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Inclusion through Digital Media

If a slot is still available for the afternoon session, I’d like to propose a session on how public projects can be a forum for capturing and highlighting the texture of cultural experiences. Video documentation works well online for documenting new immigrant groups with strong oral traditions. Narrated personal experience or choral performance can provide […]

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Poetry in 256 characters: PPG256-1

In his book !# (pronounced “shebang”), Nick Montfort exhibits several short programs and the output of those programs. One program, PPG256-1 (Perl Poetry Generator 256, number 1) produces poetry from a dense Perl program of 256 characters. In this session, we’ll look at PPG256-1 and how it does its magic, and perhaps talk about programming as […]

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D.I.Y. Tools for Mapping/Visualizing Spatial History

This workshop is designed for anyone interested in finding/sharing a do-it-yourself tool or platform that can be used to map the movement of people, culture, ideas, etc., across place and time. The presenters will include 11 University of Central Florida graduate students working with the Florida State Parks on the “Wish You Were Here” project, […]

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Podcasts: From Classroom to Publics

Graduate students in the Department of History at the University of Central Florida have produced a local community based research podcast call A History of Central Florida. This video podcast is a 9,000 year chronological history of central Florida through the objects found in local area museums, historical societies and other public collections. The impetus […]

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Got an idea for a THATCamp session?

THATCamp works best when registrants propose ideas for sessions prior to the day of the meet-up. That helps generate interest and excitement around particular topics, and facilitates the scheduling of concurrent sessions throughout the day. This year’s event is scheduled for Saturday, Feb. 28, which is just a couple of weeks away. If you haven’t […]

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THATCamp Florida 2015

Welcome to the Fifth Annual THATCamp Florida website.  The History Department and the RICHES program at the University of Central Florida, in cooperation with the UCF Center for Research and Education in Arts, Technology + Entertainment (Create), and the Center for Humanities and Digital Research will be hosting a regional THATCamp on 28 February, 2015 in sunny Orlando.  The gathering will involve about 75 […]

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