Cultural Heritage Informatics Initiative

Category: CHI Grad Fellow Post

  • Some Thoughts on the GitHub Challenge

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    I resorted to GitHub many a time when I took a geography class and learned how to use some python modules to facilitate geospatial data processing. Great contents and programming resources organized and shared by some GitHub users impressed me. I, however, used GitHub the same way as I used Stack Overflow then: merely passively…

  • Digital Tools and Presentation Narratives

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    This summer, I attended the Tensions of Europe (ToE) conference focused on histories of technology in Europe and the impact of the digital age on contemporary scholarship. The conference was most interesting in encouraging presentations that considered technologies as both research subjects and tools. The different types of technology appeared in presentations primarily concerned with…

  • Re-learning/Un-learning

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    Coming back to CHI, I realize how enjoyable the fellowship is, especially as a space where we break and un-break things together. During my first time as a CHI fellow, I was especially afraid of breaking things. This time around, I am enjoying breaking things and un-breaking them with my peers. As part of our…

  • Git & GitHub related Notes

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    When I first attended the digital humanities summer institute in 2018, I noticed that many people put a half-cat/half-octopus sticker on their laptops. I didn’t think too much about it since I was constantly overwhelmed by all the new terms, conversations, technologies that happened around me (I was also amazed by the beauty of Victoria).…

  • Hi from Elise Dixon — Senior CHI Fellow

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    Hi all! My name is Elise Dixon. I’m a 5th year PhD candidate in Writing, Rhetoric, and American Cultures, and a second-year returning fellow at CHI. I’m thrilled to be back at CHI– it has been one of my favorite experiences as a graduate student at MSU. My favorite part about CHI was developing some…

  • Hi from Dani, a New CHI Fellow

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    My name is Dani M. Willcutt. I am a second year Ph.D. student in the History Department, and I am very happy to be a CHI Fellow for the 2019-2020 year. Broadly speaking, I study food and culture. I received my Master’s in Gastronomy from Boston University where I also received a master’s certificate in…

  • Kyeesha Wilcox | New CHI Fellow 2019-2020

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    My name is Kyeesha, and I am a second year master’s student in the Department of Geography, Environment and Spatial Sciences at Michigan State University. My research focuses on the racial, socioeconomic and environmental factors related to diabetes in urban areas at the census tract level. Using quantitative methods and GIS [a geographic information system],…

  • Jeff Painter- New CHI Fellow

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    Hi! My name is Jeff Painter and I am a 6th year Ph.D. candidate in the Department of Anthropology at Michigan State University. I am a new CHI fellow this year, and am excited to learn all about digital approaches to cultural heritage and develop new skills. Outside of CHI, I am an archaeologist whose…

  • Autumn Painter – Returning CHI Fellow

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    Hello again! My name is Autumn (Beyer) Painter and I am a fifth year Ph.D. student in the Department of Anthropology. This is my third year participating as a CHI fellow; I was a fellow from 2015-2016 and 2016-2017. I am also the current Campus Archaeologist for Michigan State University. My dissertation research focuses on…

  • Brian Geyer: Let’s Do This for a Fourth Time

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    Hello everyone! My name is Brian Geyer and I am an 8th year anthropology graduate student here at Michigan State University. I first unofficially participated in the Cultural Heritage Informatics Fellowship in 2013-14, and was previously a fellow in 2014-15 and in 2017-18. My dissertation research is still titled Intersectional Identity Among Kenya’s Technology Industry…