We had lots of fun learning from Nusrat Chowdhury, Fiona Haborak, and Nishanshi Shukla on Friday, March 24. First up, Fiona gave us a presentation on the benefits of upcycling and shared local thrift stores for finding items to rehome. She then presented a workshop on how to turn a well-worn t-shirt into a throwpillow, […]
Friday, April 14 12pm – 2pm Led by ATEC PhD Student, Kasif Rahman Scalar is a free, open-source authoring and publishing platform that facilitates long-form, born-digital scholarship. Because of its flexibility in integrating different kinds of media like texts, images, videos, maps, geolocations, weblinks etc., Scalar can be a useful tool for creative writers, teachers, […]
Remake-It-Yourself: A DIY Workshop on Tie-Dye and Upcycling Friday, March 24 12pm – 2pm ATC 1.801b Led by Nusrat Chowdhury, Fiona Haborak, and Nishanshi Shukla Have a shirt you refuse to let go of? Thrifted a shirt, but are unsure of what to do with it? Bring your tees to the Feminist Maker Space Workshop […]
Many thanks to ATEC PhD candidate, Mohammed Mizanur Rashid for leading us in an intro to Twine workshop today. Rashid showed us multiple exciting examples of branching narratives and took us through the basics of story models, nodes, and building bridges between them. Rashid created a resources handout with links available here, or as a […]
For Spring 2023, we’ve got a great lineup of workshops planned, all centered on different technologies of care and repair. Whether it is care for our selves, our planet, or one another, we’ll spend time in community this semester thinking through and applying how our maker practices intersect with practices of care and how we […]
Dec 2, 2022 12pm – 2pm ATC 1.801b Led by Josef Nguyen and Kim Knight To celebrate the end of the term and in anticipation of the winter holidays, we are offering a Feminist Maker Space workshop that is 50% skills demo, 50% sharing baked goods, and 100% focused on our community of care. Picture […]
So many thanks to Kasif Rahman who led our two part workshop on digital publishing with Scalar. Here is the resources handout that he shared with participants. Scalar User’s Guide Inspirations and Resources
November 4 and November 18; 12pm – 1pm in ATC 1.801b. Led by ATEC PhD student, Kasif Rahman. Scalar is a free, open-source authoring and publishing platform that facilitates the authors to create long-form, born-digital scholarship using online platform. Because of its flexibility in integrating different kinds of media like texts, images, videos, maps, geolocations, […]
Many thanks to ATEC PhD student Nishanshi Shukla and UTD alum Jayraj Dave for leading our introduction to Vedic Astrology! It was a whirlwind tour through the similarities and differences from western astrology and lots of fun. Thank you so much, Nishanshi and Jayraj! Our workshop leaders also put together a list of resources for […]
Thursday, Oct 27 12pm – 1pm ATC 1.801b Led by Luke Hernandez “So, what does that mean?” Want to talk about astrology? Don’t know too much about astrology? Whether you think you are the perfect Gemini or don’t relate to your sign at all, learn how Astrology can be used as a tool for knowledge, […]