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Podcasting the Humanities: Creating Digital Stories for the Public
NHC Virtual Institute for College/University Faculty and Staff
June 12–16, 2023
in partnership with the Digital Humanities Center, San Diego State University

This five-day virtual institute will provide hands-on training for college and university faculty and staff, including librarians, digital humanities practitioners, and administrators, to translate research, commentary, and community-sourced narratives into podcast episodes. Working in cross-disciplinary and intra-university teams, participants will learn how to express ideas in storyboard form, create and collect audio content, and edit their narrative into an entertaining, powerful podcast. All equipment will be provided, and technical support will be given throughout the week.
2023 Cohort Podcast Examples
Academic Witchcraft: Which Witch?
Kenneth S. Culpepper, Bailey J. Flannery, Victoria Machado, and Claudia Yaghoobi
Food For Thought: Street Food, Miami
Francisco Delgado, Charmane Perry, Lolita A. Rowe, and Matthew Sutton
Humanists for a Better Future
David Buck, Steven E. B. Lechner, ThuyAnh T. Nguyen, and RaShelle Peck
Wakanda Forever or Never
Karima K. Jeffrey-Legette (NHC Fellow, 2022–23; 2023–24), Nancy Tomes (NHC Fellow, 2022–23), and Samuel Shearer
Teaching in the After Times
Sayan Bhattacharya, Hannah Johnson, Heather J. Sharkey, and Elizabeth Whitney
Goals
Participants will:
- Forge new intellectual connections between public life, humanities research, and responsive digital media.
- Deepen collaborative inquiry and project management skills.
- Hone their ability to communicate humanities expertise in accessible and publicly-responsive formats.
- Acquire conceptual and technical skills to create, revise, and publish broadcast-ready podcasts.
- Develop skills and networks valuable within and beyond the university.
Facilitators and Speakers
Joanna Brooks
Associate Vice President of Faculty Advancement, Professor of English and Comparative Literature, San Diego State University
Pamella Lach
Digital Humanities Librarian and Digital Humanities Center Director, San Diego State University
Barry Lam
Professor of Philosophy, University of California, Riverside; creator of Hi-Phi Nation