DHSI-EAST

Join us for the inaugural DHSI-East, which will take place at St Francis Xavier University in Antigonish, Nova Scotia, from 26-30 April 2021

<h1>DHSI-East</h1><h2>Inaugural DHSI-East: 26-30 April 2021</h2><p>Join us for the inaugural DHSI-East, which will take place at St Francis Xavier University in Antigonish, Nova Scotia, from 26-30 April 2021.</p><h2>Databases with Dr. Harvey Quamen</h2><p>The first DHSI-East course will be databases. This course is aimed at humanists and those with no prior database experience. Dr. Harvey Quamen, an Associate Professor of English and Humanities Computing from the University of Alberta, will offer this course.</p><p>Databases are the driving engine behind a large number of classic and cutting-edge digital humanities applications. DH tasks -- such as wielding enormous GIS maps, aggregating the social media of wikis and blogs, building large archival repositories and even generating the semantic web -- all depend on some form of database. This course will introduce the inner workings of databases and demonstrate hands-on work with participants&#x27; own data sets to learn more about concepts like data normalization, relational table design, Structured Query Language (SQL), and effective long-term data management. Participants need no prior experience with databases or programming.</p><p>At the end of the course, you will be able to laugh at this joke: </p><p>An SQL query walks into a bar and sees two tables.</p><p>It saunters over to them and asks, “May I join you?”</p><h2>Scheduling</h2><p>The course will be for four full days. Detailed schedule to follow. Keynote to be announced.</p><h2>Registration</h2><p>Registration for the course is $600 for faculty and staff ($400 for Maple League faculty and staff); $200 for students/sessionals/postdocs/underwaged ($100 for Maple League students/sessionals/postdocs/underwaged). Further registrations subventions may be possible.</p><p>Details on how to register will be circulated and posted here.</p><h2>Bursaries</h2><p>Bursaries are available to subsidize fees even further. Before registering, please contact digitalhumanities@stfx.ca with a short explanation of need to enquire about bursaries.</p><h2>Refunds</h2><p>Refunds are available until Monday, April 19, 2021.</p><p>Refunds are for the amount paid minus Eventbrite fees:</p><p>$600 - $37.54 = $562.46 refund</p><p>$400 - $25.36 = $274.64 refund</p><p>$200 - $13.19 = $186.81 refund</p><p>$100 - $7.10 = $92.90 refund</p><h2>Pandemic Plans</h2><p>Our current plan is to have an in-person course with attendees from around the region. We recognize that course delivery mechanisms may have to change. If you plan to attend from beyond the region, please note that you will be expected to follow proper quarantining procedures before attending any in-person gathering. Social distancing, masks, and other precautions will be taken on-site.</p><h2>Credits</h2><p>DHSI-East is part of the international DH Training Network and takes its name from DHSI, the Digital Humanities Summer Institute (University of Victoria). DHSI-East is supported by funding from the Harrison McCain Foundation Awards (Acadia University) and the Canada Research Chairs program.</p><p>The DHSI-East organizing team is Laura Estill (English, StFX), Richard Cunningham (English, Acadia University), Meghan Landry (StFX Library), Margaret Vail (StFX Library), and Lydia Vermeyden (ACENET),</p>

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