Expanding Communities of Practice

FAIN: HT-256968-17

CUNY Research Foundation, Graduate School and University Center (New York, NY 10016-4309)
Lisa M. Rhody (Project Director: March 2017 to May 2021)

A ten-day residential institute and follow-up activities for 15 participants to develop core humanities computational research and project development skills. The in-person institute and follow-up workshop would be hosted at the Graduate Center of the City University of New York.

The CUNY Graduate Center’s Digital Humanities Research Institute (DHRI) will advance the research goals and professional growth of individual participants, while at the same time supporting their efforts to organize and lead digital humanities workshops in their local contexts. During a ten-day residential institute in June 2018, participants will explore interdisciplinary digital humanities research and teaching with leading DH scholars, develop core computational research skills through hands-on workshops, and begin developing versions of the DHRI for their own communities. Over the following academic year, each participant will have access to an online network of peers, as well as 20 hours of consultation from our experienced staff. When participants return to New York in June 2019 to report on their experiences, their reflections will inform the publication of a guide to leading digital humanities skill workshops in a variety of institutional contexts.

Media Coverage

Notre Dame and Saint Mary’s host Digital Humanities Research Institute (Media Coverage)
Author(s): Iman Omar
Publication: The Observer
Date: 10/26/2018
URL: https://ndsmcobserver.com/2018/10/digital-humanities-research-grant/

Associated Products

Digital Humanities Research Institute (Conference/Institute/Seminar)
Title: Digital Humanities Research Institute
Author: Lisa Rhody
Abstract: The Digital Humanities Research Institute (DHRI) is a ten-day residential workshop held from June 11–20, 2018, hosted by Graduate Center Digital Initiatives and The Graduate Center, CUNY. Participants will develop core computational research skills through hands-on workshops, explore interdisciplinary digital humanities research and teaching with leading DH scholars, and begin developing versions of the DHRI for their own communities. Over the following academic year, each participant will have access to an online network of peers, as well as 20 hours of consultation from our experienced staff while they lead their own DHRI. Participants will return to New York in June 2019 to report on their experiences and contribute to a guide to leading DHRIs in a variety of institutional contexts.
Date Range: 9/2017-8/2019
Location: The Graduate Center, CUNY, New York, NY
Primary URL: http://dhinstitutes.org/

Expanding Communities of Practice: A DHRI Pedagogy Showcase (Conference Paper/Presentation)
Title: Expanding Communities of Practice: A DHRI Pedagogy Showcase
Author: Lisa Marie Rhody
Author: Rico Chapman
Author: Andrea Davis
Author: Amy Gay
Author: Rafia Mirza
Author: Sarah Noonan
Author: Alicia Peaker
Author: Alexandra Sarkozy
Author: Rosin Torres
Author: Kalle Westerling
Author: Stephen Zweibel
Author: Jojo Karlin
Author: Patrick Smyth
Author: Olivia Ildefonso
Author: Javier Otero Peña
Abstract: This session features eight (8) of the sixteen (16) humanities scholars who participated in the June 2018 Digital Humanities Research Institute (DHRI) at the CUNY Graduate Center and who now form a national network of distributed DH institute leaders. Additionally, GC Digital Fellows Patrick Smyth, Jojo Karlin, Olivia Ildefonso, and Javier Otero Peña and Digital Scholarship Librarian Stephen Zweibel will demonstrate the open access DHRI curriculum and explain how you can use it to jump start your own local institute. After a brief welcome by Project Director Lisa Rhody and Institutes Coordinator Kalle Westerling, the session will break into 9 simultaneous "lightning" presentations followed by questions at stations around Salons 2 & 3. Presentations will be repeated 5 times, allowing conference attendees to circulate among multiple stations. Around the room, there will also be stations with headphones to view the interviews with DHRI community leads (also found below) who were unable to attend the ACH conference. GC-based DHRI faculty and fellows will be on hand to answer questions. The session will conclude with a large-group question and answer period.
Date: 07/22/2019
Primary URL: https://ach.dhinstitutes.org/
Primary URL Description: This site, created specifically for the ACH 2019 conference session, serves as a digital "brochure" about the Digital Humanities Research Institute. It includes videos and testimonials from previous participants.

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