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Text Analysis in Humanities and Social Science
Partners: Writing Rhetoric and American Cultures, Political Science, and the Social Science Data Analytics Theme: Text Analysis in Humanities and Social Science Date: 4/9/2015 Time: 3:00-5:00 Location: Main Library, 3 West, REAL Classroom Increasingly, scholars operating in a wide array of disciplines use computational methods to study digital texts. These digital texts include but are not […]
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Spin Offs: The MI Diaries as a Starting Point
November 4th, 2021, 2PM-4PM, Virtual Registration for Locus: Spin Offs: The MI Diaries as a Starting Point is HERE. What are all the ways that an existing Digital Humanities project can be adapted, grafted, remixed, and spun off into other projects? How can we creatively employ methods, ideas, data, and tools from one research group […]
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Spatial Analysis in Humanities and Social Science
Partners: German Studies & Anthropology Theme: Spatial Analysis in Humanities and Social Science Date: 2/25/2015 Time: 3:00-5:00 Location: Main Library, 3 West, REAL Classroom Register to attend (space is limited) – bit.ly/1zLqpo9 Digital technology has brought about a renewed interest in geographic space in humanities and social science research. Projects using spatial analysis or cultural mapping take […]
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Intersections of Digital Technology and Gender Studies
Seeking feedback on an idea for research or teaching? Developing research in progress that you’d like to share? Interested in presenting a poster? This Locus event will provide a collegial forum for scholars in any discipline to share research developments at any stage (including brainstorming, works in progress, and/or fully developed projects), as well as […]
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Visualization, Gaming, & Digital Storytelling
What are new directions in research and teaching about serious gaming? What is the current and future social impact of immersive technologies? What are emerging areas of inclusive game development? What are current directions in visualization, including (among other areas) virtual reality and text analysis? In what ways are digital tools transforming the process of […]
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Narrative
November 29th, 20183:00-4:30pmDigital Scholarship Lab Flex Space, Main Library (2nd Floor West) Program Level 101: A Video Game About Video Games Justin Wigard Within the field of game studies, video games are explained, analyzed, and dissected through modes of meaning-making that lack interactivity, a surprising problem given that the medium of the video game is, […]
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Social Media and Social Media Analysis
Partners – Quello Center, WIDE Research CenterTheme – Social Media and Social Media Analysis Date – December 7th, 2017Time – 3:00-5:00pmLocation – Green Room, Main Library (4th Floor West) Social media comprise an important set of platforms for understanding the spread of information (along with mis/disinformation) on some of the most urgent social and political […]
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Modeling
Partners – Art, Art History, & Design and Media & InformationTheme – Modeling Date – December 1st, 2016Time – 3:00-5:00Location – REAL Classroom, 3W, Main Library Models are simplified representations that can be used to examine an idea, experiment with features and variables, or create an immersive experience. Across the arts, humanities, and social sciences, […]
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Access in a Digital Environment
Partners: Experience Architecture Program and Museum Studies Program Theme: Access in a Digital Environment Date: 2/24/2016 Time: 3:00-5:00 Location: Libraries, REAL Classroom, 3 West While more websites and digital experiences are created, we must ask questions about access. In order to foster an interdisciplinary conversation on this topic we are seeking proposals up to 300 […]
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Visualizing and Narrating Space
Partners: School of Journalism and Department of Geography Theme: Visualizing and Narrating Space Date: 11/18/2015 Time: 3:00-4:00 Location: Libraries, REAL Classroom, 3 West With the advent of digital tools for mapping and geographic information systems (GIS), the increased ability to narrate stories and conduct research over space and time has furnished scholars with new opportunities to visualize […]