Doing Digital Humanities is a monthly series of presentations and workshops focusing on basic skills needed for working in the digital humanities: wrangling data, managing projects, and learning on-the-fly. Lightning-talk panel presentations, followed by audience and panel discussion, showcase people, projects, and expertise in the Research Triangle and offer insights into the practical side of being a digital humanist. Workshops provide hands-on introduction to tools used by digital humanists.

Visit http://sites.duke.edu/digital/training-events/doing-dh/ for more information.

The second event in the series explores Project Management:

Project Management for Digital Humanists 

WORKSHOP 
Thursday, November 21, 4:00-5:00 PM
Wired! Lab (Bay 11, Smith Warehouse)
Register: http://tinyurl.com/DoingDH-PM-work (limited space – registration required)
Open to all faculty, staff, and students at Research Triangle institutions.

Workshop Leader: Ashley Reed, The William Blake Archive, UNC
Introduction to DH project planning and management, with special emphasis on choosing the tools and applications (from free apps like Google Docs to professional software like BaseCamp and Jira) that best suit your project and your team.

PRESENTATION
Thursday, October 24, 6:00-7:30 PM
FHI Garage (Bay 4, Smith Warehouse)
Register: http://tinyurl.com/DoingDH-PM
Open to faculty, staff, and students at all Research Triangle institutions

And the third event in the series:

Learning On The Fly 

PANEL
Thursday, December 5, 11:30 AM – 1:00 PM
FHI Garage (Bay 4, Smith Warehouse)
Register: http://tinyurl.com/DoingDH-LearnFly
Open to faculty, staff, and students at all Research Triangle institutions

Digital projects frequently breed challenges that require new skills and knowledge and a willingness to take risks and make mistakes, as part of the process of learning and moving forward. Whether part of cross-disciplinary and collaborative work, or the application of a new digital tool or method to an established research area, learning on-the-fly is an unavoidable and valuable trait of digital humanities work. Panelists will present critical learning moments in their own work, and discuss strategies for cultivating this skill.