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'Lucid Dreams': An Immersive Augmented Reality Experience by Rashonda Lazar

'Lucid Dreams': An Immersive Augmented Reality Experience by Rashonda Lazar

Lucid Dreams is an immersive interactive installation using mobile WebAR and conductive paint as touch sensors to trigger projected media. The installation explores Rashonda Lazar's own experience as a lucid dreamer, from childhood to adulthood, and attempts to recreate the sensation for others.

Lillian-Yvonne Bertram reading from 'Negative Money' : Dec. 6 @ 7pm in Ulrich Recital Hall

Lillian-Yvonne Bertram reading from 'Negative Money' : Dec. 6 @ 7pm in Ulrich Recital Hall

We hope you're like us and looking forward to seeing Maryland's Director of Creative Writing and AADHum team member Lillian-Yvonne Bertram read from their latest collection of poems, Negative Money! This event will be in Ulrich Recital Hall, which is located on the first floor Tawes.

Dr. Elizabeth M. Alexander | brown bag talk

Dr. Elizabeth M. Alexander | brown bag talk

Dr. Alexander designs and develops across digital and print media, with a critical and creative research practice focused on Black women’s technoculture, the embodied lifecycles of cultural and personal data, and the Southwest Side of Chicago. They have held a Mellon Editorial Fellowship at Northwestern University Press, co-produced the

Greenscreening Diaspora :: Friday, April 28 at 12pm EST (Open Lab ⇢ in-person & streaming)

Greenscreening Diaspora :: Friday, April 28 at 12pm EST (Open Lab ⇢ in-person & streaming)

Guest speaker Dr. Van Tran Nguyen will lead a hands-on video editing workshop showcasing the use of green screen recording as a digital narrative form, highlighting her use of green screen as a medium for diasporic folklore.

You're invited! Visit AADHum this Weds ⇢ 1 - 4pm

You're invited! Visit AADHum this Weds ⇢ 1 - 4pm

Guess what? AADHum has opened a small humanities research and design studio, and we would like for you to come and see it! In case you haven't heard, we are holding a casual Open House this Wednesday the 22nd, from 1pm to 4:30pm. We'll have

Black Food Justice, Digital Storytelling, & Community Partnerships :: Thursday, Dec. 8 at 5pm EST (online)

Black Food Justice, Digital Storytelling, & Community Partnerships :: Thursday, Dec. 8 at 5pm EST (online)

This Thursday at 5pm EST, AADHum is pleased to present Growing Greater, a virtual event exploring digital storytelling and Black food justice in Chicago. We will preview “Growing a Greater Englewood,” (season 2, ep. 3), an audio story profiling one organization’s work toward Black community food sovereignty. This episode

Black as X continues! Merle Collins, Amaka Okechukwu, Daryle Williams & Schuyler Esprit ⇢ February 23rd

Black as X continues! Merle Collins, Amaka Okechukwu, Daryle Williams & Schuyler Esprit ⇢ February 23rd

Tuesday, February 23 at 12:30pm Join AADHum scholar Brienne Adams (UMD) in conversation with Elizabeth Alexander (Cornell), Rianna Walcott (Kings College London), and Christin Washington (UMD). They will discuss the challenges and opportunities of engaging #BlackDH projects as part of doctoral study, in a conversation moderated by former AADHum

Black as X pt.2: Brienne Adams, Elizabeth Murice Alexander, Rianna Walcott, Christin Washington, Dr. Kim Bain

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Black as X pt.2: Brienne Adams, Elizabeth Murice Alexander, Rianna Walcott, Christin Washington, Dr. Kim Bain

Brienne Adams in a #BlackDH PhD candidate conversation with Elizabeth Murice Alexander, Rianna Walcott, and Christin Washington, moderated by Dr. Kim Bain.

Black as X: Platforming Experimental Humanities pt 2

Black as X: Platforming Experimental Humanities pt 2

February 22nd and 23rd ⇢ join us for part two of the Black as X: Platforming Experimental Humanities afternoon symposium series! Monday, February 22 at 1pm Catch AADHum scholars Dr. La Marr Jurelle Bruce (UMD) and Dr. Jessica Marie Johnson (Johns Hopkins), working with us to think about the place of

Collabs and Updates

Collabs and Updates

In collaboration with Electric Marronage, AADHum director Marisa Parham and assistant director Aleia Brown presented a series of interactive workshops that introduced audiences to new tools for creating and deepening digital projects. In October, Dr. Parham and AADHum teamed with irLhumanities to lead a pair of introductory workshops on interactive

Join AADHum's Black as X Symposium :: This week!

AADHum Scholars

Join AADHum's Black as X Symposium :: This week!

Please join us for our first of two AADHum Scholars symposia. The AADHum Scholars are a collection of thinkers from across the academic spectrum, each working on conceptualizing their own digital project. We expect a week of lively and generative conversations about what it means to actively germinate a Black

Join the Black Lunch Table Wikipedia Edit-a-thon 💻

Join the Black Lunch Table Wikipedia Edit-a-thon 💻

Renowned artist collective The Black Lunch Table will lead a Wikipedia Edit-a-thon today, March 3, 2-3:30pm in the MITH conference room. Join this campaign to create and improve Wikipedia articles that pertain to the lives and works of Black artists.

Transformational Intersections

Transformational Intersections

As an extension of AADHum’s 2017-2018 Conversation Series, “Transformational Intersections: Digital and Public Humanities” explores how the digital humanities create, perceive, and interact with cultural heritage. Universities, museums, and other cultural institutions’ exploration of technology and new media are changing the ways communities engage with history. How can we