ESCALATOR - towards an active and inclusive community of practice in Digital Humanities and Computational Social Sciences in South Africa. By @SADiLaR_ZA

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Digital Humanities & Computational Social Sciences retweeted
14 Feb 2024
If you're a researcher, student or professional support staff interested in Digital Humanities or Computational Social Sciences research, this event is for you! Visit bit.ly/dh-ignite to learn more about the upcoming DH-IGNITE Northern Region event. @DHCSSza
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Digital Humanities & Computational Social Sciences retweeted
14 Nov 2023
Join us for our second SWiP event post-launch! Participants will be able to leave a mark on Wikipedia by getting an overview of how to edit & add content to Wikipedia in their African languages. No prior experience is needed! Register: bit.ly/3G10eS1 ATTENDANCE IS FREE
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Join us virtually on Thursday 16 Nov to celebrate #OpenEducationalResources & the people who develop it. 14 #humanities #socialsciences project teams will share their #OER journeys and products that were developed with support from @sadilar! Register: escalator.sadilar.org/talk/d…
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Digital Humanities & Computational Social Sciences retweeted
24 Aug 2023
It’s Day 2 of the DH Ignite and we have an exciting programme lined up for the day! Our panel of experts discussing ‘A vision for digital & computational research in humanities @ social sciences’ @DHCSSza #DHIgnite
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Digital Humanities & Computational Social Sciences retweeted
24 Aug 2023
Our ‘lightening talks’ speakers sharing their insights on lessons learned from doing interdisciplinary research. Thank you to Gordon Matthew (NWU), Adedayo Adewole (ARC) Tasneem Hassan (WITS) & Rahab Mothapo (SMU) for a compelling session! @DHCSSza
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Digital Humanities & Computational Social Sciences retweeted
24 Aug 2023
And the winners of today’s ‘South African languages/cultures match’ ice breaker are… TABLE 6!!! The ‘Nudibranchs’ 🏆🥇 Congratulations team ! Indeed, team work makes the dream work!!! 😁 @DHCSSza #dhignite
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Digital Humanities & Computational Social Sciences retweeted
Big thanks @SADiLaR_ZA @DHCSSza @aneldavdw @mmasibidi4 for inviting us to support the development of an active community of practice in Digital Humanities & Computational Social Sciences in SA. All the best with today's workshops on text mining, working with digital texts, etc!
To learn more about Digital Humanities Researcher @mmasibidi4 and her @SADiLaR colleague @RoowyM, both newly certified Carpentries Instructor Trainers along with 11 other new Trainers from Argentina, Germany, Mexico, the UK and the US, revisit: carpentries.org/blog/2023/08…
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Digital Humanities & Computational Social Sciences retweeted
4 Sep 2023
Curious about the ESCALATOR programme & how you can benefit from it?Join us for an informal introduction on 05 Sept, from 10: 00 - 10: 30 (online). Ask questions,meet the project team & learn how to get involved! @DHCSSza Sign up: ow.ly/n9jC50PHjLI

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Digital Humanities & Computational Social Sciences retweeted
17 Aug 2023
The countdown has officially begun!🕺05 days to go before the upcoming DH Ignite conference! Registrations are now closed, but you may register your interest for future events! Read more on DH Ignite: dh-ignite.org #countdown
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Digital Humanities & Computational Social Sciences retweeted
Excited for Aug 23rd @SADiLaR_ZA DH-IGNITE programme where our Communications Manager @oscarsibabalwe will be one of the speakers on the 'Resources and opportunities for learning and teaching digital and computational skills' Lightning talks session @ 3pm: dh-ignite.org/#schedule
We are excited to invite humanities and social sciences staff and students from public universities in Gauteng, Northern Cape, Free State and North West to participate in DH-IGNITE from 23-25 August 2023. This is a free event. Find out more: dh-ignite.org/ @SADiLaR_ZA
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Applications for DH-IGNITE are still open! Make sure you don’t miss this great opportunity to grow the impact of digital humanities. Apply today: bit.ly/3IUZJL1 @SADiLaR_ZA
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Digital Humanities & Computational Social Sciences retweeted
21 Jun 2023
Noxolo Chalale joined us virtually to discuss the Escalator project. Escalator aims to grow a community of practice around digital and computational skills amongst South African humanities and social sciences researchers and students. #digimethods2023
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Join us on tomorrow between 12:00 and 13:00 for another opportunity to dedicate time to programming. This is a friendly virtual environment where you can learn at your own pace. Register here: forms.gle/i1RVcSNBof2jTapa8 @SADiLaR_ZA
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We are hosting our last Q&A session tomorrow, 20 June, to answer your questions about how you can explore digital and computational research in humanities & social sciences by attending DH-IGNITE. Sign-up to join: bit.ly/3IPTxnI @SADiLaR_ZA
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