Hello, folks! If you attended THATCamp New Souths in 2014, registration is now open for 2016. This THATCamp will happen April 29-30, in Richmond, Virginia. Thanks to VCU Libraries, we’ll be based at James Branch Cabell Library this year. Want to learn more?

THATCamp New Souths 2016

Some notes from the session on Digital Identities.  Feel free to add and edit.

powtoons
www.powtoon.com/

digital pragmata
wp.vcu.edu/digitalpragmata/

freedom now project
www.flickr.com/photos/vculibraries/sets/72157640796269224/

sound recording collecting in crisis
guides.lib.washington.edu/imls2014

a domain of one’s own
umwdomains.com/
community.umwdomains.com/

mandingo
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mandingo_(novel)

self-reliant film
www.selfreliantfilm.com/

If you’d like to have another go at the rest of the breakfast food, there are still muffins, bananas, etc., calling your name. Yes, you. The food will be removed once the 11:15 session has begun.

Due to massive pressure from the populace, the hashtag for THATCamp New Souths has been revised to become: #thatcampns.  The people have spoken!

There is much to consider about the place of online learning in higher education, but given that “we’re particularly interested in exploring the point(s) at which technology intersects with social justice… especially in the modern American South” this session would allow us to explore at least the following issues:

I’m planning a new version of an existing class that will focus on helping students understand and build their own digital identities (while learning about writing, oral presentations, argument, etc.). I have some ideas, but I want MORE. I’d love to talk with anyone teaching freshmen, in particular, but anyone working with undergrads to help them understand the best way to construct their online identity would be great. I’m especially interested in concerns about privacy, professionalism, and ways to talk to students about lifelong interaction with their new constructed digital selves–and, of course, new assignment ideas. See y’all soon!

We’re very pleased to announce that registration is now open for approximately 75 participants in THATCamp New Souths.  Spaces for this event will be filled on a first-come, first-served basis, so register early.

If you want to make sure you get a t-shirt:
          Register by the end of the day on March 6, 2014
Final registration deadline:
          March 11, 2014

So what is it again?

It’s a THATCamp–a user-generated “unconference.”  THATCamp stands for “The Humanities and Technology Camp.”

But this THATCamp has a theme: we’re particularly interested in exploring the point(s) at which technology intersects with social justice, history and society, activism, and the sharing of hidden voices, especially in the modern American South.  THATCamp New Souths builds on and takes inspiration from similar events held elsewhere, such as THATCamp PNW 2011, which examined the theme of technology & social justice.  We expect to draw participants from scholars, community activists, and others who study and/or are engaged in social and political action.  Those who are curious about such an approach, or are experienced with it, are especially invited to register.

When will it be?

THATCamp New Souths will be held on Friday and Saturday, March 14-15, 2014.  Details are still being finalized but we anticipate offering optional workshops on Friday afternoon, to be followed that evening by a social event, open to all THATCamp participants, at a nearby venue.

The THATCamp unconference event itself, with its participant-generated sessions and hacking opportunities, will be held on Saturday, March 15, from 9:00 a.m. to 5:00 p.m.

Where is it being held?

In Richmond, Virginia, on the campus of Virginia Commonwealth University.

Who should come?

You should!  Especially if you have a particular interest in our exploration of the intersection of technology with social justice, history and society, activism, and the sharing of hidden voices in the modern American South.  Other participants might simply have a larger interest in the humanities and/or technology.  To put it another way: community activists, scholars, library staff, museum professionals, undergraduate and graduate students, programmers, archivists, developers, non-profit staffers, people from the for-profit sector, lifelong learners—all are welcome, whether experienced THATCamper or first-timer.

Cost?

THATCamps are free to all who participate, though traditionally there is a passing of the hat for participants’ to voluntarily help defray some of the costs.

Who is pulling this event together?

The planners include the organizers of VCU Libraries’ Digital Pragmata program; other staff of the VCU Libraries; faculty from the departments of History, of English, and of Gender, Sexuality and Women’s Studies; and representatives of the Office of Learning Innovation & Student Success—but really, this is your unconference!

Do you have further questions? Email us!

Check back here for more news and information soon. And follow us at @THATCampNS.

Hang tight–we’re about to go live!  January 21 is the day.  Feel free to navigate the site for some information about THATCamp New Souths and THATCamps in general.