UPJ held the "Day of Digital Humanities" conference on Saturday and I was able to attend several panels and workshops. The panels were packed full of information about different subjects in the digital humanities including narrative structures, several genres and art forms, and scholarship approaches. It was a huge learning experience for me to see different uses of digital humanities in a wide range of mediums such as writing, video games and art installations, and data formatting. The majority of the speakers present were UPJ's own Humanity Division professors so it added another level of intrigue seeing them speak about mediums they have experience in or speaking about humanities in general.
What I personally benefitted from the most were the two workshops held in between some of the panels. The first I attended was taught by UPJ's Dr. Justus and was called "Making Stuff by Breaking Stuff." What I enjoyed most about this workshop was some hands on HTML play, which is something I've been trying to teach myself and gain experience in. We were able to learn a few tricks in image source manipulation and self generating poetry and I believe it was a valuable session.
The second workshop I was able to attend was about creating some digital narratives through resources like google maps, something I had never even thought to use before. This workshop was taught by a Robert Morris professor. Both sessions opened up new resources and mediums for me to use and I'm excited to try these new things out.
The last panel I attended was an art installation that really displayed the wide range of mediums that can be found in digital humanities. It had tumblr stories, audio of poetry to related footage, and interactive pieces. The whole experience in the panels and workshops was very inspiring to really bunker down and develop something new and exciting.
Of course what tied the whole thing in to being a perfect Saturday to muse about was the rain. I adore rain and grey is one of my favorite colors, so that mixed into the slowly turning leaves made for a beautiful view in between panels and the lunch hour.
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