Please see below two Techne workshops coming up in December. They are most relevant for arts and humanities students but all welcome.
Keep Going and Remain Motivated on the PhD Journey
2 Dec 2020 10:00am-11:00am
Zoom link: https://zoom.us/j/92002769483?pwd=Nnh6Qk9ZdUYyMi9Wdm91Q29hdTFpUT09
Meeting ID: 920 0276 9483
Passcode: 734491
According to a study by The Council of Graduate Schools, 44% of doctoral students lose their motivation and do not complete their degree within 10 years. Maintaining your passion and motivation for your PhD is a real challenge - especially in the times that we find ourselves in where just keeping going is difficult enough.
This online session will explore strategies to help you re-ignite your PhD mojo and there will be opportunity to share ideas and experiences from others in the same boat.
This session is led by Dr Emma Brodzinski, who is a Senior Lecturer based at Royal Holloway, University of London. She is also a state registered therapist with a range of experience in adult mental health. She has developed a range of projects around student mental health – including ‘Breathing Space’ for Techne and the Phd Life Raft podcast.
Using Digital Archives Successfully
7 Dec 2020 10:30am-12:00pm
Zoom pre-registration link: https://us02web.zoom.us/meeting/register/tZUuf-CgqjMvHtzqOtb8MMGLb5NXL37ceMRC
With access to physical archives continuing to be difficult, this session will guide you through both the practicalities of finding and using digital archives, and how to critically engage with them as sources. Topics will include:
- why do archives digitise – and how does this affect the sources you’re likely to find
- understanding different types of digitisation project and how to search within them
- looking beyond the digitised image
- making the most of digital – computer-based analysis
- contemporary research using born-digital and web archives
This workshop will be led by Anna McNally from the University of Westminster. After studying Philosophy at BA, Anna qualified as an archivist in 2004, and worked at Tate Archive before joining the University of Westminster in 2009. Her role is focused on helping students to understand archives, and she has published several articles in this area. Since 2015, Anna has also been responsible for the China Visual Arts Project Archive.