Lecture – Machine Learning in Humanities and Social Science Research: A Case Study of Content Coding Toxicity in Online Comments (Yomna Elsayed, ACLS Postdoctoral Fellow in Digital Humanities & Communication)

Digital Matters MLIB 2751, Salt Lake City, UT

This presentation will present a case study on the use of machine learning to code humanities and social science data. It will discuss the opportunities as well the drawbacks and constraints that come with the use of AI and other computational methods in social science and humanities...

Research Talks – Spring 2021 Graduate Fellows and Faculty Grantees Projects

Digital Matters MLIB 2751, Salt Lake City, UT

John Flynn, DM / American West Center Graduate Fellow, PhD Candidate in Dept. of History, "Native Places: An Indigenous Atlas of Utah and the Intermountain West" Native Places is a spatial humanities project from the American West Center. It consists of an interactive, layered map...

Digital Literacy Workshops for Teachers (Day 1)

Online

The University of Utah’s Urban Institute for Teacher Education in the College of Education, English Department, and Digital Matters invite you to join us for a two-day series of workshops to introduce 7-12th grade teachers to a mix of practical and theoretical Digital Literacy skills and concepts. Participants will work with University of Utah faculty and staff to learn more about podcast production and multi-modal writing/video essays to help your students move beyond the traditional research paper. As a group, we will gain a framework for thinking about timely topics such as misinformation, news integrity, and digital citizenship. To facilitate 21st century teaching and research, we will delve into effective online teaching and ethical use of digital resources. We also welcome the chance to hear from 7-12 grade teachers about what skills and concepts you would like to learn about to help your students become digitally literate.

Digital Literacy Workshops for Teachers (Day 2)

Online

The University of Utah’s Urban Institute for Teacher Education in the College of Education, English Department, and Digital Matters invite you to join us for a two-day series of workshops to introduce 7-12th grade teachers to a mix of practical and theoretical Digital Literacy skills and concepts. Participants will work with University of Utah faculty and staff to learn more about podcast production and multi-modal writing/video essays to help your students move beyond the traditional research paper. As a group, we will gain a framework for thinking about timely topics such as misinformation, news integrity, and digital citizenship. To facilitate 21st century teaching and research, we will delve into effective online teaching and ethical use of digital resources. We also welcome the chance to hear from 7-12 grade teachers about what skills and concepts you would like to learn about to help your students become digitally literate.

Workshop – Network Graphing for Humanists (David Roh, Director, Digital Matters)

Digital Matters MLIB 2751, Salt Lake City, UT

Visualizing relationships can reveal hidden connections, leading to interesting research questions or new lines or inquiry.  But how can a non-specialist build those relationships in a quick, efficient, and painless way?  In this workshop, we will learn how to use Gephi, a free and open-source software...

Digging Through History’s Dumpster: The Woman’s Exponent Advertising Database (Dr. Jeremy Browne, Prof. of Digital Humanities at Brigham Young University)

Digital Matters MLIB 2751, Salt Lake City, UT

In 2019 the Marriott Library worked with BYU's Lee Library to re-digitize a complete archive of Woman's Exponent, a newspaper published in Salt Lake City from 1872-1914. While the work to transcribe the complete text is ongoing, every advertisement from the paper was transcribed, cataloged,...

New Media Studies Reading Group

The Fall 2021 New Media Studies Reading Group will meet on Thursday, October 28, 1-2PM, in the Digital Matters space, suite 2751 on the second floor of the Marriott Library, as well as offering Zoom participation. We will be discussing Distributed Blackness: African American Cybercultures...

Workshop – Using Artificial Intelligence Tools for Creativity (Trevor Smith)

In this workshop, Trevor will showcase and explain various creative Artificial Intelligence software, with particular emphasis on how this software can assist in personal creative endeavors including music composition, 3d modeling, digital artwork, narrative writing, and more. This workshop will also include a brief instruction...

Why Learn Text Analysis? Text and Data Mining with Constellate (Dr. Nathan Kelber, Community Engagement Lead, JSTOR Labs; Director, Tap Institute)

In this workshop, Dr. Kelber, an international expert in text analysis education, will give a high-level overview of how text analysis helps researchers discover new insights in the digital humanities and data science. Participants will discover text analysis learning resources including: Constellate, a new teaching...

Research Talks – Fall 2021 Graduate Fellows and Faculty Grantees Projects

Join in person in Digital Matters, Rm 2751 Marriott Library, or through Zoom: Join Zoom Meeting https://utah.zoom.us/j/96055650906 Meeting ID: 960 5565 0906 Passcode: 294094 David Onwukeme, Digital Matters Undergraduate Intern Undergraduate in Multi-Disciplinary Design, “Possibilities of An Autonomous Sanctuary” This project investigates the Land Bridge...