Tech Hours are a series of 3-4 open-forum workshops and panel talks hosted by the Recovery Hub every spring. These discussions are meant to engage with topics related to digital recovery and ethics, offer project development tips, or share technical skills to increase interest in digital recovery projects broadly. Tech Hours expand access to the skills necessary to pursue digital recovery, and create a continual opportunity for networking within our larger community.
Spring 2024 Tech Hours: “On Digital Recovery Pedagogy“
Using Digital Archives in the Classroom (February 27, 2024)
This panel discussion from the Recovery Hub for American Women Writers focused on strategies and tips for using digital archives of neglected women writers of the Americas in the classroom. Moderated by Alice Martin.
Panelists included:
• Dr. Mary Chapman (UBC) of The Winnifred Eaton Archive.
• Sydney Lines (UBC) of The Winnifred Eaton Archive.
• Dr. Suzanne Edwards (Lehigh) of The Gloria Naylor Archive.
Engaging Students in Recovery Work (April 9, 2024)
This panel discussion from the Recovery Hub for American Women Writers focused on strategies and tips for engaging in recovering or studying neglected American women’s literature with students. Moderated by Tracy Fernandez Rysavy.
Panelists included:
• Dr. Tisha Brooks, author of Spirit Deep: Recovering the Sacred in Black Women’s Travel.
• Dr. Kate Adams, Jacquelyne Howard, and Julia Creson from This Beautiful Sisterhood of Books.
• Dr. Cindy Damon-Bach from the Catharine Maria Sedgwick Online Letters and Sedgwick Stories: The Periodical Writings of Catharine Maria Sedgwick.