SICSS-IPATC

26 June to 7 July 2023 | University of Johannesburg

Schedule & Materials

Week one
Monday, 26 June 2023
Tuesday, 27 June 2023
  • 10:00 - 11:00 Results of Mondays exercise

  • 11:00 - 13:00 R recap

  • 13:00 - 14:00 Lunch Break

  • 14:00 - 16:00 Topic: APIs and Digital Trace Data

  • 16:00 - 18:00 Group Exercise / R office hours

Wednesday, 28 June 2023
  • 10:00 - 11:00 Presentation of Group Exercise Results

  • 11:00 - 13:00 Topic: Text as Data

  • 13:00 - 14:00 Lunch Break

  • 14:00 - 15:00 Enrichment Session Panel: Past participants

  • 16:00 - 17:00 Group Exercise / R office hours

Thursday, 29 June 2023
  • 10:00 - 12:00 Experiments in the Digital Era

  • 12:00 - 13:00 Lunch Break

  • 13:00 - 15:00 Group Exercise

  • 15:00 - 16:00 Enrichment Session: Dr Emmanuel Olamijuwon

  • 16:00 - 17:00 R office hours

Friday, 30 June 2023
  • 10:00 - 12:00 Text Analysis

  • 12:00 - 13:00 Lunch Break

  • 13:00 - 15:00 Ethics

  • 15:00 - 16:00 R office hours

Saturday - Sunday
  • Day off

Week two
Monday, 03 July 2023
  • 09:00 - 10:30 Introduction to group projects

  • 10:30 - 13:00 Fireside Chat

  • 13:00 - 14:00 Lunch Break

  • 14:00 - 16:00 Group Projects

Tuesday, 04 July 2023
  • 09:00 - 10:00 Speaker: Dr Kaziboni: Reimagining Academia: A Case of ChatGpT (Social Science Perspective)

  • 10:00 - 12:30 Group Projects

  • 13:00 - 14:00 Lunch Break

  • 14:00 - 17:00 Group Feedback on Project Proposals

Wednesday, 05 July 2023
  • 09:00 - 10:00 Mental Health Talk

  • 10:00 - 12:30 Speaker: Prof Vukosi Marivate

  • 13:00 - 14:00 Lunch Break

  • 14:00 - 17:00 Project Feedback with Prof Vukosi Marivate

Thursday, 06 July 2023
  • 09:00 - 10:00

  • 10:00 - 12:30 Group Projects with TAs

  • 13:00 - 14:00 Lunch Break

  • 14:00 - 17:00 Preperations for Project Presentations

Friday, 07 July 2023
  • 09:00 - 12:00 Final Presentations

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