Welcome to DHRI@SMU 2021 !

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Welcome to DHRI@SMU 2021 !

Before DHRI begins, please do the following:

Zoom

We will be using Zoom for discussion.
- If you have not used Zoom before, please make an appointment with Rafia before DHRI to become familiar with Zoom.

Slack

As we are working to build a community of practice, we are exploring multiple ways of communication. For this institute, we will be using Slack as the asynchronous communication method during the institute. (We will be using Zoom for synchronous discussion during this institute.)
How the Digital Humanities are using Slack to support and build a geographically dispersed intellectual community.
Getting Started for New Slack Users.
Using Slack.
Join the already established channel of DHRI@SMU (you will receive an invite in your email).

Optional

The following links are designed to ensure that all incoming participants have a familiarity with core concepts in how computers and the internet work. They will introduce terms such as input, output, storage, CPU, hardware, software, bits, circuits, and the operating system, as well as wired, cables, WiFi, packets, DNS, IP addresses, packets and routing, HTTP and HTML, encryption, public keys, and how search works. The skills workshops will begin with an assumption that you are at least familiar with these concepts and terminology.
- Code.org. Introducing How Computers Work.YouTube [Watch all 6 short videos.]
- What Is the Internet? YouTube [Watch all 8 short videos.]
  - Same series at Kahn Academy.

Process for DHRI

We will be sharing the links to a Github Repository for each session in Slack before each synchronous session. You can also get to them from the Curriculum page.
This is the first year where DHRI has been planned to have both asynchronous and synchronous components. Here is how we have organized the content.
- As you are reading, we you will see four categories of content:
  - Asynchronous Content presentation (unmarked). Please read ahead of time.
  - Asynchronous Activity (indicated by green check mark ✅). Please make sure you read this content before a session. Some questions have corresponding Slack channels or discussion, others are just marked so you are thinking about them beforehand as they are topics we will be discussing in the synchronous session.
  - Synchronous Content presentation (indicated by a yellow dot 🟡). This indicates a page that has content we will go over together; you do not need to engage with this content ahead of time.
  - Synchronous Activity (unmarked). We will do these activities together in the synchronous sessions.
As you read each repository please put questions/comments in the Slack channel.
If text appears blue in a repository, that just means it is a hyperlink.
- These repositories are structured in such a way that they will direct our conversations during the institute, but also so that you can return to them later to review the material.

Required before this session (8/3/21)

All content is ✅ marked throughout; it is also all gathered on this page.

Introduction to DHRI@SMU 2021

We will introduce ourselves on the Slack channel, but also allow time for introductions during the synchronous session.
During the synchronous session, we’ll provide some of the history of the project, review the schedule, establish the objectives for the Institute, and ask participants to engage in introductions. We’ll review the objectives and the schedule for the next few days, sort out pedagogical practices, and set our ambitious course for our time together. Everything we do throughout the institute is collaborative and community-driven.

Goals for DHRI

Understanding of the importance of community in Digital Humanities and how that might differ from other types of scholarly communities.
Understanding that Communities of Practice are the structure of this workshop series, which means working together to improve everyone’s learning.
Acknowledging that Digital Humanities is inherently interdisciplinary and collaborative; by participating in activities with their fellow attendees, they will simulate the work done by digital humanists.
Creating a personal definition of DH that is useful for the individual's work. This is essential because DH is so many things -- what definition is useful for their research and scholarship?
Learning how to read a 'bibliography' of a DH project to see what went into it (about page).
Articulating more sophisticated questions about DH than previously.

By the end of the week, attendees will not be digital humanities experts, but they will be on their way to becoming full participants in a digital humanities community.