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What is ESCALATOR? Our community Working groups Code of Conduct Contact DH-IGNITE Information Next: 15 - 17 April 2024 (Northern Region) Past: 27 Nov - 1 Dec 2023 (Eastern Cape) Past: 23 - 25 August 2023 (Central & Western Regions) Past: 8 - 10 March 2023 (Western Cape) Past: 18 - 19 Oct 2022 (KwaZulu Natal) Champions Initiative Overview Explorer Embarker Enhancer Enabler Educator Empower Engager (SWiP) Stakeholder Map Interactive visualisations Project info Add your data Workflow development Events Resources SA training initiatives & communities Global training resources Useful tools in DH & CSS YouTube playlists Zenodo Open Documents Information leaflets & publications Blog Connect Towards an inclusive & active South African community of practice in Digital Humanities & Computational Social Science Join us on Slack Follow us on Twitter Image - Learners at University of Limpopo participating in a Data Carpentry workshop learning about good data practices and data analysis in R What is ESCALATOR? Humanities and Social Sciences research and education are in dire need of strong coordinated interventions to enable the pervasive adoption of digital research methodologies and practices. Over the past few years several capacity development initiatives were implemented within various institutions and communities, but South Africa still lacks a national, integrated active community of practice in this space. In order to bring large scale adoption of digital research methodologies and practices to the Social Sciences and Humanities the South African Centre for Digital Language Resources (SADiLaR) established the ESCALATOR project. SADiLaR is a national centre supported by the Department of Science and Innovation (DSI) as part of the South African Research Infrastructure Roadmap (SARIR). ESCALATOR will consist of a national digital champions program in combination with an orchestrated capacity development and awareness raising initiative. Ad hoc activities have the tendency to create excitement and interest, but leaves participants neglected, disempowered, and disappointed as they often lack the social and research networks and skill to make use of opportunities and resources that were taught or discussed. With every new intervention, it seems as if community have to be built from scratch if an ad hoc capacity development approach is followed. The proposed program will ensure the sustainability of the community by contributing to the development of leaders at the public universities and research centres. Through the interventions, both champions and other community members will build skills and confidence in using digital tools and methodologies in their own research and teaching. The program will align closely with other institutional, regional, national and international digital capacity and community development as well as infrastructure initiatives. Learn more about ESCALATOR and ensure the programme addresses your needs… Sign up for 30 minute on-boarding Complete our needs assessment ESCALATOR offers a range of activities and resources. To help you make the most of the programme, we offer a weekly on-boarding session where you can meet the programme team, get connected to the Slack workspace, and learn about opportunities relevant to your current needs. We also want to hear how we can improve the programme and what we should include. Therefore we’ve designed a short needs assessment survey. Please complete it, or reach out to us to discuss. Recent News via Twitter and Blog Women in Digital and Computational Spaces: Meet Tsholofelo Nkosi Welcome ? to this community spotlight! We’re introducing Tsholofelo Nkosi, a software engineer and member of Women in Tech South Africa. Tsholofelo Nkosi Last updated on Mar 11, 2024 3 min read Communities of Practice , EMPOWER Women in Digital and Computational Spaces: Meet Richel Attafuah Welcome ? to this community spotlight! We’re introducing Richel Attafuah, a teaching assistant and member of Women in Machine Learning & Data Science (WiMLDS). Richel Attafuah Last updated on Mar 11, 2024 4 min read Communities of Practice , EMPOWER Exploring Communities of Practice: Spotlight on Women in Machine Learning and Data Science Accra Ghana ? Introducing our fourth community showcase. We’re featuring Women in Machine Learning and Data Science(WiMLDS) Accra Ghana. Deborah D Kanubala Last updated on Mar 11, 2024 4 min read Communities of Practice , EMPOWER See all posts Tweets by DHCSSza © SADiLaR 2024 This work is licensed under CC BY 4.0 unless otherwise stated Published with Wowchemy — the free, open source website builder that empowers creators. Cite × Copy...