DHCU Irregular Issue 7.1: The DH Awards 2020
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Something to Celebrate!
I wanted to send out an extra edition of the Irregular today, to celebrate the fact that four of this year's DH MA cohort have had worked nominated for The DH Awards, under three separate categories - best use of DH for public engagement, best DH data visualization, and best DH Response to COVID-19! These projects emerged from their course work in DIGH5000.
The Digital Humanities Awards are a set of entirely open annual awards run as a DH awareness raising activity. The awards are nominated and voted for entirely by the public. These awards are intended to help put interesting DH resources in the spotlight and engage DH users (and general public) in the work of the community
The DH Awards are a community-driven project, led by James Cummings of the University of Newcastle; each year a nominations committee oversees the nominations process, eligibility, and so on. The complete FAQ on the process is here.
And so, I encourage the readership of the DHCU Irregular to check out all of the nominations, to see the wide variety of DH work out there (let it inspire and amaze you!), but I especially encourage you to support Ona, Danielle, Jaime, and Sammy's work with your vote!
Under Best Use of DH for Public Engagement
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Ona Bantjes-Ràfols Locating Queer Memories
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Danielle Mahon Mapping Memories of Africville
Under Best DH Data Visualization
- Jaime Simons Shipwrecks of the Ottawa River and Rideau Canal
Under Special Category: Best DH Response to COVID-19
- Sammy Holmes Sounds of Covid
Voting remains open until 2021-03-07, and you can vote for your selections at this form.
We're very proud to see this work out in the world; well done!
-SG
