DHSITE 2024: Cultural Translations

DHSITE’s “Cultural Translations” workshops centre on feminist digital crafting, responsible machine translation, and the ethical practice of citation and research assessment.

All of the workshops are held in-person on the University of Ottawa campus, but those interested in the Machine Translation and Generative AI workshop on Thursday, May 9 can participate remotely via Zoom. The same registration process applies, and we will send a link to join the Zoom classroom with all participants 24 hours in advance.

REGISTRATION is now open!

Wednesday, 8 May 2024

Crafting Our Feminist Futures with Shana MacDonald (University of Waterloo)

Dr. Shana MacDonald kicks of DHSITE Cultural Translations with two research-creation workshops that delve into the vital role visual culture plays in the history (and future) of feminist protest. We will explore the impact of visual artifacts from two different angles, using materials in the University of Ottawa Library’s Archives and Special Collections Women’s Archives Initiative. Join us for one or both of these workshops! These workshops are in English.

Workshop 1. Working with archival images

This workshop will take place in the CreatorSpace (PRZ 302) from 9:00-12:00 p.m.

In the first workshop we will work with visual artifacts, translating ideas contained in earlier protest items into the digital vernacular of memes that are so predominant in the present. By exploring different acts of translation between digital and the martial objects of feminist protest we will develop a stronger sense of the affective and rhetorical force of feminist visual culture and develop new tools and methods for advancing feminist critique in visual form for our future research and activism work.

English workshop.

Workshop 2. Materializing memes

This workshop will take place in the CreatorSpace (PRZ 302) from 14:00 to 17:00 p.m.

In the second workshop we will work with a digital repository of feminist memes and translate them into material form. By exploring these different acts of translation between digital and the martial objects of feminist protest we will as a group develop a stronger sense of the affective and rhetorical force of feminist visual culture and develop new tools and methods for advancing feminist critique in visual form for our future research and activism work.

English workshop.

Thursday, 9 May 2024

Workshop 3. Working effectively and responsibly with Machine Translation and GenAI with Elizabeth Marshman (University of Ottawa)

This workshop will take place in the CreatorSpace (PRZ 302) from 9:00-12:00 p.m. with option to participate remotely via Zoom.

In this workshop, Dr. Elizabeth Marshman will lead us in a hands-on session with machine translation and generative AI tools to discuss some of the important issues related to their use. We’ll explore good and not-so-good applications, identify common challenges and try out measures to help us overcome them, discuss possible short- and long-term impacts of using these tools, and explore some strategies for using MT and genAI to maximize benefits and minimize risks.

Note on Zoom participation: The same registration process applies and a Zoom link will be made available 24 hours in advance of the workshop to all registrants.

Bilingual workshop.

Keynote Presentation. Unveiling Systemic Discrimination Through Intersectional Feminist Research Methods by Pascale Dangoisse (University of Ottawa)

The keynote presentation will take place in the CreatorSpace (PRZ 302) from 12:30 to 13:30 p.m..

Feminist research methods that take on an intersectional lens can unravel the complexities of systemic discrimination and how it persists in our progressive environments. By taking on such methods, and applying them to the digital humanities and discourse analysis fields, the nuanced ways in which power shapes our experiences of oppression and privilege are uncovered. intersectional approach not only highlights the multiplicity of discrimination but also fosters a comprehensive understanding of the mechanisms through which it operates, contributing to more equitable digital futures.

French presentation.

Workshop 4. Introduction to Bibliometrics with Stefanie Haustein (University of Ottawa)

This workshop will take place in the CreatorSpace (PRZ 302) from 14:00 to 17:00 p.m.

Dr. Stefanie Haustein joins us this year to offer a practical introduction to bibliometrics, covering fundamental concepts and practical applications of publication and citation analysis in the context of research evaluation and science of science studies. Participants will gain hands-on skills in interpreting bibliometric indicators and in collecting, cleaning and analyzing bibliographic metadata from Web of Science and OpenAlex, using VOSviewer and Excel. Ethical issues, such as biases of databases and indicators, as well as responsible research assessment, will be addressed. 

English workshop.