Author: Becca Tarsa

The Humanities and Technology Camp (or as most of us know it, THATCamp), which may be responsible for bringing the word “unconference” into our collective vocabularies, has become a popular format for scholars interested in Digital Humanities to meet, talk, and develop new projects. As the many THATCamps across the globe (including the US, Britain, France, and Australia) have demonstrated, its flexible system can easily be adapted to the needs of its organizers and participants. Much like the Room of Requirement in the Harry Potter series, THATCamp is whatever we need it to be. I recently attended my first THATCamp,…