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CUNY DHI
Lighting Talks
Building a Digital Humanities Community
at the City University of New York
10th Annual
Tuesday, November 19th 2024
5:30 p.m. – 7:30 p.m.
RM 9205/9206 & Zoom
The Graduate Center, CUNY
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The DH Syllabus as Archive
Digital Pedagogy, Feminist Citation, and Sustainability
Andie Silva, York College and Graduate Center
November 19, 2024
https://bit.ly/SilvaDHI
Accessible text version of talk
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Website backend and content by Tactical Technology Collective
https://myshadow.org/
Andie Silva DHI 2024
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Andie Silva DHI 2024
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Andie Silva DHI 2024
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we increasingly
rely on digital
archives to
preserve our shared
cultural heritage …
any interruption in
access reminds us
of the fragility of
our digital
landscape
Chris Freeland, “Vanishing Culture: A Report on
Our Fragile Cultural Record,”
The Internet Archive
Andie Silva DHI 2024
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“Feminist citational practices acknowledge the
historical marginalization and silencing of Authors
of Color, authors with marginalized genders and
gender identities, and disabled authors/authors
with disabilities in academia via the intentional
crediting of their scholarship.”
Andie Silva DHI 2024
Lori Wright, Neisha Wiley, Elizabeth VanWassenhove, Brandelyn Tosolt, Rae Loftis, Meg L. Hensley,
“Feminist Citational Praxis and Problems of Practice”
Women's Studies Quarterly, Vol. 50, No. 3/4 (FALL/WINTER 2022), pp. 124-140
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Anna Kijas, Quinn Dombrowski, and Sebastian Majstorovic
sucho.org
Andie Silva DHI 2024
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Andie Silva DHI 2024
Brittany Myburgh, Keith Cheng, and collaborators,
https://blackdigitalhumanities.com/
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Andie Silva DHI 2024
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Maria Cotera and Linda Garcia Merchant
https://www.chicanapormiraza.org/
Sarah Rafael García
https://www.libromobile.com/
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DHI 2024
https://www.libromobile.com/bipocartspaces
Valerie James, Chicano Park takeover
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Andie Silva DHI 2024
Steven Klein, “Data Management Research Guide”
https://libguides.gc.cuny.edu/datamgmt
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Andie Silva DHI 2024
Alex Ketchum
https://www.lgbtqarchives.com
Colored Conventions Project
(P. Gabrielle Foreman, Jim Casey, Lauren Cooper, et al)
bit.ly/Black-DH-List
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Andie Silva DHI 2024
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“As scholars/curators Erica Lehrer and Cynthia E. Milton point out, the root
meaning of the word “curate” is “caring for”: this connection between “curation”
and “caring for,” they contend, demands that we think of curation “not only as
selection, design, and interpretation, but as care-taking— as a kind of intimate,
intersubjective, interrelational obligation”
…
the “caring for” the past that is at the root of curation can take the form of
carefully attending to aesthetic practices through writing: the critical analysis of
art objects/aesthetic practices by placing them in relation to one another can
function as a mode of queer curation. To “care for” is also to “care about”; thus
the project of queer curation, as I understand it, is the obligation to impart that
“caring about” to others.
Andie Silva DHI 2024
Gayatri Gopinath
Unruly Visions: The Aesthetic Practices of Queer Diaspora
Duke University Press, 2018
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1. Teaching and learning can happen beyond project-building
a. building coalition and contributing to existing work can be extremely
rewarding and ensure longevity if the project is already hosted and
supported elsewhere
b. in the classroom and beyond, deliberately small-scale and local
community projects have incredible value for those involved, and they can
be short lived by design
2. Amplify voices whenever possible
a. employ feminist citation practices by naming individuals, not just projects,
and centering the work of folks outside hegemonic voices and spaces
b. work with the library to contribute to or enhance libguides, archives, and
resource lists
1.
