• In, Out, Across, With: Collaborative Education and Digital Humanities (A Job Talk)

    Author(s):
    Brandon Walsh (see profile)
    Date:
    2017
    Group(s):
    Digital Humanists, TC Digital Humanities
    Subject(s):
    Digital humanities, Research, Methodology
    Item Type:
    Blog Post
    Tag(s):
    Presentation, Talk, digital humanities, Digital humanities research and methodology
    Permanent URL:
    http://dx.doi.org/10.17613/M63R92
    Abstract:
    The text of the job talk that I gave for my position as Head of Graduate Programs in the Scholars' Lab at the UVA Library. The talk argued that the position as advocate for graduate students and facilitator of collaborative DH pedagogy required a person to think in terms of prepositions. Such a position requires making connections across the university for students, advocating in and out of their own departments, and encouraging collaboration with many diverse partners at the institution. This paragraph from the talk sums it up well I think: "Today I want to talk to you about how best to champion the people involved in collaborative education in digital research. I especially want to talk about students. And when I mention “students” throughout this talk, I will mostly be speaking in the context of graduate students. But most of what I discuss will be broadly applicable to all newcomers to digital research. My talk is an exhortation to find ways to elevate the voices of people in positions like these to be contributors to professional and institutional conversations from day one and to empower them to define the methods and the outcomes of the digital humanities that we teach. This means taking seriously the messy, fraught, and emotional process of guiding students through digital humanities methods, research, and careers. It means advocating for the legibility of this digital work as a key component of their professional development. And it means enmeshing these voices in the broader network around them, the local context that they draw upon for support and that they can enrich in turn. I believe it is the mission of the Head of Graduate Programs to build up this community and facilitate these networks, to incorporate those who might feel like outsiders to the work that we do. Doing so enriches and enlivens our communities and builds a better and more diverse research and teaching agenda. "
    Notes:
    Originally published on http://walshbr.com/blog/2017/03/02/in-out-across-with/
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