FDC Activity – Fordham Digital Collaborative

christy pottroff wrote a new post, Digital Pedagogy with Anelise Shrout: 10.15, on the site Fordham Graduate Student Digital Humanities 9 years, 1 month ago

christy pottroff wrote a new post, Digital Humanities in its Most Minimalist Form, on the site Fordham Graduate Student Digital Humanities 9 years, 1 month ago

Not too many digital humanities talks begin with a discussion of humanistic practices, ecocritical theory, labor relations, and the politics of memorialization. But that’s how Alex Gil, Digital Scholarship C […]

christy pottroff wrote a new post, Tuesday, 9.22: Alex Gil on Minimalist Computing, on the site Fordham Graduate Student Digital Humanities 9 years, 2 months ago

christy pottroff wrote a new post, GSAS Futures Hosts "Digital Day 2015", on the site Fordham Graduate Student Digital Humanities 9 years, 3 months ago

It’s not too late to register for the GSAS Future’s “Digital Day 2015.” In this workshop, Dr. Susanne Hafner will introduce participants to WordPress and Adobe Photoshop. We’ll be there–will you?

christy pottroff wrote a new post, Mark Your Calendars!, on the site Fordham Graduate Student Digital Humanities 9 years, 3 months ago

We are excited to announce these upcoming events for the Fall 2015 semester:

“Minimal Computing” for Graduate Students
Tues., Sept 22, 3 pm (LC)
Alex Gil, Columbia University
In this workshop we will imm […]

christy pottroff wrote a new post, Omeka and Digital Collections, on the site Fordham Graduate Student Digital Humanities 9 years, 7 months ago

Back in February, the HASTAC group Digital Collections hosted a webinar on the use of Omeka in the classroom. As Fordham has recently acquired a license for Omeka, this webinar was incredibly useful in navigating […]

Christy Pottroff wrote a new post, Topics in Digital Mapping: Georectifying Maps and Using Map Warper, Meeting Report, on the site Fordham Graduate Student Digital Humanities 9 years, 7 months ago

In the third installment of our Topics in Digital Mapping Workshop Series, “Georectifying Maps and Using Map Warper,” David Wrisley demonstrated georectifying to participants, showing us how to code maps and oth […]

Christy Pottroff wrote a new post, Topics in Digital Mapping: Timelines and Palladio Meeting Report, on the site Fordham Graduate Student Digital Humanities 9 years, 7 months ago

Digital map makers are often interested in animating the spatial visualization over time or linking their maps to a timeline. This session provided participants with examples of animations and timelines using […]

Christy Pottroff wrote a new post, Topics in Digital Mapping: CartoDB, on the site Fordham Graduate Student Digital Humanities 9 years, 7 months ago

Topics in Digital Mapping:
Bringing it all together: CartoDB

We look forward to seeing you tomorrow for the final Topics in Digital Mapping event of our four-part series. No need to have attended the earlier […]

Christy Pottroff wrote a new post, Steven E. Jones on Father Roberto Busa, SJ, and the Emergence of Humanities Computing, on the site Fordham Digital Humanities 9 years, 7 months ago

Fordham’s Digital Humanities Group, along with the American Studies Program and the Department of Theology, are delighted to welcome Professor Steven E. Jones to discuss his fascinating new research on the […]

christy pottroff wrote a new post, Spring Break: Digi-Dissertation Edition, on the site Fordham Graduate Student Digital Humanities 9 years, 7 months ago

Blog post by Christy Potroff

For me, there’s nothing more appealing than an open week in my calendar. That blank iCal space means no lesson planning or grading for my Texts & Contexts course. I don’t have to r […]

Christy Pottroff wrote a new post, Topics in Digital Mapping: Georectifying Maps, on the site Fordham Graduate Student Digital Humanities 9 years, 8 months ago

Georectifying Maps
MapWarper and how to find digitized images of old maps

Lincoln Center Lowenstein Building 1017

2:00pm for a recap of Palladio and previous sessions as well as discussion of your […]

Christy Pottroff wrote a new post, First FGSDH Meeting!, on the site Fordham Graduate Student Digital Humanities 9 years, 10 months ago

Debates in the Digital Humanities!
Wednesday, February 4, 1-3pm, FMH 220.

Next week we’ll be discussing Debates in the Digital Humanities, an excellent DH-project-and-ebook about the concept of Digital Humanities […]

Christy Pottroff wrote a new post, Topics in Digital Mapping: Getting and Organizing Spatial Data, on the site Fordham Graduate Student Digital Humanities 9 years, 10 months ago

The first workshop for the Topics in Digital Mapping Series was yesterday, January 21st. David Wrisley introduced us to a variety of tools and ideas related to the process of getting and organizing spatial […]

Christy Pottroff wrote a new post, Exciting Spring Events!, on the site Fordham Graduate Student Digital Humanities 9 years, 10 months ago

After a hiatus last semester, the Fordham Graduate Student Digital Humanities Group is back with a bang. We’ve got a great list of events coming up, and two series going on.

FGSDH Events
Rose Hill Campus, […]

christy pottroff wrote a new post, Choosing between ArcGIS and QGIS in the Classroom, on the site Fordham Graduate Student Digital Humanities 10 years ago

Last October, I co-led a seminar on Spatiality and Digital Mapping. We focused on the conceptual side of digital mapping, going through concepts, theory, and the evolution of the field. Our aim was to expose the […]

Christy Pottroff wrote a new post, Fall 2014 Digital Humanities Programs Kick-Off with Workshops on "R" and Geospatial Mapping, on the site Fordham Digital Humanities 10 years, 2 months ago

Fall 2014 Digital Humanities workshops kick-off next next Monday with a workshop on the powerful open source data analysis program “R” and continue in October with a workshop on geospatial mapping for the digital […]

Christy Pottroff wrote a new post, 2014-2015 Fordham HASTAC Scholars and Campus Digital Scholar Announced, on the site Fordham Digital Humanities 10 years, 2 months ago

The Fordham Digital Humanities Working Group and the Graduate School of Arts and Science are pleased to announce the 2014-2015 HASTAC Scholars: Louie Dean Valencia García (History) and David Levine (Medieval S […]

christy pottroff wrote a new post, 2014-2015 HASTAC Scholars: Call for Applications, on the site Fordham Graduate Student Digital Humanities 10 years, 3 months ago

Deadline for applications: August 25, 2014Announcement of Award: September 3, 2014Are you a graduate student engaged with innovative projects and research at the intersection of digital media and learning, […]

Christy Pottroff wrote a new post, Online Profile Management Workshop, on the site Fordham Graduate Student Digital Humanities 10 years, 6 months ago

This post is a response and reaction to the workshop I led on April 23rd, Your Online Presence: Google, Facebook, and Life Ahead. It is not a summary of the workshop, but instead my takeaways from it, p […]