Syllabus 2021-2022

Praxis Schedule 2021-2022

Praxis meets officially for three hours once a week during the academic year. The following schedule represents a projection of what the content of those weekly meetings will be. Each session is projected to be roughly 60-120 minutes long.

Meetings will be online in fall 2021. In general, Praxis will follow the schedule of the academic calendar. So first meetings will be the first week of classes, we will observe holidays and reading days, and we’ll end each semester the last week of classes.

Code lab curriculum - https://github.com/scholarslab/CodeLab

Slides -

Fall - 15 weeks - August 23 - December 8

Our standard time together is generally going to be Monday from 1-2 EST and Wednesdays from 1-3 EST, with 1-2 being Codelab. We’ll be on zoom at least for the fall.

Three assignments - charter, workshop, grant/project proposal.

Goal is to have you develop a portfolio of things at the end of the year both individually and as a group.

Week 1
- Monday, August 23, 2021 from 1-2
  - “Praxis - or, what you’re in for” and framing of charter assignment, Brandon
  - Readings assigned
    - Scholars’ Lab charter
    - Scholars’ Lab student program charter
    - Praxis Program charter - (overlaps a lot with the previous one, so I’d just look for the different bits)
    - A Digital Boot Camp for Grad Students in the Humanities by former SLab director Bethany Nowviskie
- Wednesday, August 25, 2021 from 1-2 (Shane will run assuming he has returned. Otherwise Brandon will cover)
  - Code lab - pep talk
  - Readings assigned (optional):
    - Paul Ford, What is Code?
    - Benjamin Schmidt, Do Digital Humanists Need to Understand Algorithms? - Don’t get caught up in the technical details; there’s absolutely no need to understand a Fourier Transform in any depth.
    - Ian Milligan and James Baker, Introduction to the Bash Command Line - All of you are using MacOS (or Linux), so this should be fairly straightforward. If you’ve switched to a Windows (or other) machine, please let me know because that could be a bit messier.
- Wednesday, August 25, 2021 from 2-3
  - Conversation about Collaboration and Community, Brandon and Amanda Accepted
  - Readings Assigned
    - Miriam Posner, Here and There: Creating DH Community
    - Bethany Nowviskie, Capacity Through Care
    - Tom Scheinfeldt, Why Digital Humanities is “Nice”
    - Roopika Risam, Navigating the Global Digital Humanities: Insights from Black Feminism
    - Colored Convention Project Principles (might be helpful to poke around the site to see what the project is as well, since the principles don’t explicitly state as much)
    - Brandon and Amanda, Building Community And Generosity In The Context Of Graduate Education - Also be sure to check out and peruse the three readings/tools linked in the “practices section”
Week 2
- Monday, August 30, 2021 from 1-2
  - Intro to Charters, Ronda Tentatively accepted
  - Readings Assigned
    - Other Praxis cohort charters, available on the Praxis site - http://praxis.scholarslab.org/charter/. Explore to your heart’s content, but they repeat each other a fair amount. So no need to go overboard - I might pick one or two.
    - And then, if you have time, you might check out one or two of the resources here - http://praxis.scholarslab.org/resources/toward-a-project-charter/. Those are all related to charter development and very worthwhile. Explore at your interest, but the Collaborators’ Bill of Rights and Bethany’s piece are probably the most widely cited.
    - DevDH- there is a ton there, no need to look at everything. You might just take a look at one or two things and only do a deeper dive if you’re interested.
    - Praxis Alum Blog posts. Make sure you read them in order, as they respond to one another. There was also some discussion in the comments that got lost when we shifted platforms, but you’ll get the idea. -
      - ”…but I don’t like programming,” Claire Maiers
      - “Gendering Praxis,” Cecilia Márquez
      - “Gender and computing ctd,” Shane Lin
- Wednesday, September 1, 2021 1-2
  - Code lab
    - Homework to be done in advance of this session
- Wednesday, September 1, 2021 from 2-3
- Lightning Round of DH Methods and Disciplines. Round 1 - Texts (Alison Accepted), Archives (Jeremy Reminded), Makerspaces (Ammon Accepted);
