Sponsored by the Jackman Humanities Institute, our monthly lightning lunches focus on a specific topic or contemporary issue with experts from different disciplines to explore threads of commonality and nuance. It is always our hope that these lightning lunches will...
Events
DHN Lecture: Safiya Umoja Noble “Algorithms of Oppression: How Search Engines Reinforce Racism” January 29, 2019
Abstract Run a Google search for “black girls”—what will you find? “Big Booty” and other sexually explicit terms are likely to come up as top search terms. But, if you type in “white girls,” the results are radically different. The suggested porn sites and...
Lightning Lunch “Digital Pedagogy” January 29, 2019
Sponsored by the Jackman Humanities Institute, our monthly lightning lunches focus on a specific topic or contemporary issue with experts from different disciplines to explore threads of commonality and nuance. It is always our hope that these lightning lunches will...
Lightning Lunch “Social Justice and Digitality” November 21, 2018
Sponsored by the Jackman Humanities Institute, our monthly lightning lunches focus on a specific topic or contemporary issue with experts from different disciplines to explore threads of commonality and nuance. It is always our hope that these lightning lunches will...
Lightning Lunch “Artificial Intelligence & Performance” October 30, 2018
Sponsored by the Jackman Humanities Institute, our monthly lightning lunches focus on a specific topic or contemporary issue with experts from different disciplines to explore threads of commonality and nuance. It is always our hope that these lightning lunches will...
Lightning Lunch “Games and Play” September 26, 2018
Sponsored by the Jackman Humanities Institute, our monthly lightning lunches focus on a specific topic or contemporary issue with experts from different disciplines to explore threads of commonality and nuance. It is always our hope that these lightning lunches will...
Third University of Toronto Annual Conference of the Digital Humanities Network
ABOUT The Digital Humanities Network invites you to participate in our third University of Toronto Annual Conference of the Digital Humanities Network! Join our tri-campus and interdisciplinary community to celebrate digital humanities research, projects, and...
Talk: “Loot Boxes: Video Game Gambling, Paying to Win, and the Question of Game Design” June 19, 2018
Abstract: A 'loot box' is a consumable virtual item purchased and redeemed within a video game to receive a random selection of virtual items. In the last eighteen months, their implementation in many major and independent titles has led to extensive controversy. For...
CFP: “3rd UofT Annual Conference of the DHN” due July 16, 2018
The Digital Humanities Network invites you to participate in our third University of Toronto Annual Conference of the Digital Humanities Network. The meeting will be at UTM, from 10am-6pm, with drinks to follow, on Thursday the 30th of August, 2018. It will begin with...
Talks: “The Labour of Being Studied | The Labour of Refusing to be Studied” May 11, 2018
Abstract The Digital Research Ethics Collaboratory (DREC) is hosting a critical conversation about research cultures and economies in the Arts & Humanities, revolving around “The Labour of Being Studied/The Labour of Refusing to be Studied,” with distinguished...
Workshop: “Digital Humanities Grant Writing” May 9, 2018
Digital Humanities Grant Writing Workshop Elspeth Brown, Historical Studies, UTM Carla DeMarco, Communications & Grants Manager, UTM Alexandra Gillespie, English & Drama, UTM Steven Hermans, Social Sciences & Humanities Research Manager, FAS Suzanne...
Lightning Lunch “Not the Default Settings” April 3, 2018
Not the Default Setting: Directions for the Study of Gender Leslie Shade, Faculty of Information Victoria Tahmasebi-Birgani, Historical Studies, UTM Tuesday 3 April 2018, 12-2pm Jackman Humanities Building, 170 St. George Street, Room 1040 This event is free but an...
Lightning Lunch “Because SSHRC Says You Have To” February 27, 2018
"Because SSHRC Says You Have To": Managing Your Research Data Laure Perrier, Research Data Management Librarian Mariya Maistrovskaya, TSpace Tuesday 27 February 2018, 12-2pm Jackman Humanities Building, 170 St. George Street, Room 1040 This event is free but an RSVP...
Lightning Lunch “Networked Intimate Publics” January 30, 2018
Networked Intimate Publics: Decolonizing Trans- Feminist and Queer Digital Research Jasmine Rault, Communication, Culture, Information & Technology, UTM and Department of Sociology T.L. Cowan, Arts, Culture & Media, UTSC and Faculty of Information Tuesday 30...
Workshop “Introduction to Python” December 12, 2017
Introduction to Python for First-Time Users Joel Östblom, uoftcoders Raul Samayoa, uoftcoders Tuesday 12 December 2017, 9:00-4:00pm Robarts Library, 130 St. George Street, Room 5-053 (Map and Data Library Computer Lab) This full-day Python workshop will begin with an...