Archiving, Pedagogy, Care Work
Andie Silva DHI 2024
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3. Build a (sustainable) classroom archive
a. require sustainability approaches like The Endings Project and sunsetting
plans
b. use tools like Perusall to take snapshots of websites to be used for class
c. upload to work to Google Docs, Academic Works, and Humanities
Commons with CC licenses
4. Accessibility = preservation
a. center accessibility in project planning, evaluation, and design
i. list and share best practices for sustainable websites
b. model accessibility with syllabi, slides, and alternative assignments
Archiving, Pedagogy, Care Work
Andie Silva DHI 2024
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Digital Archives
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Adonde:
Nuyorican
Founders in
The Digital
Age
Jonathan B. Toro • Nov 2024
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“Let it not be forgotten the esthetic
that has been developed by the
Afro-Caribbean Diaspora in NYC.”
- Lois Elaine Griffith
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NUYORICAN POETS CAFE FOUNDERS
ARCHIVE PROJECT WEBSITE
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Thank you!
https://nuyoricanarchive.wordpress.com/
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11/19/2024
Humanidades Digitales is the Spanish for digital
humanities (DH). A Commons Group was created
years ago, after a meeting in Mina Res.
Humanidades
digitales
Silvia Rivera Alfaro Digital Fellow / Candidate, PhD Program in Latin American, Iberian and Latino Cultures
This semester we started a blog
about DH projects
● In Spanish (about any topic)
● Around topics that
communicate with the
identities imagined as
“Spanish speaking”
● OER about those communities
or about Spanish
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11/19/2024
There are many reasons why creating
this resource is important. Some of
them are:
● CUNY is a Hispanic-serving
institution and it is important to
understand how DH are
contributing in our institution
across colleges.
● There are CUNY faculty,
students, and alumni working in
Humanidades Digitales.
● It is a way to highlight the
Spanish language as a central
part of US past and
contemporary culture and
intellectual life.
Reasons
Silvia Rivera Alfaro Digital Fellow / Candidate, PhD Program in Latin American, Iberian and Latino Cultures
Examples of projects to highlight
Dr. Wendy Barrales,
Alum from Urban
Education
Lidia
Hernandez
Tapia,
Candidate,
LAILaC and
ITP alum
Dr. Aránzazu
Borrachero,
Professor at
Digital
Humanities
(GC) and
Queensborough
Community
College
Dr. Rebecca L. Salois and
Dr. Rojo Robles, Baruch
College
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11/19/2024
Silvia Rivera Alfaro Digital Fellow / Candidate, PhD Program in Latin American, Iberian and Latino Cultures
You can collaborate writing about resources created by
others or about your own resources. Join the CUNY
Academic Commons group to become an author.
Collaborate!
Examples of projects to highlight
Dr. Tania Aviles, Dr.
Anthony J. Harb, LAILaC
alumni, Andrea Ariza,
Rosalía Reyes Simon,
Ph.D. candidates, LAILaC,
Ricardo Martín Coloma,
Ph.D. candidate, LAILaC
and ITP alum
Dr. Lizbeth de la
Cruz Santana,
Baruch College
Dr. Clayton McCarl, Spanish and
Digital Humanities professor,
University of North Florida.
LAILaC and ITP alum
Natalia Villarroel
Torres, LAILaC
candidate; and Silvia
Rivera Alfaro,
LAILaC candidate
and ITP alum
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Tuka Al-Sahlani
CUNY DHI Lightning Talks
Nov. 19, 2024
Arab American
Women
Academics:
Digital Index
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The Library of Missing
Datasets (2016)
Data Feminism (2020) Archiving (2020)
The word "missing" is
inherently normative. It
implies both a lack and an
ought: something does not
exist, but it should.
This is not usually
intentional; it comes from
the ignorance of being on
top. We describe this
deficiency as a privilege
hazard.”
Through this turn, the notion
of archive has also been
extended and interrogated
as a site of memory, of loss
and of power.”
