{"id":5820,"date":"2018-01-26T09:51:10","date_gmt":"2018-01-26T09:51:10","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/sadilar.org\/workshop-request\/"},"modified":"2025-12-05T12:31:44","modified_gmt":"2025-12-05T10:31:44","slug":"workshop-request","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/sadilar.org\/en\/workshop-request\/","title":{"rendered":"Workshop requests"},"content":{"rendered":"\t\t<div data-elementor-type=\"wp-post\" data-elementor-id=\"5820\" class=\"elementor elementor-5820\" data-elementor-post-type=\"post\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-2a07cbe7 elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"2a07cbe7\" data-element_type=\"section\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-100 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-4da798d\" data-id=\"4da798d\" data-element_type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-5996c17c elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"5996c17c\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p>All workshops sponsored by SADiLaR implement the <a href=\"https:\/\/sadilar.org\/en\/workshop-code-of-conduct\/\">SADiLaR Workshop Code of Conduct<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p><strong>For Institutions<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>We can deliver customised training at your institution, tailored to your community&#8217;s specific needs and research interests under the ESCALATOR programme.<\/p>\n<p><strong>About ESCALATOR<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>ESCALATOR is SADiLaR&#8217;s flagship capacity development programme designed to grow an inclusive and active South African community of practice in Digital Humanities and Computational Social Sciences. Through strategic partnerships and tailored training initiatives, ESCALATOR provides researchers, students, and educators with the skills and resources needed to engage with digital and computational methods in humanities and social sciences research.<\/p>\n<p><\/p>\n<div id=\"row_ID1527243716526\" class=\"rowck ckstack3 ckstack2 ckstack1 uick-sortable\" style=\"position: relative;\" data-gutter=\"2%\" data-nb=\"1\">\n<style class=\"ckcolumnwidth\">[data-gutter=\"2%\"][data-nb=\"1\"]:not(.ckadvancedlayout) [data-width=\"100\"] {width:100%;}[data-gutter=\"2%\"][data-nb=\"1\"].ckadvancedlayout [data-width=\"100\"] {width:100%;}[data-gutter=\"2%\"][data-nb=\"1\"]:not(.ckadvancedlayout) .blockck:not(:first-child) {margin-left:2%;}<\/style>\n<div class=\"inner animate clearfix\">\n<div id=\"block_ID1527243716526\" class=\"blockck\" style=\"position: relative;\" data-real-width=\"100%\" data-width=\"100\">\n<div class=\"inner animate resizable\">\n<div class=\"innercontent uick-sortable\">\n<div id=\"ID1527243719616\" class=\"cktype\" style=\"position: relative;\" data-type=\"accordion\">\n<div class=\"tab_blocstyles ckprops\">&nbsp;<\/div>\n<div class=\"ckstyle\">\n<style>\n#ID1527243719616 .ui-accordion-header {<br \/>\tfont-size: 18px;<br \/>}<br \/><\/style>\n<\/div>\n<div id=\"ID1527243719616_accordion\" class=\"accordionsck\">\n<h2 class=\"Style1\">Workshop Tracks Available<\/h2>\n<div class=\"accordionck itemcontentck\">\n<h3><strong>Digital Champions Initiative Workshops<\/strong><\/h3>\n<p>The ESCALATOR programme offers workshops through its multi-track Digital Champions Initiative, providing structured support for participants at various stages of their computational journey:<\/p>\n<p><strong>Explorer Track<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>For researchers and students new to digital scholarship who want to learn about foundational concepts and understand what they could gain from digital approaches.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Offerings include:<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Monthly Digital Humanities Colloquia (typically Wednesdays, 10:00-11:00 SAST)<\/li>\n<li>Introduction to Digital Humanities concepts<\/li>\n<li>Overview of digital tools and methodologies<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><strong>Embarker Track<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>For scholars who already have some idea of digital scholarship but want to learn more and start applying computational methods to their own work.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Workshops include:<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>First Steps in Programming (for complete novices)\n<ul>\n<li>Interactive online workshops over four 90-minute sessions<\/li>\n<li>Python or R for beginners<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<li>First Steps in Annotating Linguistic Data<\/li><li>Facilitated courses available through our Moodle platform<\/li><br><\/ul><\/div><div class=\"accordionck itemcontentck\"><p><strong>Enhancer Track<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>For those more experienced in digital and computational research who want to develop specific skills to support their research projects.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Educator Track<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>For scholars interested in developing contextualized open educational resources for digital humanities or computational social sciences.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Includes:<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>DH OER Champions Programme<\/li>\n<li>Support for creating open educational resources<\/li>\n<li>Workshops on OER development and implementation<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><strong>Empower Track<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Connects women in humanities and social sciences to existing communities that support women in technology.