Week 3
- Monday, September 6, 2021 from 1-2
  - Charter discussion
  - Reading - Blogging documentation and start thinking about a first blog post introducing yourself and any thoughts you have in the early moments of the program!
  - Again, start thinking about a blog post
- Wednesday, September 8, 2021 from 1-2
  - Code lab
- Wednesday, September 8, 2021 from 2-3
  - Lightning Round 2 - Maps (Chris/Drew Accepted); Augmented Reality / CHI (Arin Accepted).VR / CHI (Will Accepted).
Week 4
- Monday, September 13, 2021 from 1-2
  - Charter due; discuss charters
  - Reading: Praxis blog posts:
    - I need to write a blog post, Drew MacQueen
    - Project Reviews, Alex Gil
    - Owning Up the Praxis Program, Alex Gil
    - Giving Thanks, Alex Gil
    - Progamming for Prism, Joanna Swafford
    - The Pleasures of Programming, Lindsay O’Connor
    - Preliminary Praxis Charter Ideas, Ed Triplett
    - Processing Praxis, Brooke Lestock
    - A Disclaimer and a Declaration, Sarah Storti
    - Done is the Engine of More., Sarah Storti
    - The Beautiful Truth about Praxis, Sarah Storti
- Wednesday, September 15, 2021 from 1-2
  - Code lab
- Wednesday, September 15, 2021 from 2-3
  - Workshop on workshops (Brandon); Framing of Workshop assignment.
  - Print this sheet before session if you can - Sentiment Analysis Passages
  - Reading: Beyond Buttonology: Digital Humanities, Digital Pedagogy, and the ACRL Framework; Jentery Sayers on Low-Tech Approaches to Digital Research; Brandon Walsh, Frustration is a Feature
Week 5
- Monday, September 20, 2021 1-2
  - Disciplinary DH assignment
    - Come in with 3 DH projects from your discipline (broadly construed!), some of which connect to your interests for discussion.
    - Reviews in DH can be a good place to start looking in addition to Digital Pedagogy in the Humanities
  - Readings Assigned
    - Explore 2-3 things in Digital Pedagogy in the Humanities: Concepts, Models, and Experiments that are useful for your interests.
- Wednesday, September 22, 2021 1-2
  - Code lab
- Wednesday, September 22, 2021 2-3
  - Design jam workshop concepts
  - Come in with one or two topics for a workshop you might run to introduce yourself or others to a flavor of DH you are interested in.
  - To prep, Explore Digital Pedagogy in the Humanities, try out a programminghistorian.org lesson, or talk to Brandon.
  - Past outcomes for the unit might also be helpful for getting ideas (just pick what seems interesting to you - no need to read all of them):
    - “To be out in the world, to be free!” Janet Dunkelbarger
    - “String Theory, or: Let’s Explore Social Networks with String,” Chris Whitehead
    - “Thinking about [Art] Collections as Data”, Chloe Downe Welles
    - “Unmaking and Remaking the Archive”, Natasha Roth-Rowland
    - “Mapping Alone, Together”, Crystal Luo
    - “Content Moderation Workshop”, Grace Alvino
Week 6
- Monday, September 27, 2021 1-2
  - Timed writing prompts on DH pedagogy
  - Readings
    - Sean Michael Morris, Technology is not Pedagogy, Say No to Best Practices, On Silence: Humanising Digital Pedagogy - Sean talks mostly in the context of online learning in these pieces, so abstract them a tad to be applicable to digital methods and teaching more generally.
- Wednesday, September 29, 2021 1-2
  - Code lab
- Wednesday, September 29, 2021 2-3
  - Timed writing prompts on DH pedagogy
    - Bring your sketched mind maps!
    - Design jam workshop concepts
    - Come in with one or two ideas/topics for a workshop you might run.
    - To prep, Explore Digital Pedagogy in the Humanities, try out a programminghistorian.org lesson, or talk to Brandon.
    - Explore 2-3 things in Digital Pedagogy in the Humanities: Concepts, Models, and Experiments
Week 7
- Monday, October 4, 2021 1-2
  - Talk with Mackenzie Brooks at W&L on pedagogy in liberal arts context; Accepted
  - Reading - “Launching the Digital Humanities Movement at Washington and Lee University: A Case Study”; “Minor in Digital Culture and Information” (in particular the linked PDF at the top of this post is useful context)
- Wednesday, October 6, 2021 1-2; in person!
  - Discuss workshop progress
- Wednesday, October 6, 2021, 2-3; in person!