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Arab American
National Museum
University Library/
Google Scholar
Crowdsourcing
Arab American Book Award
Non-Fiction
Search terms: Arab
American women; Arab
American feminists; Arab
American women writers
Forthcoming…
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Platform/Application Development
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Catch our DHRIFT
Digital Humanities Infrastructure for Teaching
Technology
DHRIFT Team:
CUNY Graduate Center
Leanne Fan, GC Digital Fellow, Project Manager
Zachary Lloyd, GC Digital Fellow, Developer
Lisa Marie Rhody, Deputy Director of Digital Initiatives, Project Director
Stephen Zweibel, Digital Scholarship Librarian, Project co-Director
Consultants
Patrick Smyth, Development and Accessibility
Sara Cannon, Designer
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What is DHRIFT?
❖ A customizable OER platform for
publishing DH workshops and
institutes on the web
❖ A set of core workshops on
foundational DH topics
❖ A minimal computing workflow
for reproducing and sharing
resources and content
❖ A community of co-learners,
creators, and facilitators
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DHRIFT Core
Core workshops include:
● Python
● R
● JavaScript
● Command Line
● Text Analysis
● HTML/CSS
● and more!
Each workshop includes:
● Landing page
● Interactive features
● Glossary
● Theory to Practice
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Write and run code, all in the
browser
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Learn more…
…at
https://dhrift.org/
https://app.dhrift.org/
(under active development)
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CUNY SPS OpenLab
A collaborative open digital pedagogy platform for all CUNY SPS
community
[email protected] | Jesse Rice-Evans, OpenLab Manager
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Welcome to the OpenLab!
In operation since 2011, the OpenLab
was created by CUNY, for CUNY.
● City Tech OpenLab
● BMCC OpenLab
● CUNY SPS OpenLab
● Runs on WordPress (⅓ of the
internet does too!) and BuddyPress
OpenLab allows for more informal
connection and collaboration for
remote/async teaching and learning
environments
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✨SSO✨
Launched November 2024
Open-source plugin development means other OpenLabs will be able
to repurpose and use the SSO plugin for their local networks!
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Digital tool for an endangered language revitalization
Celeste Escobar
Linguistics PhD Program
The Graduate Center
[email protected]
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Paĩ Tavyterã Guaraní
The Paĩ Tavyterã, as it is called in Paraguay, belongs to the Tupi-Guaraní linguistic family, subgroup 1 and is considered an endangered
language (Campbell et al., 2002). On the Paraguayan side, it has not been linguistically documented or described, with a census figure
of 15,500 in 2022. However, this figure does not reflect the actual number of speakers.
To date, there is no census of speakers (monolingual or bilingual), but ethnographic observations over the last decade suggest that older
adults (30 and up) are exclusively monolingual, with an imprecise degree of understanding of Spanish, with approximately no more than
150-200 speakers.
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www.tapeayvu.com
Launch of a web platform and app for files with content in the language
Digitization of content in the language in multimodal form
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Institutional Projects
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Designing a NYC PIT
Pop-Up Shop
Rev. Dr. Katie Cumiskey
Director, CUNY PIT Lab
Professor, Psychology/CSP, CSI & Grad Center
[email protected]
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What is
public interest
technology?
Emerged as intentional effort in US to
create an interdisciplinary field.
Evolving into a community of practice.
Reduce disconnect between rapid
development in emerging tech and
citizen engagement in shaping tech.
Different from civic tech.
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Who We Are: CUNY PIT Lab
Innovation Space and Media Lab:
• Centralized space to demonstrate PIT
at CUNY and NYC region.
• Access to tools/resources to boost
communication and engagement.
• Catalysts for community partnerships
to build tangible into PIT Careers.
(Partnership with BetaNYC)
Research/Practice Hub within the CUNY
system:
• Dedicated to advancing projects that
center tech in service to the public
interest.
• Support initiatives that address
social, economic and systemic
inequities.
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The Vision:
NYC PIT POP UP
A storefront property, central location in
New York City
Showcase cross-sector collaboration as
exemplars of PIT in Action.
Engaging potential partners from the
private and civic sectors
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Making commitments for
future collaborations and job
creation.
Collective visualization of a
sustainable, regional
innovation hub:
•community perspectives,
•creative expression and
•interactive elements to foster
connections and break down
silos.
