Open Knowledge Practicum, Digital Humanities Summer Institute
In partnership with the University of Victoria Libraries and the Faculty of Humanities, UVic’s Electronic Textual Cultures Lab is offering Open Knowledge Practicums for this year’s Digital Humanities Summer Institute (DHSI) participants, as well as university faculty, staff, and students, and members of the greater Victoria community. The practicums will run 31 May – 2 June 2017 (the week prior to DHSI). Open Knowledge Practicum Fellows will join the team in the ETCL in order to contribute to a well-defined topic in open, public venues (e.g., Wikipedia).
Students may wish to explore an area connected to their study, and to work with a field specialist; faculty and staff may propose to make more accessible some of the work in their field, and choose to work with a student or other colleagues; citizen scholars may wish to engage in family, community, or local public history. Fellows may wish to engage with materials from UVic’s library and archives, create an openly available exhibit of digital material, contribute to online knowledge bases like Wikipedia, and beyond. We ask only that you use your imagination to propose something you’d be interested in doing!
Requirements:
- basic facility in the area of proposed work and technologies pertinent to the proposal
- be self-directed and have experience working toward defined goals
- ability to work successfully in a team environment
- ability to make a 3-day commitment to participate on-campus, in the ETCL.
Applications: send the following electronically to <khatib@uvic.ca>
- cover letter that proposes work for the practicum and outcomes; indicate if you would like to be considered for an honorarium related to the fellowship
- CV
- names and contact information for two people who can speak to your competencies in the area