Dream Lab 2024: Digital Humanities in the Classroom

About Dream Lab 2024:

Hosted at the University of Pennsylvania, Dream Lab is designed to help humanists become more confident and thoughtful users, creators, and critics of digital technology.

There will be 8 courses to choose from, each of which combines technical instruction with practical application. Please visit this link to view the detailed course list!

Dream Lab is open to everyone but has been designed with aspiring and teaching faculty, aspiring research librarians and aspiring archivists in mind. Register now, and we'll see you on June 10-13, 2024!

Course Description:

How do we integrate DH into the classroom in ways that are substantive, critical, and inclusive? How do we navigate the always particular and often messy challenges posed by DH instruction? This course will focus on approaches to juggling curriculum, technology, assessment, and available resources — the how’s and why’s of DH pedagogy — considered as a whole.

Each day will pair classroom-tested tools with critical approaches, through reading, discussion, and hands-on exercises. Participants will also have the opportunity to develop and receive feedback on their own digital assignments. Core to our approach will be engaging issues of accessibility and sustainability as well as the political dimensions of our tools and infrastructure. Participants will learn about common tools for digital exhibits, web-mapping, data cleanup, and collaboration. In addition, participants will leave with concrete strategies for how to incorporate these tools into their own contexts and curricula.

Instructors

Dorothy Berry is the Digital Collections Program Manager at Houghton Library,. She received her MLS from Indiana University, as well as an MA in Ethnomusicology from the same institution, following a BA in Music Performance from Mills College. Previously she worked as the Metadata and Digitization Lead for Umbra Search African American History at University of Minnesota, as a Mellon Fellow at the National Museum of African American History and Culture, and also as a graduate assistant at the Black Film Center/Archive and the Archives of African American Music and Culture. She has areas of expertise in digital projects and African American special collections.

Roberto Vargas is the Research Librarian for Humanities & Interdisciplinary Studies at Swarthmore College. He is also responsible for supporting, developing and maintaining digital scholarship projects. Originally from Ciudad Juarez, Mexico and now residing in Philadelphia, he moves from English to Spanish on a daily basis and from Mexico to the US regularly. He is interested in the careful and ethical use of technology.

Housing:

Participants in Dream Lab 2024 are responsible for finding their own accommodations. In addition to hotels and Airbnb/Vrbo, on-campus housing will be made available for a nightly rate + tax. You will need a Penn Card if you choose to stay in on-campus housing. If you do not have a Penn Card, you will need to purchase a temp card. We'll share a link to sign up for on-campus housing as soon as possible.

For more Dream related news, please visit our website.

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Please make sure to read Dream Lab's FAQ and Code of Conduct before registering.

Price Lab for Digital Humanities is committed to prioritizing the health and well-being of our community. We will follow Penn’s COVID-19 guidelines for safety while planning Dream Lab 2023 to ensure we can provide the best possible experience for all. As of November 2022, face masks are optional and we are no longer requiring proof of vaccination or PennOpen Pass.