ESCALATOR
Growing a community of practice around digital and computational research in humanities and social sciences
DH-IGNITE KZN
18 October 2022
Welcome & Opening
Recap of the “why” of digital/computational skills
Old vs new: Real life example - transportation
Old vs new: Real life example - O.R Tambo to Coastlands Umhlanga
120 hours ≈ 5 days
7 hours ≈ 0.3 days
70 minutes + 18 minutes drive
≈ 90 minutes or 0.06 days
The research lifecycle
Adapted from Kramer & Bosman, 2022: https://tinyurl.com/escalatorworkflows
preparation
analysis
writing
publication
outreach
assessment
discovery
Real life example - writing vs typing
Consider the time it will take to hand-write 100 pages
The time it will take to type 100 pages
VS
Real life example - writing vs typing
42 hours - about 2 days
8 hour work day: 5.25 days
An entire week
About 1 day
8 hour work day: 2.6 days
Half a week
VS
Modern ways: Writing
Modern ways: Data capturing, manipulation & analysis
Manual
Excel and other graphical user interface software
Automation via OpenRefine and programming tools like R and Python
Let’s take a look at what ESCALATOR offers
Champions Initiative
Stakeholder map
DH-IGNITE
And….
What is the champions initiative?
What is the stakeholder map?
Coming up next…
What is DH-IGNITE?
THis is yours Noma! :-)
A hybrid event to catalyze a growth in digital and computational skills and networks within humanities and social sciences in South Africa
DH-IGNITE: Connect
DH-IGNITE: Learn
DH-IGNITE: Learn