I forgot to mention this during our first challenge, but I am completing each activity with you all.

For this challenge, I followed a few more users based on the personal recommendations list on my homepage. I also joined the group @sarastarbucksantos created (over here) and responded to her introductory post. I look forward to the discussions…[Read more]

Thanks, Caitlin. I was just having a similar conversation with an international organization that I consult for (we were talking about online professional development/teacher training) One of the ideas we were kicking around was crafting best practices/guidelines for folks to consider when the run or participate in groups. These could include the…[Read more]

@Cgleek Thanks for your thoughtful response!

I agree, regular hangouts can be really beneficial in creating active groups. The challenge-based work that we’re currently doing through this summer camp also seems to work well. Since HC groups are created and maintained by users, the HC team doesn’t have too much control over what they do, however,…[Read more]

@Djgavin Thanks for being part of (what looks like) a helpful discussion on the Speculative and Science Fiction group! I also appreciate your observation that Twitter and HC groups may not offer the same sort of networking possibilities. It might be helpful for all of us to strategically consider which platform(s) we want to invest time in and how…[Read more]

I’d already joined some groups and followed two people, but I checked out the membership of the groups I’d already joined and added some people to follow. I also found a group on Digital Pedagogy that intrigued me, so I joined that.

The group on Detective Fiction doesn’t have a lot of traffic–people have posted some work, but there didn’t seem…[Read more]

I took on the mini challenge and created a new group titled “Neoliberal Fiction.” As with many of the campers, I initially struggled to find groups specifically tailored to my fields of interest, specifically neoliberalism and its connections with literature and culture. Part of my dissertation project has to do with tracing the emerging genre of…[Read more]

This challenge was difficult for me at first — until @kirstenbussiere posted about completing the challenge on Twitter, was retweeted by HC, and I found out how networking can manifest!

Like everyone (I imagine), I felt awkward starting a new conversation in groups that seemed inert, but I understand that if no one overcomes the awkwardness,…[Read more]

One thing that I’ve seen work on listservs are regular hangouts (Google works well, so too can Skype I gather) amongst members. Sometimes these can be lightning talks two mins to talk about your research, themed hangouts and discussions, or even panel planning for upcoming cfps and conferences. Another idea the HC folks may want to consider is e…[Read more]

Since I’m working on an essay on Hemingway and ecocriticism, I decided to ask the Environmental Humanities group about texts I should read on ecocriticism and modernism more generally. I’ll be interested to see what happens next.

I’ve found a number of people to follow, but I’ve been disappointed that there are so few people in Hemingway studies and even modernism more generally who have a presence here. I think one of the problems is that those groups have existing networks (email lists, newsletters, journals, Facebook groups) already and don’t see the need to join.…[Read more]

@CGleek Humanities Commons doesn’t currently offer stats on profiles at the moment because the team is trying to be thoughtful about what they implement. That being said, they do plan to have some metrics around CORE deposits emailed periodically.

The HC team is very open to hearing users’ thoughts. If you have ideas about what metrics would be u…[Read more]

@Cgleek Thanks for sharing your experiences with this challenge, and welcome to the camp! I hope HC can help you stay connected to a DH community.

Yes, the Humanities Commons team has also noticed less activity in some of the public, subject-based groups and has been trying to think about how to encourage more discussion and community. It’s…[Read more]

@Kirstenbussiere Thanks for sharing! I’m happy to hear you made contact with someone in your field through this networking activity! I guess the fact that it happened outside of HC (but while discussing your HC work!) just goes to show how far your digital presence extends! 🙂 Feel free to keep the group updated if anything comes of this…[Read more]

There are precious few folks on HC-some of whom I already correspond with- who work in and around AfAm Print Culture, Consequently, I followed a few folks who work in DH as this is an area of interest and I’m in need of some network connections as my program has lost it’s DH faculty. The groups I’m looking to join lack active discussion threads; i…[Read more]

I found a few people to follow so far and I will continue to look for more. In one of the groups I posted a new topic but nobody has answered just yet on Humanities Commons. On Twitter though I had a fellow scholar respond to my tweet which summarized what I did for this challenge and the topic of my discussion. It turns out that we both are…[Read more]

Hi all. I’ve updated my profile here. I too struggle with considering what sort of photo (professionally-staged vs. one that doesn’t look ‘too’ academic) to include in public profiles. Thankfully, ORCID has no option for a profile photo. I went with the latter for my HC profile, as I think photos of me in the lab or the classroom come off a little…[Read more]

@KKoppy Thanks for looking out!

@magistercarroll Thanks for sharing your experience and your thoughts! When the platform launched, the Humanities Commons team debated whether or not they wanted to allow members to see who others are following and ultimately decided that they didn’t want this to be visible. While they understand that seeing wh…[Read more]

I’ve added a few more folks–and even found a few that I follow on Twitter as well.

I’ve also joined two more groups. Both the ones I’m most interested don’t have a very active discussion board so I’m thinking I may add a discussion topic here.