Coding for the Humanities: workshop 2 of 4

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Coding for the Humanities: workshop 2 of 4

April 25, 2023 at 9:30 AM to 12:30 PM

Location:	ML252A
Audience:	Current Students, Faculty

These workshops are designed to introduce humanities scholars to coding in the humanities. This suite of four workshops includes:

Creating a static page for cuPortfolio (learning to use the command line and GitHub)
Python I: Basic coding for text analysis
Python II: CSV files for literature reviews
Python III: Error searching, web scraping, and the ethics of open data

Each of these workshops introduces a core topic for those interested in computational methods for the humanities and provides opportunities to apply the ideas and techniques discussed. The workshops as scaffolded to ensure that participants can progress from simpler strategies to more sophisticated approaches. For example:

work with a command line to create a static web page; and
export a CSV from the Library search engine Omni for a literature review.

Participants must attend:

an initial “office hours” session to ensure that their device meets the technical requirements of the workshops—no time will be available during the workshops for major technical set-up; and
four three-hour workshops on coding.

All students and faculty are welcome.

Learning outcomes

LO1 Setup Windows or Mac system to meet workshop technical requirements.
LO2 Write some basic commands to access files from their desktop/laptop directory.
LO3 Identify the benefits of using Python for certain humanistic research problems.
LO4 Import a CSV from Omni (Library discovery tool) into Python and then use pandas and NLTK to analyze the data in the CSV file.
LO5 Define a legal and ethical process for accessing digital data.

The workshops will run on the following dates and times. These sessions are in person only, with the exception of the technical set up session.

Room ML252A
- Friday, April 14 from 10:00 a.m. to 12:00 p.m. (required technical set-up)
- Tuesday, April 18, 2023, from 9:30 a.m. to 12:30 p.m.
- Tuesday, April 25, 2023, from 9:30 a.m. to 12:30 p.m.
- Tuesday, May 2, 2023, from 9:30 a.m. to 12:30 p.m.
- Tuesday, May 9, 2023, from 9:30 a.m. to 12:30 p.m.

Workshop leader(s):

Martha Attridge Bufton, Interdisciplinary Studies Librarian
Chantal Brousseau, MA candidate (History)
Alparsian Ozturk, Business and Government Document Technician
Jennifer Whitney, Digital Initiatives Librarian

Please note: Because this workshop takes place after March, time spent in these workshops cannot count toward paid pedagogical training hours. However, for those completing the Research Management certificate in the Trajectories program, Workshop 1 (on creating a static page for CUPortfolio) can count as a “group 1” workshop, and one of Workshops 2, 3, or 4 (the Python workshops) can count as a “group 2” workshop.