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Comment on Workshops by CFP: Workshops @ THATCamp Epic Play 2013 | THATCamp Epic Play 2013

CFP: Workshops @ THATCamp Epic Play 2013 | THATCamp Epic Play 2013 — Thu, 13 Dec 2012 23:28:32 +0000

[…] organizers prefer to arrange workshop sessions ahead of time (see THATCamp Games workshop series, THATCamp PNW 2011 workshop series, THATCamp Virginia’s workshops series, and THATCamp Southeast’s workshop series), but you can […]

Comment on Schedule by tyaga.org » Blog Archive » 2012 Q1 Update

tyaga.org » Blog Archive » 2012 Q1 Update — Sat, 19 May 2012 16:27:58 +0000

[…] many academics and techies who with a passion for socioeconomic development. Compared to another conference that I attended lat year, I prefer meetings with lots of presentations on case studies and […]

Comment on About by THATCamp at the CSP | Center for Serious Play Wordpress

THATCamp at the CSP | Center for Serious Play Wordpress — Sat, 10 Dec 2011 00:33:42 +0000

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Comment on A Few Session Possibilities by Kent Hooper

Kent Hooper — Sat, 12 Nov 2011 16:34:16 +0000

Re: how we incorporate DH into undergraduate classes….. and also GIS in classes — dovetails with my interest in establishing a DH minor at a small liberal arts college — what sort of coherent sequence of courses might be included? You’re correct in assuming that many incoming students–even those who arrive with computers–while eager to explore DH, have yet to master copying an image off the web and pasting it into a Word Doc….Where to begin? What is manageable at the middle levels (GIS, TEI?). Is a programming class necessary in a DH minor?

Comment on Rideshare by Rahul

Rahul — Fri, 11 Nov 2011 21:29:43 +0000

Seems we all need rides — ditto on the ride from Cap Hill, although it seems that no one has a car. Guess I will have to get up early and bus it; for those of you living near the Hill and/ or downtown, the ST 522 Express is the fastest way to get to UWB and leaves from Pike & 6th (outside of American Eagle)…

Comment on Introductions by Mike Tardiff

Mike Tardiff — Fri, 11 Nov 2011 00:46:19 +0000

Hey, all – I’m Mike Tardiff, a first year MA student at Michigan State University in Writing and Rhetoric with a focus in literacy and pedagogy.

I’m most interested in how technologies can becomes spaces for critical engagement, communities of practice, and alternative literacies.

Comment on Rideshare by Jentery Sayers

Jentery Sayers — Thu, 10 Nov 2011 20:52:09 +0000

Adding my name to this list, too. I’m coming from Greenwood. Would love a ride, if you’re willing: @jenterysayers.

Comment on Introductions by Matt Kopas

Matt Kopas — Thu, 10 Nov 2011 20:46:20 +0000

I’m Matt — I’m an MA candidate in the Department of Sociology at the University of Washington with broad interests in gender, embodiment, sexuality, and technologies. For the past year, I’ve been pretty wrapped up in my master’s thesis on public bathrooms. Specifically, I’m interested in people’s reactions to alternative (non-gendered) possible configurations of these spaces.

Before I got into this area, I was interested in the gendering of technology and was planning on doing work on gender relations in geek communities. Lately I’ve been thinking about that line of research again, and so I’m considering starting some ethnographic work in a hackerspace this winter, investigating how involvement in the space and in maker/hacker communities affects people’s identities (gender, political, etc.). Plus, I think it would be a good excuse to learn some hardware and programming skills that I’ve been meaning to build up for some time now.

Between that and my involvement in social justice communities and conversations online (especially around issues of gender and sexuality), you’ve basically got the back story of my session proposal.

Comment on Introductions by Jentery Sayers

Jentery Sayers — Thu, 10 Nov 2011 20:42:11 +0000

Thanks, Paige! And just to introduce myself quick-like: I’m an Assistant Prof in English at UVic, and I’m generally interested in the intersections between cultural criticism and digital humanities, with a background in media and technoculture studies. Most of my work looks at the practice of culture in a digital age, and I like blending making with theory. Recently, I’ve been working on a cultural history of magnetic storage as well as some critical approaches to the attention economy (where human attention is alienated and rendered value-productive).

See everyone on Saturday! Looking forward.

Comment on Introductions by paigemorgan

paigemorgan — Thu, 10 Nov 2011 19:29:24 +0000

And to start things off, I’m Paige; and I’m finishing a dissertation in the English Department at UW, where I also work in textual studies and digital humanities.

I work with literature and economics in 18th and 19th century British poetry, and on William Blake, and I’m also working on Visible Prices, an ongoing large-scale DH project.

I feel relatively new to the topic of technology and social justice, which is to say that as a tech user, I’m actively aware of many of the issues that are arising, but that I haven’t made social justice in the 21st century a specific area of my research. (I’d like to, but I’d also like to finish my dissertation.) My introduction to tech and social justice didn’t actually come from academia at all — I read a lot of sci-fi and fantasy, and I really first started becoming aware of how widespread the issues were through RaceFail ’09 (just google it if you’re not familiar). And currently, of course, I’m working on finding ways to directly address social justice issues with my students as part of the work of learning academic writing, in any discipline.

Comment on Rideshare by Jentery

Jentery — Wed, 09 Nov 2011 17:56:00 +0000

Ariel: I believe they do.

Comment on Rideshare by Ariel Wetzel

Ariel Wetzel — Wed, 09 Nov 2011 17:39:36 +0000

Does anyone know if/what UW Bothell charges for parking on the weekends?

Comment on Rideshare by Michael Tardiff

Michael Tardiff — Wed, 09 Nov 2011 03:21:47 +0000

I will be in Seattle as well. Was banking on public transit but Saturday service is limited.

Comment on Rideshare by Maria Rodriguez

Maria Rodriguez — Tue, 08 Nov 2011 21:58:36 +0000

Hey All,
I live in Seattle as well as would appreciate a ride. I’m happy to help with gas as well. I live in Northgate, but am happy to meet folks wherever. @mboogie924

Many Thanks!
Maria

Comment on Rideshare by Jill Seidenstein

Jill Seidenstein — Tue, 08 Nov 2011 20:02:09 +0000

I, like Matt, live in Seattle and would appreciate a ride up and back. I’m on Capitol Hill, but happy to come somewhere to meet you.

Please let me know! @outseide

Thanks!

Comment on Rideshare by Matt Kopas

Matt Kopas — Tue, 08 Nov 2011 17:42:10 +0000

Hi all,

A ride would be very helpful if anyone’s leaving from Seattle on Saturday morning. As it is I’m planning on taking Metro, but it’s about twice as long of a trip that way. If you think you could help me out, please contact me at @mattkopas. Thanks!

Comment on About by Mixed metaphors, marked bodies, and the question of “theory” « queer geek theory

Fri, 04 Nov 2011 20:29:21 +0000

[…] Do we need, as Jentery Sayers suggested on Twitter yesterday, a different term? Radical critique, social justice, or––following Alan Liu––cultural criticism? That does make some […]

Comment on About by Interested in social justice and technology? | Canada-Supporting Women in Geography

Mon, 24 Oct 2011 19:00:05 +0000

[…] the University of Washington, Bothell (not far from Seattle). It’s free to attend. Just check out the their site for the break-down. And if you have question just email Jentery Sayers (jentery@uvic.ca) who is […]