Once upon a time, I was in a meeting with a philanthropist who had spent many, many millions of dollars supporting NGOs around the world. As the meeting was gearing up he mentioned that he had just returned from a trip to Nigeria. I asked him if he was planning to set up a branch…
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THATCamp and All That (3)
The third session of THATCamp that I attended today was on museums in the digital world [scroll down for earlier posts from camp]. The first part of the discussion was about how museums might change their relationship with the objects in their collections via digital media. I threw out the example of what might happen…
THATCamp and All That (2)
Over the next two days I’ll be blogging from THATCamp at CHNM. The first afternoon session I attended was on civic engagement. I’m in this session because of the field studies course I intend to teach next summer and am very thrilled to see the work of the Cultural Gardens project at Cleveland State University….
THATCamp and All That
I’m at THATCamp today and tomorrow at CHNM, where we have more than 70 people interested in digital humanities all gathered in an “unconference” where the interests of the group determined the topics and schedule for the day. As a historian, I don’t think I can express how happy I am that the participants are…