Announcements – THATCamp New England 2010

Dork Shorts: Get Ready Now

Lincoln Mullen — Fri, 12 Nov 2010 02:32:24 +0000

One of the plenary sessions this weekend will be dedicated to what we call “dork shorts.” The idea is simple: anyone who wants gets two minutes to introduce a project that he or she is working on. That’s two (2) minutes as in 120 seconds, not two minutes as in ten minutes. You’ll have the use of a web browser projected on screen, and that’s it. It’s a great way to get a quick look at a lot of projects.

If you’re interested, leave a comment below, or sign up on Saturday morning. We’ll have as many presentations as we have time, first come, first served.

Do Your THATCamp Duty!

Lincoln Mullen — Fri, 29 Oct 2010 22:54:28 +0000

To make an unconference like THATCamp New England work, we all have to pull our own weight. That means you have two duties:

Write a session proposal. What we’ll talk about at THATCamp depends on what you propose. Writing out your session proposals in advance is crucial, because we’ll vote on which sessions to hold in first hour of THATCamp on Saturday. So let’s hear your ideas! If you need a model, see these early proposals by Konrad, Boone, Brian, and Lincoln.

Read and comment on others’ proposals. Read the session proposals that other people have written to see what might interest you at THATCamp: you’ll want to be a knowledgeable participant. If there’s a session that particularly interests you, start a discussion on the website. See, for example, the comments that Boone’s post has provoked. You can find all the session proposals here, and you can also subscribe to the RSS feed.

If you need help with doing any of that, send an e-mail to thatcampne@gmail.com, and we’ll be glad to be of service.

The sooner you publish your session proposals and start discussing them online, the better prepared we will all be. And we might just start building a learning community in advance, which is what THATCamp is all about.

First Batch of Acceptances

Lincoln Mullen — Tue, 13 Jul 2010 13:50:16 +0000

We’ve accepted the first batch of applicants to THATCamp New England 2010. If you applied before July, you should have received an e-mail letting you know that you’ve been accepted, and another with login details for this site. If you applied and haven’t been accepted yet, don’t worry. We’ll accept the next batch in early August.

You can see who is coming to THATCamp New England on the list of attendees. Get on that list by applying here.

Watch this blog in the coming weeks for posts about discussion topics at THATCamp.

THATCamp Ground Rules

Lincoln Mullen — Sat, 19 Jun 2010 19:57:14 +0000

Tom Scheinfeldt of CHNM has published a list of three THATCamp ground rules on his blog. If you want an introduction to the ethos of THATCamp, read his post.

Applications Now Open

Lincoln Mullen — Fri, 11 Jun 2010 12:37:34 +0000

We’re now accepting applications to THATCamp New England and to BootCamp—the educational camp within a camp. We hope you’ll join us at the Wentworth Institute of Technology in Boston on November 13–14, 2010. Please take a minute to read about THATCamp and BootCamp, then apply.

Once you’ve applied, please consider getting involved in helping and promoting THATCamp New England.

Thanks for applying, and look for your acceptance e-mail soon!

Help Organize THATCamp New England

Lincoln Mullen — Wed, 26 May 2010 00:28:32 +0000

If you’re interested in helping to organize THATCamp New England, or if you want to listen in to the organization process, please join us at our new Google Group. More details are available at that link.

As always, you can check out our Get Involved page, which will soon be updated with more information.

Welcome to the Website!

Lincoln Mullen — Wed, 28 Apr 2010 06:15:27 +0000

Welcome to the website of THATCamp New England. A group of digital humanists from around New England are planning to put together a series of unconferences about digital humanities. These camps will be part of the THAT [The Humanities and Technology] Camp network that started at the Center for History and New Media and is now spreading into many regional camps.

The first THATCamp New England will be held at the Wentworth Institute of Technology in Boston, November 13/14, 2010. We’re actively working out the details, so please watch this space or the Twitter stream for more information.

Organizing Crew

Wed, 28 Apr 2010 01:06:05 +0000

Many thanks to the organizing crew for getting THAT Camp New England off the ground. We hope to host a camp at different schools around New England each fall and spring. Here is the group who has been involved so far:

Steve Lubar
Brown University
Twitter Id: @lubar

Adam Lipkin
Brandeis University
Twitter Id: @Yendi

Heather Prescott
CCSU
Twitter Id: @hmprescott

Lincoln Mullen
Brandeis University
Twitter Id: @lincolnmullen

Jon Berndt Olsen
UMASS Amherst
Twitter Id: @jonberndtolsen

Amanda Watson
Connecticut College
Twitter Id:@amndw2

Shane Landrum
Brandeis University
Twitter Id: @cliotropic

Tom Rushford

Stephanie Cheney
Wentworth Institute of Technology
Twitter id: @scheney

Amanda French
THAT Camp
Twitter Id: @amandafrench