Schedule

The symposium will begin on the morning of Thursday, May 4th and end by 3pm on Friday, May 5. The schedule will be updated as more details become available.

Thursday, May 4th

8:30-9 a.m. – TSRB Prefunction Area
Breakfast at Tech Square Research Building (TSRB)

9-9:30 a.m. – TSRB Auditorium
Introduction from the symposium organizers, Lauren Klein and Carl DiSalvo

9:30-11 a.m. – TSRB Auditorium
Keynotes by Tony Dunne and Kelly Baker Josephs, followed by a combined Q&A
Tony Dunne: From Technological Futures to Alternative Worldviews
Kelly Baker Josephs: Caribbean Considerations: Audience and Access in Digital Humanities

11-11:30 a.m. – TSRB Prefunction Area
Coffee Break

11:30 a.m.- 12:30 p.m. – TSRB Banquet Hall
Working Session 1: A design brief for the digital humanities.

12:30-1:30 p.m. – TSRB Banquet Hall
Lunch

1:30-2:30 p.m. – TSRB Auditorium
Roundtable on the role of process in the fields of DH and Design
Participants: Jessica Marie Johnson, Matt Ratto, Daniela Rosner, Rachel Sagner Buurma, Joycelyn Wilson.

2:30-2:45 p.m. – TSRB Prefunction Area
Coffee break

2:45-3:45 p.m. – TSRB Banquet Hall
Working Session 2: Diagramming DH + Design.

3:45-4 p.m. – TSRB Prefunction Area
Coffee break

4-5 p.m. – TSRB Auditorium
Roundtable on the idea of speculation as it’s been theorized in DH and Design.
Participants: Ian Bogost, Susana Morris, Molly Wright Steenson, Whitney Trettien.

Friday, May 5

8:30-9 a.m. – TSRB Prefunction Area
Breakfast

9-10:30 a.m. – TSRB Auditorium
Keynotes by Anne Burdick and Jentery Sayers, followed by a combined Q&A.
Anne Burdick: Digital Humanities Design Questions
Jentery Sayers: Is Design Bad for Media History?

10:30- 11 a.m. – TSRB Prefunction Area
Coffee Break

11 a.m.-noon – TSRB Banquet Hall
Working Session 3: A rubric for DH/Design projects.

Noon-1 p.m. – TSRB Auditorium
Roundtable on the role of social justice in each field.
Participants: Alexandrina Agloro, Mimi Onuoha, Miriam Posner, Juan Carlos Rodriguez.

1-2 p.m. – TSRB Banquet Hall
Lunch

2-3 p.m. – TSRB Banquet Hall
Wrap-up