August 10, 2024

Anindita -

Something I thought about:

  • I can’t remember the last time I went anywhere on my own for an entire week, and I’d never attended the main DH conference before. I also have never attended a conference as a sponsor instead of a scholar, so this was a lot of firsts. The conference was good, though — met some wonderful people and reconnected with folks I’d met at earlier DH conferences. I also got to see some really cool projects that inspired me. Grateful I could attend although and also very happy to come home at the end of a packed week.

Something I did:

  • Traveled to DC for DH2024
  • Attended DH2024
  • Learned English paper piecing and blanket stitch
  • Had dinner with an old friend
  • Went to the National Portrait Gallery to see the James Baldwin exhibit
  • Returned home

Something I read:

  • War and Peace slow read chapters
  • Soil: The Story of a Black Mother’s Garden by Camille T. Dungy