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Lessons from GURT 2012
I presented a paper last month at the Georgetown University Round Table on Language and Linguistics. The focus of the conference this year was ‘Quantitative Approaches to Acquisition, Assessment,...
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Social Media and Transformative Access
This week I finally read Adam Banks’ inspirational call to reassess “meaningful access to technology” in Race, Rhetoric, and Technology: Searching for Higher Ground. (Ok, ok I know I am 6 years late.)...
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Notes from ICLLC, Pune, India
From the 10th – 12th of December, I attended the International Conference on Language, Literature and Culture in Pune, India. The conference was organized by the Forum for Innovation and...
View ArticleDigital Humanities in India (Part 2)
This post was inspired by my experiences at the International Conference on Language, Literature, and Culture, held in Pune, India from 10th – 12th of December, 2012. I have a separate post about it...
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Make me Asian: Racism in the Digital Age
Recently, a friend brought to my attention the now infamous Make Me Asian app. The app is targeted at people who have “ever wondered [how] to present himself as a person of another nationality,”...
View ArticleSpring Digital Humanities Projects
This term promises to be an exciting one in terms of Digital Humanities and New Media Studies. I will be posting more throughout the term but here is a preview: 1) Holistic Supports for the UF...
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Trip to THATCamp Florida 2013
(Banner courtesy THATCamp Florida) Yesterday I finally caught up with the much talked about the Digital Humanities unconference: the THATCamp. Laurie Taylor (Digital Humanities Librarian at UF),...
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Interface 2013 at UF
On 26th April, the University of Florida held Interface 2013, a day long event which brings instructors together to discuss pedagogy for a digital age. I was fortunate enough to have an opportunity to...
View ArticleGlobal Digital Humanities Essay Prize
Global Outlook::Digital Humanities has announced an exciting essay competition on any topic related to “national, regional, or international practice of the Digital Humanities.” This is a great...
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Completion Report for the UF Digital Collections Grant
Completion Report Prepared By: Dhanashree Thorat (This report can be downloaded as a PDF here) The projects outlined in this report were undertaken as a part of a mini grant titled “Holistic Supports...
View ArticleStudents as Critical Users of New Media (Interface 2013)
I now have the video for my Interface 2013 talk, “Students as Critical Users of New Media.” (Video recorded by Academic Technology, UF) Accompanying powerpoint: Download (PDF, 1.16MB) And my...
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Knowledge Construction on Wikipedia: Part I
A pedagogy for the digital age must engage students in a critical study of the new media technologies that they use in their everyday lives. Students should be able to situate digital tools within...
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Knowledge Construction on Wikipedia: Part II
In my last post, I attempted to read Wikipedia from a critical digital pedagogy perspective. I discussed the two issues that we generally cover with students about using Wikipedia for research. The...
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Introducing WordPress for a class digital project
Introduction WordPress is better known as a blogging platform, but it also serves as a content management system (CMS). A CMS serves as the ‘back end’ of a website and allows a user to edit the content...
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Postcolonial Digital Humanities at THATCamp Florida 2014
I had an opportunity to attend THATCamp Florida 2014, thanks to the generous support of the UF Center for the Humanities and Public Sphere, and the Libraries. THATCAMP, The Humanities and Technology...
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DML 2014: Critical Digital Pedagogy
I am in Boston for the Digital Media and Learning conference this year! The conference has a great focus on “fostering participatory dialogue and linking theory, policy, and practice in the DML field”...
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