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New Year, New Digital Pragmata

Welcome back, Digital Pragmatists! We hope you had a good summer, both productive and relaxing, and are ready for a year of thinking, learning, and collaborating. First off, VCU Libraries has a new librarian on staff who wants to know … Continue reading →

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Digital pragmata flourish at the nexus of research, teaching, and creativity. They are the work of creators, scholars, and students in the arts and humanities. They can be textual databases, creative visualizations of information, multimedia explorations, collaboratively annotated maps, and a thousand other projects.

In three sessions focusing on digital pragmata, we will explore the creation of digital objects near and far. We hope that you will join us. The sessions are designed for faculty and graduate students, though others with a strong interest in the subject matter will be welcome. Seating will be limited and will be on a first-come-first-served basis. Please complete the online registration form and bring a copy of your registration confirmation to the sessions to ensure that you receive priority in seating. This will not not guarantee a seat, however, so please also arrive early.

Parking will be available for a fee in the West Broad Street and West Main Street parking decks. If special accommodations will be needed, please call (804) 828-0593. Refreshments will be available following the March 26 and April 25 events. The May 2 event will be brown-bag event with light refreshments provided during the discussion.

The Digital Pragmata initiative is a collaboration among VCU Libraries, the VCU Center for Teaching Excellence and the VCU Office of Research. For further discussion of digital pragmata, see our blog.

 

2013-2014 Events

Monthly TBA

Brown Bags

Multipurpose Room, second floor, James Branch Cabell Library

Digital Pragmata will host monthly brown bag talks during the 2013-2014 academic year. National, local, and VCU projects in the digital arts and humanities will be featured, with topics and times announced regularly in advance on the blog. Light refreshments will be provided.

  • Tuesday, September 24, noon: Lightning talks
  • Wednesday, October 30, time TBA: panel discussion on British Virginia
Nov. TBA

Curating Digital Objects

Multipurpose Room, second floor, James Branch Cabell Library

Museums, libraries and archives rely on the digital environment to save, manage and provide access to their collections. These organizations also collect digitized and born-digital cultural objects. Presenters from local cultural institutions will share their experiences and best practices for collecting and curating digital objects.

April 8 7 p.m.

Curating Digital Objects

W. E. Singleton Center for the Performing Arts

In a moderated panel discussion on emerging digital practices in authoring, publishing, curating and preserving scholarship, speakers will examine the materials and methods forming the scholarly record today.

2012-2013 Events

Mar. 26 1 - 4 pm

Visualizing the Digital: Design, Ideas and Platforms

Multipurpose Room, second floor, James Branch Cabell Library Watch the videos

Panelists

  1. User iconEdward L. Ayers, president of the University of Richmond
  2. User iconAmanda French, THATCamp coordinator at the Center for History and New Media at George Mason University
  3. User iconEmily Smith, executive director of 1708 Gallery and curator and creator of InLight Richmond

Moderator

  1. User iconRoy D. McKelvey, associate professor in the VCU Department of Graphic Design and co-founder of Loop: AIGA Journal of Interactive Design Education
Apr. 25 1 - 4 pm

Crafting Content: Creation, Scholarship and Organization

Multipurpose Room, second floor, James Branch Cabell Library Register to attend

Panelists

  1. User iconBen Fino-Radin, digital conservator for Rhizome at the New Museum and manager of the Museum of Modern Art Digital Repository
  2. User iconFrancesca Fiorani, associate professor in the History of Art and Architecture at UVA and director of Leonardo da Vinci and His Treatise on Painting
  3. User iconMichael Poston, database applications associate at the Folger Shakespeare Library

Moderator

  1. User iconJoshua Eckhardt, associate professor in the VCU Department of English and founding, general co-editor of British Virginia
May 2 12 - 2 pm

Funding Innovation: Avenues, Resources and Support for Projects

Multipurpose Room, second floor, James Branch Cabell Library Register to attend

Panelists

  1. User iconDavid Holland, research and entrepreneurship specialist in the VCU School of the Arts
  2. User iconJessica Venable, grant analyst in the VCU Office of Research