One of three breakout rooms (Data Stories, Artefact Analysis, and
Mapping) during the "Digital Humanities In/And Anthropology" workshop,
offered on July 22, 2021. Data Stories activity was designed by
Cassandra Hradil and Elliot Montpellier. The activity in this breakout
room was facilitated by Cassandra Hradil.
About the workshop: Led by Cassandra Hradil (Digital Humanities Specialist for Penn
Libraries) and Elliot Montpellier (Ph.D. candidate in Anthropology and
South Asian Studies) together with Deb Stewart (Head, Penn Museum
Library), this workshop explored some of the existing intersections
between disciplines and opportunities for cross-pollinations. The
workshop incorporated several hands-on “analogue” activities designed to
get students thinking about how to conceptualize their data, how to
visualize it, and how this work might shape or reshape their
ethnographic outlook. We linked these non-digital activities to more
digitally-oriented tools that graduate students can use to conduct
research, to exhibit their data, and to craft compelling ethnographic
narratives.