'Computer assisted interpretation; integration of finds and site sequence' in the Birkbeck MA Archaeology Module "Archaeological Post-Excavation and Publication", based on material originally written by Rich May.
'Introduction to Digital Humanities' was a new postgraduate course run by Dr Suzanne Paylor at Birkbeck College that examined the impact of technology on humanities research practice. It combined aspects of media studies, humanities computing and literary studies to foster an appreciation of the core methods and practical, political/philosophical and pedagogical issues in digital humanities.
I wrote and taught the following four classes in the Spring 2007 and Winter 2008 terms.
Class: Creating Digital Resources II: database design for the digital humanities
"Introduction to Digital Humanities", Birkbeck, Spring/Summer Term 2007, May 29, 2007 and December 2008
Class: New Working Models
"Introduction to Digital Humanities", Birkbeck, Spring/Summer Term 2007, May 15, 2007 and November 2008
Class: Creating Digital Resources
"Introduction to Digital Humanities", Birkbeck, Spring/Summer Term 2007, May 1, 2007 and November 2008
Class: Introduction to Databases
"Introduction to Digital Humanities", Birkbeck, Spring/Summer Term 2007, February 27, 2007 and October 2008