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Offerings:<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li style=\"list-style-type: none;\">\n<ul>\n<li>Panel discussions and networking events<\/li>\n<li>Community co-working sessions<\/li>\n<li>Skills development workshops focused on equity and inclusion<\/li><\/ul><div><br><\/div><ul>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"ckstyle\">\n<h3><strong>Carpentries Workshops<\/strong><\/h3>\n<p>SADiLaR offers internationally recognized Carpentries training:<\/p>\n<p><strong>Data Carpentry<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Further information to be shared<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><strong>Software Carpentry<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Further Information to be shared<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><strong>Library Carpentry<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Further Information to be shared<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><strong>Digital Humanities &amp; Linguistic Tools<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>Corpus Creation and Management<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Introduction to corpus collection<\/li>\n<li>Metadata and annotation standards<\/li>\n<li>Data curation best practices<\/li>\n<li>Digitization techniques<\/li>\n<li>Corpus formats (XML, TEI)<\/li><\/ul><div><br><\/div><ul>\n<\/ul>\n<p><strong>Text Processing and Analysis<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Text preprocessing and cleaning<\/li>\n<li>Part-of-speech tagging<\/li>\n<li>Phrase chunking<\/li>\n<li>Named entity recognition<\/li>\n<li>Optical character recognition (OCR)<\/li>\n<li>Language identification<\/li>\n<li>Word frequency analysis<\/li>\n<li>Concordance and keyword-in-context<\/li>\n<li>Collocations and relationships<\/li>\n<li>Visualization of text analysis results<\/li><\/ul><div><br><\/div><ul>\n<\/ul>\n<p><strong>Digital Annotation and Digitisation<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Creating annotated corpora<\/li>\n<li>Schema design for annotations<\/li>\n<li>Quality control in annotation projects<\/li>\n<li>Working with multilingual texts<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h3><strong>DH-IGNITE Regional Events<\/strong><\/h3>\n<p>ESCALATOR hosts DH-IGNITE events that bring together researchers, students, and practitioners from across South Africa to explore Digital Humanities and Computational Social Sciences.<\/p>\n<p><strong>These events include:<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Hands-on workshops<\/li>\n<li>Lightning talks on research projects<\/li>\n<li>Networking sessions<\/li>\n<li>Presentations on digital tools and methodologies<\/li>\n<li>Panel discussions on the future of digital scholarship in South Africa<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div id=\"row_ID1554122246267\" class=\"rowck ckstack3 ckstack2 ckstack1 uick-sortable\" style=\"position: relative;\" data-gutter=\"2%\" data-nb=\"1\">\n<style class=\"ckcolumnwidth\">[data-gutter=\"2%\"][data-nb=\"1\"]:not(.ckadvancedlayout) [data-width=\"100\"] {width:100%;}[data-gutter=\"2%\"][data-nb=\"1\"].ckadvancedlayout [data-width=\"100\"] {width:100%;}[data-gutter=\"2%\"][data-nb=\"1\"]:not(.ckadvancedlayout) .blockck:not(:first-child) {margin-left:2%;}<\/style>\n<div class=\"inner animate clearfix\">\n<div id=\"block_ID1554122246268\" class=\"blockck\" style=\"position: relative;\" data-real-width=\"100%\" data-width=\"100\">\n<h3 class=\"ckstyle\">Workshop Request Process:<\/h3>\n<div class=\"inner animate resizable\">\n<div class=\"innercontent uick-sortable\">\n<div id=\"ID1554122250585\" class=\"cktype\" style=\"position: relative;\" data-type=\"text\">\n<div class=\"tab_blocstyles ckprops\">\n<ol>\n<li><strong>Complete our workshop request form<\/strong><\/li>\n<li><strong>Consultation<\/strong> to design appropriate content aligned with ESCALATOR tracks<\/li>\n<li><strong>Scheduling and logistics planning<\/strong><\/li>\n<li><strong>Workshop delivery<\/strong> with ongoing follow-up support through the Digital Champions Initiative<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n<h4><strong>Join the Digital Champions Initiative<\/strong><\/h4>\n<p>Membership in the Digital Champions Initiative is open to students, researchers, and staff affiliated with South African institutions. Join as a Participant, Contributor, Collaborator, Learner, Instructor, Mentor, or Mentee.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Benefits include:<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Targeted training opportunities aligned with your specific track<\/li>\n<li>Access to mentorship from experienced practitioners<\/li>\n<li>Opportunities to collaborate across disciplinary boundaries<\/li>\n<li>Resources for implementing digital approaches in your own contexts<\/li>\n<li>A nationwide network of peers facing similar challenges and opportunities<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h3><strong>Contact Us<\/strong><\/h3>\n<p>For workshop requests and more information about ESCALATOR email: <a href=\"mailto:escalator@sadilar.org\">escalator@sadilar.org<\/a><\/p>\n<p><strong>Learn more:<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>ESCALATOR Programme: <a href=\"https:\/\/sadilar.org\/en\/escalator\/\">https:\/\/sadilar.org\/en\/escalator\/<\/a><\/li>\n<li>Digital Champions Initiative: <a href=\"https:\/\/escalator.sadilar.org\/champions\/overview\/\">https:\/\/escalator.sadilar.org\/champions\/overview\/<\/a><\/li>\n<li>Join our Slack community: <a href=\"https:\/\/escalator.sadilar.org\/connect\/\">https:\/\/escalator.sadilar.org\/connect\/<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>All workshops sponsored by SADiLaR implement the SADiLaR Workshop Code of Conduct. 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