The Vision:
NYC PIT POP UP
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Who Built America? OER
Stefano Morello
Assistant Director for Digital Projects
American Social History Project
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Beta 2.0
● Funded by NEH, Ford Foundation, and CUNY Office of
Library Services
● Updated Textbook + Supplemental Essays (“Closer
Look,” “Historians Disagree,” “Making Sense of
Evidence”) + Primary Sources (“History Matters”)
● Beta 2.0
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Next Steps
My WBA? Collection Tool
January
2025
CSS and Navigation Restyling + PDF and
ePub export
March
2025
Expand History Matters Repository
TBD
Intra- and Extra-Institutional
Professional Development for Teachers
TBD
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Digital Projects
(Data Visualization, Mapping, Physical Computing)
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Free Tools for
Bibliometric Analysis
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Off the Pages of the Green Book
Primary Sources and Data Literacy
A Collaborative Classroom Assignment
DH Lightning Talks
November 19, 2024
Iris Finkel - [email protected]
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Mapping the Green Book
http://publicdomain.nypl.org/greenbook-map/trip.html
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Current stage
Project components
● Raw data
○ Scan PDF
○ Github - NYPL
● Spreadsheet / other tools
to clean and organize data
● Geocode addresses
○ Online tools
● Tableau Public
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Student-centered collaboration
Class assignment goals
○ Engage with a primary source; promote data literacy;
use technology; consider research question in relation
to data
Secondary sources:
Taylor, C. A. (2020). Overground Railroad : The Green Book and the Roots
of Black Travel in America. Abrams Press.
Negro Motorist Green Book virtual exhibit. Smithsonian Institute and
Candacy Taylor .https://negromotoristgreenbook.si.edu/.
Thank you!
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CUNY Mapping Service
Steve Romalewski
Valerie Bauer
Will Field
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www.censushardtocountmaps2020.us
us.redistrictingandyou.org
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mygovnyc.org
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longislandzoningatlas.org
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Digital Publishing
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DIGITAL DANTE turns 10
HOW A SITE HACK, A WORLDWIDE LOCKDOWN,
AND ANALYTICS TOOLS REVEALED A GLOBAL READERSHIP
Julie Van Peteghem (Hunter / Graduate Center)
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a first peak
summer [winter] break
Dantedì (3/25)
website down
back online!!
winter [summer] break
Dante anniversary years: Dante celebrations:
2015: 750th anniversary of Dante’s birth 3/25: Dantedì or Dante Day (since 2020)
2021: 700th anniversary of Dante’s death official day of Dante in Italy & beyond
Digital Dante over the years: Where in the world:
1.5+ million users top 10 from 5 continents
6.5+ million views only 3 countries never clicked
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DIGITAL DANTE
Google Earth
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Matthew K. Gold Laurie Hurson Krystyna Michael
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CUNY Academic Commons CUNY Manifold
Open Education & Infrastructure
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Open Education Publishing
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Feminist Digital Humanities:
Intersections in Practice
Edited by
Lisa Marie Rhody and Susan Schreibman
The tools, alternative infrastructures, and
liberatory teaching practices transforming
digital humanities
Publication date: April 8, 2025
Available through Open Access on the
University of Illinois Press OA Books page
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Three Sections:
T
● Readings
● Infrastructures
● Pedagogies
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Contributors
Daniela Agostinho
Monika Barget
Jenny Bergenmar
Susan Brown
Tanya E Clement
Katrine Dirckinck-Holmfeld
Jaime Lee Kirtz
Cecilia Lindhé
Laura Mandell
Lisa Marie Rhody
Mark Sample
Susan Schreibman
Andie Silva
Nikki L. Stevens
Ravynn K. Stringfield
Dhanashree Thorat
Nanna Bonde Thylstrup
Kristin Veel
Astrid von Rosen
Jacqueline Wernimont
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Digital Pedagogy
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Trauma-Informed Social
Work Pedagogy
CUNY Commons
By Katrina Hannan
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Background & Purpose
Trauma refers to difficult experiences that leave lasting marks (or wounds), whether they be
physical or emotional. Research indicates that having traumatic experiences negatively
impacts mental health (CDC, 2023; Felitti, 1998; Giano et al., 2020). There is a high
prevalence of trauma among clients served by social service agencies (CDC, 2013; Felitti et
al., 1998), particularly a history of childhood trauma (Knight, 2015; Levenson, 2020; Mersky
et al., 2019). Results from the World Mental Health Survey Consortium found that 70% of
people worldwide have experienced at least one trauma (Benjet et al., 2015). Therefore, it is
vital that social workers are trauma-informed.
