Digital Scholarship Lab
The DS Lab brings together students, faculty, and staff to pursue humanistic research questions through digital tools, methods and practices. This lab is for projects that require more computational work: complex geospatial analyses, crunching data sets, rendering complex geometries, creating virtual experiences, or coding that requires larger displays. Our users are currently working on projects using ArcGIS Pro, 3D scanning and 3D rendering, drone operations and landscape rendering, and image recognition. Certified users can access our workstations remotely, and we also offer handheld equipment rentals for free.
Current Projects:
- The Brandeis Digital Scholarship Hub, which provides entry-level access to digital analyses for Humanities and Social Sciences thinkers
- Student-run projects using our new High Performance Workstation
- Directing the Greek Natural Cults Project, which utilizes geospatial technology and digital text analysis to explore ancient Greek mountain sanctuaries
- Supporting Dr. Colleen Hitchcock's herbarium digitization project
- Since 2006, the DS Lab has supported interns at the Classical Studies Artifact Research Collection (CLARC) with 3D scanning ancient artifacts (which are printed in the Makerlab!) as well as p-XRF training.
Get Involved:
- Email BDI to set up an appointment with Natalie Susmann (Head of the Digital Scholarship Lab) about project
- Drop by during Open Hours and a BDI staff member can show you around
- Sign up for a DS Lab workshop. Our regular workshop curriculum includes StoryMaps, Photogrammetry, Drones, and the high performance workstation
- Join Hack Club or Aviation Club, which are hosted in the DS Lab
- Read BDI's full service catalog
