Created and maintained by Jessica H. Lu, Ph.D., University of Maryland
This repository has been created to introduce researchers, scholars, and community members to scholarly text encoding for primary documents in African American history and culture, in an interactive pre-conference held at the University of Maryland, College Park, MD, USA. These materials are intended to serve as instructional examples that prompt discussion about how encoding can be "intentionally digital, intentionally Black."
Slides for the pre-conference can be found here.
This training repository can also be used in conjunction with the "emptyproject" repository.
To work effectively with these materials, you will need:
- Atom Text Editor
- An account with GitHub
- GitHub Desktop
- The Java SE Development Kit
By using these materials, you affirm your solidarity with the following values:
- The promotion of free, public, and open-source resources for the purposes of education, training, and knowledge-making;
- The recognition, compensation, and citation of all researchers, scholars, and community members who contribute their physical, intellectual, and emotional labor to support the learning of others; and
- The mindful use and critique of digital tools, methods, and platforms to better support the safety, well-being, and liberation of all marginalized groups, especially Black people in the United States and around the world.
Please direct all questions, including requests for guidance or support in using this repository, to Dr. Jessica H. Lu at jhl dot jessica at gmail dot com.
Last revised October 2018