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training in digital methods for humanists
over the 2019–20 academic year, training in digital methods for humanists (tdmh) brought in its second cohort, continuing to serve as a bridge between humanists all over campus and the units providing methodological training in the digital domain. tdmh offers workshops and activities designed to generate interdisciplinary scholarly exchange as fellows develop proficiency in digital methods, leading to new research initiatives and teaching agendas in their home units. Because of the coVId-19 pandemic, fellows in the 2019–20 cohort will delay travel activities until summer 2021.
the third tdmh cohort (see below) was welcomed with a virtual orientation in may. other new additions to the program include recent tdmh fellow clare crowston (history), who has returned as a member of the tdmh Working group, and eduardo Ledesma (spanish & Portuguese) and ned o’gorman (communication), who will serve as tdmh mentors. We are also excited that two postdoctoral fellows, anna torres-cacoullos and Brooklyne gipson, will be participating in tdmh activities as part of the american council of Learned societies/drIVe fellowship program, hosted by the college of Liberal arts and sciences.
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We must also report the bittersweet news that tdmh Project manager carolyn randolph has left hrI to begin a new role in the college of Fine and applied arts. We are grateful for her leadership and dedication, which certainly shaped tdmh into the successful program it has become. Judith Pintar (Information sciences) has graciously agreed to lead tdmh in the coming academic year. she’ll be assisted by saniya ghanoui, a Ph.d. student in the department of history. to learn more about this initiative, visit go.illinois.edu/TDMH.
Tamara Chaplin
hIstorY
tamara chaplin will be using the fellowship to acquire the screenwriting and film editing skills needed to write a documentary script and produce a fiveminute promotional reel based on the raw footage she shot while researching her forthcoming book (now under contract with university of chicago Press).
Josue David Cisneros
communication
Josue david cisneros’ project focuses on activist art in the immigrant justice movement, including visual images, stories and memes. In addition to analyzing this artivism, the project also aims to trace its spread, circulation, uptake and appropriation/remixing on social media.
brooklyne Gipson
communication
Brooklyne gipson’s research focuses on the intersections of race and digital technology—especially the utility of social media and other digital tools in facilitating or inhibiting grassroots organization and civic engagement amongst traditionally marginalized groups.
John Randolph
history
historians increasingly use digitized versions of historical records in their teaching and research. as a tdmh Fellow, John randolph will be pursuing advanced training in digital archiving and publishing to help him build digital documentary editing into humanities courses at Illinois.
Dustin Tahmahkera
american Indian studies
as a tdmh Fellow, dustin tahmahkera will be training in digital music production and cross-genre sampling to construct an experimental research soundtrack—ranging from historical recordings of native elders and homelands to traditional powwow songs and alternative folk music— for his manuscript and digital site “Becoming sound” on aural approaches to cultural well-being.
anna Torres-Cacoullos
spanish and Portuguese
anna torres-cacoullos’ project seeks to capitalize on digital humanities methodologies in data visualization and data mining as innovative tools for an emerging digital film forensics. In the study of early cinema, this opens the way to reconfiguring moving image media by visualizing them in new ways.
