paigemorgan – THATCamp Pacific Northwest 2011 http://pnw2011.thatcamp.org The Humanities and Technology Camp Sat, 12 Nov 2011 18:08:19 +0000 en-US hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=4.9.12 Two session ideas http://pnw2011.thatcamp.org/11/11/two-session-ideas/ Fri, 11 Nov 2011 18:14:40 +0000 http://pnw2011.thatcamp.org/?p=333 Continue reading →]]>

And very open-ended ones, at that.

I’d be really interested in a session, or track, on social justice/tech pedagogy. This might encompass

  • teaching students about using technology;
  • teaching them about studying and analyzing different technologies in terms of the issues they raise for public/private freedoms, etc.; and
  • the challenges and opportunities of using the net to study revolutions, movements, and other social-justice related phenomena.
I would also like to see a session or track on activism that might examine
  • how technology is altering the meaning of what constitutes activism, both positively and negatively. (I’m thinking about how platforms like FB, Twitter, and G+ make it easier for people to declare their stance on an issue,  the problems of too much noise trivializing those declarations, and cases like Lisa Simeone and Caitlin Curran
  • the intersections of activism and academia
I can see how either of these might be blended with some of the other session proposals that have already been posted, like the gender session or the access session.
]]> Introductions http://pnw2011.thatcamp.org/11/10/introductions-optional/ http://pnw2011.thatcamp.org/11/10/introductions-optional/#comments Thu, 10 Nov 2011 19:09:25 +0000 http://pnw2011.thatcamp.org/?p=328 Continue reading →]]>
Hello, world!

Hello, world!

 

I like the relative anonymity of the current blog format — seeing ideas for sessions without knowing who proposed them (unless I look in the WordPress dashboard). And I know that identity is a sensitive and challenging issue, in terms of race, gender, sexuality, and in terms of academic pursuits for those who are affiliated with institutions/companies where digital humanities work is seen as less scholarly.

I’m also curious, and would like to know more about people’s interests — even before we meet on Saturday. When I asked about an introductions post, Jentery mentioned that almost 30% of the registrants requested that their info remain private. I don’t want to tread on anyone’s boundaries, and so I thought I’d make this post and invite people to comment and introduce themselves and their interests according to their own preferences.

I do have an idea for a session on practical issues regarding identity and technology in the classroom, i.e. integrating materials on anonymity/pseudonymity, public/private identities, and social justice into classes of any/all disciplines. But my idea is still so fuzzy that I haven’t posted it yet, and it comes down to being curious about how other people include social justice/identity issues units in their pedagogy. (At the same time, I’m wrestling with questions about how we handle identity among ourselves (and how we can handle it better) in the communities of ed/tech and academia, and at gatherings like THATCamp.)

Assuming that I manage to come up with a slightly more expansive proposal, I’ll say more about that in its own post.

Anyway: hi! Please feel free to comment below to introduce yourself as you see fit, or not.

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