Manos a la obra: A Hands-on Latino DH Workshop

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Manos a la obra: A Hands-on Latino DH Workshop

Pre-conference workshop (in person)

April 25, 2024
9:00am-12:00pm CT

Level: Beginner and intermediate

This workshop explores analog and digital methodologies to create scholarship and knowledge around the experiences of US Latinas/os. Participants will learn about US Latino digital humanities methods and theory, archiving, metadata creation and a free, easy-to-use digital platform. The workshop will provide an introduction to US Latino Digital Humanities and the use of Recovery digital archives in the classroom.

Some of the questions that this workshop will include, but are not limited to are the following:

• How to identify materials for future projects (research, copyright issues, etc.)?
• How do we create meaningful and respectful data?
• How do we use Recovery archives in the classroom?

No prior technical knowledge is required in this course. Anyone with an interest in US Latina/o studies and digital studies is welcome.

This course is based on the work of the Recovering the US Hispanic Literary Heritage program located at the University of Houston, one of the premier research programs for US Latino scholarship with a trajectory of 30+ years of locating, preserving and making available the written legacy of Latinas/os/es in the US from colonial times until 1980. The US Latino Digital Humanities (USLDH) Center provides a physical space for the development, support and training in digital humanities projects using Recovery’s vast collection of newspapers, photographs and digital materials; creates opportunities and facilities for digital publication of Latino-based projects and scholarship; promotes and fosters interdisciplinary scholarly work; and provides a communal virtual space to share knowledge and projects related to Latino digital humanities.

Registration will open in January 2024. For more information, contact us at apprec@central.uh.edu.