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Find it on the Commons
https://traumainformedsw.commons.gc.cuny.edu/
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The States Project:
An Audio Based Digital
Project
Sean Patrick Palmer
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Genesis
● Digital projects still writing intensive
● New Yorkers’ perception of United States
● Lack of knowledge of “flyover states”
● Encourage oral communication
● Encourage digital skills
● Interdisciplinary
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Procedure
● Students are assigned states at random
● Answer weekly set of questions
● I correct those assignments
● Students produce either video or podcast
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Website and Notes
● https://seanppalmer.commons.gc.cuny.edu/sta
tes-project/
● Show these projects in class
● Tech useful for all kinds of projects
● I’ve done
○ Presidents of the United States
○ Historical American Scandals
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Affective Landmarking as
a Close Reading
Visualization Practice
By Meha Gupta
PhD Student, English, CUNY Graduate Center
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Problem at hand
Non-Academic
Administrative
Distant Reading
Student
Close Reading
A “controversial”
text
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A technique of close reading that
encourages readers to consciously
objectify their emotions at
different locations in a text and
presents it visually as a spectrum.
Affective
Landmarking
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Computation, visualizing the emotional experience
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The CUNY Digital Humanities +
Teacher Education Group
Anthony Wheeler, M.A.
CITE Research Associate, Central OAA
Ph.D. Student, Urban Education (Cohort 20)
[email protected]
CUNY DHI Lightning Talks
November 19, 2024
tinyurl.com/DHI24-DHTEG
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What is Computing Integrated Teacher Education?
CITE is a $16+ million, four(+) year initiative to support CUNY faculty to
integrate New York State Computer Science and Digital Fluency learning
standards-aligned content and pedagogy into required education
courses, field work/clinical experiences and student teaching.
Our Central Mission: How can CUNY programs prepare all educators to
equitably and meaningfully integrate computing and digital literacies into
public school classrooms?
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Driven by the EnCITE Framework (Vogel et al., 2024)
Equipping teacher candidates to teach and learn about, with, through, and
against technology
ABOUT WITH THROUGH AGAINST
To support
teachers’
learning
Teachers engage in
conversations about
technology, digital
citizenship, and its impacts
(from a user and teacher
perspective).
Teachers learn with
technology to help
them explore
concepts for
themselves.
Teachers express themselves
and their learning through
their creation and
modification of
computational artifacts
Teachers to think critically
about technologies to
disavow, discontinue,
dismantle unjust tech that
shapes education, their own
lives, and lives of students and
communities.
To support
teachers’
pedagogy
Teachers strategically bring
these conversations to their
students.
Teachers teach with
technology to
support student
learning and
participation.
Teachers prompt their
students to express
themselves through creation
and modification of
computational artifacts.
Teachers strategically bring
these conversations to their
students.
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“DH in teacher education reminds teacher educators of the growing and multiple forms of
knowledge, from decolonization of knowledge to the postmodern lens of embracing new literacies,
to creativities for the good of our society. CITE design under the umbrella of DH needs to consider
the CUNY student populations and their lived experiences, making digital literacy assignments/
artifacts meaningful to students with process-oriented support and cultivation. DH is a perfect
starting place for ‘an intersectional endeavor’ of remixing theories/practices in culturally sustaining
pedagogy, critical race theory, digital literacies, constructionism, etc.”
- Dr. Ting Yuan, College of Staten Island
Digital Humanities as Connective Tissue
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Thank You!
cuny.is/cunydh