The morning is devoted to brief (5 minutes) lightning round presentations followed by digital demonstrations highlighting the current projects of the participants.

Erin Watson, Victoria Morse (Carleton College)

From History Book Index to Digital Database

  • Slides for Erin Watson and Victoria Morse. “From History Book Index to Digital Database.” Day of DH 2024, Carleton College. CC-BY-NC 4.0

What happens when you combine a history course on premodern maps, an idiosyncratic reference book based on a single 16th century atlas, and a math major who likes to code?

Bonnie Finn, Amelia Cheever (College of Saint Benedict and Saint John’s University)

DH in the Classroom: Alternative Fashion Trends and Omeka

  • Slides for Bonnie Finn and Amelia Cheever. “DH in the Classroom: Alternative Fashion Trends and Omeka.” Day of DH 2024, Carleton College. CC-BY-NC 4.0

Omeka.net group project for gen-ed class. Resources include use of course LibGuide with curated websites, a guide for finding image sources with citation guidance, and rubric for the assignment.

Anastasia Pantazopoulo, Ellie Simon, Sam Much, Abdullah Ansar, Noah Zameer Lee (Carleton College)

Tracing Medea: The Identity Journey of Euripides’ Medea on the Modern Stage

Tracing Medea is an educational interactive resource that maps, both geographically and thematically, modern adaptations of Euripides’ tragedy Medea which focuses on intertemporal issues of identity.

Peter J. Stone (Carleton College), Andrea M. Berlin (Boston University)

The Levantine Ceramics Project

  • Slides for Peter J. Stone and Andrea M. Berlin. “The Levantine Ceramics Project.” Day of DH 2024, Carleton College. CC-BY-NC 4.0

The Levantine Ceramics Project website was launched in 2011 to help archaeologists working in the eastern Mediterranean share their finds across more quickly across modern geopolitical boundaries.

Charlie Goldberg; Zach Haala (Bethel University)

Object Recognition in Historical Photographs with Artificial Intelligence

  • Slides for Charlie Goldberg and Zach Haala. “Object Recognition in Historical Photographs with Artificial Intelligence.” Day of DH 2024, Carleton College. CC-BY-NC 4.0

This project discusses the use of AI object recognition processes to mine image collections for historical analysis, using college yearbooks as a test study.

Chris Saladin, Aurelia Peterson Rajalingam, Hali’a Buchal (Carleton College)

Visualizing Historical Maps: Projects from a Spatial Humanities Course

  • Slides for Chris Saladin, Aurelia Peterson Rajalingam, and Hali’a Buchal. “Visualizing Historical Maps: Projects from a Spatial Humanities Course.” Day of DH 2024, Carleton College. CC-BY-NC 4.0

Students in “Spatial Humanities” produced story maps that visualized different types of primary sources with GIS. These projects range in topic from ranching in Hawaii to bomb damage in WWII London.

Alejandro González, Peter Tu, Austin Mason (Carleton College)

Walking Tour, an Omeka Plugin

  • Slides for Alejandro González, Peter Tu, and Austin Mason. “Walking Tour, an Omeka Plugin.” Day of DH 2024, Carleton College. CC-BY-NC 4.0

For the past year we have been working on implementing an Omeka Plugin that could be used to create multiple walking tours around different places.

Gretchen Burau (St. Thomas)

The Asmat Digital Archive Project: Building a Network of People and Places

This international research and database project brings together objects and other historical material from specific locations within the Asmat region of southwestern New Guinea.

Carly Born, Em Palencia, Miaki Habuka (Carleton College)

Let’s go to Japan! Student-made tour guides using StoryMap

Students created tour guides of Japan by pinpointing landmarks, historical sites, and cultural hotspots on an online, map-based tool called StoryMap.

Erin Ridnour (Iowa State University)

Tracing Race at Iowa State University

  • Slides for Erin Ridnour. “Tracing Race at Iowa State University.” Day of DH 2024, Carleton College. CC-BY-NC 4.0

A library-led initiative to encourage and support digital scholarship that centers the history, experiences, and achievements of BIPOC at Iowa State University.