  - Code lab
Week 8
- Monday, October 11, 2021
  - OFF FOR READING DAY
  - Work on your workshops and/or meet with Brandon to discuss them
- Wednesday, October 13, 2021 1-2; in person!
  - Final DH pedagogy discussion; Framing of grant / project proposal assignment.
- Wednesday, October 13, 2021 2-3; in person!
  - Code lab From here forward, barring difficulties, all sessions will be in person by default. But we’ll have a hybrid option for fellows who need to travel or speakers who need to be remote.
Week 9
- Monday, October 18, 2021 1-2 IN PERSON
  - Code lab
- Wednesday, October 20, 2021 1-2; IN PERSON
  - Booked - Bethany and Judy on OER (speakers remote/in-person TBD)
  - Readings assigned: two chapters from Open: The Philosophy and Practices that are Revolutionizing Education and Science. Please just read “From OER to Open Pedagogy: Harnessing the Power of Open,” and “Open as Default: The Future of Education and Scholarship.” They’re both fairly short!
- Wednesday, October 20, 2021 2-3; IN PERSON
  - Workshops due (in blog post form); discuss them.
  - Framing of grant / project proposal assignment.
Week 10
- Monday, October 25, 2021 1-2; IN PERSON
  - Code lab
  - Jeremy on web design 1, HTML/CSS Booked
- Wednesday, October 27, 2021 1-2; IN PERSON
  - Grants, Dave Canceled - Dave needs to reschedule
- Wednesday, October 27, 2021 2-3; IN PERSON
  - Project Conversation
Week 11
- Monday, November 1, 2021 1-2; IN PERSON
  - Project discussion; following up on tasks
- Wednesday, November 3, 2021 1-2; IN PERSON
  - Project Management workshop by Ronda Booked in person
- Wednesday, November 3, 2021 2-3; IN PERSON
  - Code lab
  - Jeremy on web design 2, HTML/CSS Booked
Week 12
- Monday, November 8, 2021 1-2; IN PERSON
  - Code lab
  - Jeremy on web design 3, HTML/CSS Booked
- Wednesday, November 10, 2021 1-2; IN PERSON
  - Project Conversation
- Wednesday, November 10, 2021 2-3; IN PERSON
  - Project conversation
Week 13
- Monday, November 15, 2021 1-2; IN PERSON
  - Code lab.
- Wednesday, November 17, 2021 1-2; IN PERSON
  - Brandon Butler on copyright and IP Booked - in person;
    - Readings
      - “https://berkeley.pressbooks.pub/buildinglltdm/” - Focus on the copyright chapter under “Substantive Literacies”, but you might skim or browse other chapters according to your interest, curiosity
      - Kathleen Fitzpatrick, “Giving it Away”
- Wednesday, November 17, 2021 2-3; IN PERSON
  - Laura, Ronda, Brandon, Amanda on on Budgets and Management;
Week 14
- No meetings week of November 24th due to University holiday
- Some staff are working the first part of the week, though, if you need help with anything!
Week 15
- Monday, November 29, 2021 1-2; IN PERSON
  - Code lab
- Wednesday, December 1, 2021 1-2; IN PERSON
  - Project conversation and framing next semester
- Wednesday, December 1, 2021 2-3; IN PERSON
  - DH Project Sustainability, Lauren Work Booked - She will be remote
Week 16
- Monday, December 6, 2021 1-2; IN PERSON
  - Code lab
  - Code Lab wrap; single tear
- Wednesday, December 8, 2021 1-3; IN PERSON
  - Conversation with Jennifer Isasi (visiting SLab speaker from Penn State, in person for us; zoom for her)
- Wednesday, December 8, 2021 2-3; IN PERSON
  - Project conversation and framing next semester

Spring - 17 weeks - January 19th - May 9 (theoretically two or three week project manager rotations). Meetings are Mondays 11-12 and Wednesdays 10-12.

1 - Week of January 17; Work Time. No meeting on MLK day! First meeting on the 19th
2 - Week of Jan 24; Work Time
3 - Week of Jan 31; Literature Review/Project Survey, Praxis Fellows
4 - Week of Feb 7; Work Time
5 - Week of Feb 14; Work Time; Workshop from Dave on grants sometime in here
6 - Week of Feb 21; Work Time
7 - Week of Feb 28 ; Work Time
8 - Week of March 7; No meeting! Spring break
9 - Week of March 14; Work time;
10 - Week of March 21; Work Time
11 - Week of March 28; Work Time and alt-ac career discussion w/ Amanda and Brandon
12 - Week of April 4; Work Time;
13 - Week of April 11; Work Time
14 - Week of April 18; Work Time

Aim for a soft launch of web presence sometime in here

15 - Week of April 25; Work Time
16 - Week of May 2; Work Time
17 - Week of May 9; Work Time

Final presentation sometime during exams (May 5-12).