Valuing and Evaluating Digital Humanities Practice

University Room, Hyde Hall, UNC-Chapel Hill Chapel Hill, North Carolina, Select a Country:

Bobby Allen, Co-PI of the Carolina Digital Humanities Initiative (CDHI) and John McGowan, Director of the Institute for the Arts and Humanities (IAH) will host an informal conversation on valuing and evaluating digital humanities practice.

Using the 1940 Census: A Hands-On Workshop

University Room, Hyde Hall, UNC-Chapel Hill Chapel Hill, North Carolina, Select a Country:

In this afternoon workshop we’ll explore different approaches to accessing and using the 1940 census. Constance Potter will provide historical and interpretive context about the census, and Robert Allen will share some pedagogical applications for using census data alongside other sorts of historical data. Participants will also have the opportunity to try out FamilySearch’s crowdsourcing […]

The 1940 Census: A Public Roundtable Discussion

University Room, Hyde Hall, UNC-Chapel Hill Chapel Hill, North Carolina, Select a Country:

Join us for this lively discussion of the uses of the 1940 census from the perspective of genealogists, historians, and computer scientists. We’ll explore the challenges of handling millions of digital records, and how those records can be used with other types of historical data. Panelists: Constance Potter, National Archives and Records Administration Kenton McHenry, […]