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Subcommunity Registry
The registry is designed to:
- Highlight subcommunities and their activities to increase visibility.
- Connect members with subcommunities that align with their interests and offer engagement opportunities.
- Support recruitment efforts by helping subcommunities attract new members.
How to Register Your Subcommunity
A registration form is available for subcommunities to provide information about their ongoing activities, websites, and communication channels. If you’re unsure whether your subcommunity should register or have questions, please email the Community Engagement Team.
Regional Subcommunities
The subcommunities listed in this section are those whose focus is Carpentries activities at a specified large geographical - regional, national, provincial or district - area.
Carpentries Italia
We are a small group of Italian Carpentries Instructors, many of whom are living abroad. In the last couple of years, we organised three Software Carpentry workshops in collaboration with ELIXIR. We also have our own Slack workspace and have attempted some translations.
The Carpentries in Australia
A subcommunity for Carpentries activity in Australia. We often link our activities with the equivalent subcommunity in New Zealand/Aotearoa.
New Zealand/Aotearoa
The New Zealand/Aotearoa subcommunity focuses on building community relationships within the Carpentries community in New Zealand/Aotearoa. New Zealand/Aotearoa has several Carpentries members and is represented on the Board of Directors of the organisation as well.
Midwest (US) Carpentries Community
This local subcommunity of workshop Instructors, Instructor Trainers, Helpers, and Lesson Developers includes faculty, librarians, researchers, research support staff, and students from across the United States Midwest.
The Carpentries in Africa
DACH-Region
The DACH Region includes community members in the countries Germany, Austria, and Switzerland.
Carpentries México
The Carpentries community has grown to about 20 Instructors in Mexico. We aim to promote good programming practices by strengthening Carpentries' presence within the Spanish-speaking academic community.
Carpentries US-Northeast
The US-Northeast Carpentries subcommunity convenes for semi-regular, informal get-togethers and mentoring opportunities.
Carpentries-Israel
Carpentries-Israel began in 2024 with a Data Carpentry workshop in collaboration with ELIXIR and US-RSE that included learners from 8 Israeli research institutions. Carpentries-Israel aims to grow a local community of Carpentries instructors in order to meet the high level of interest for more Carpentries workshops hosted in Israel.
UK Carpentries Community
The UK Carpentries Community is a supportive and inclusive space for Instructors, helpers, and workshop coordinators involved in teaching technical skills to researchers. It facilitates collaboration, knowledge sharing, and networking while assisting with workshop organisation, technical queries, and institutional membership.
Local Subcommunities
The subcommunities listed in this section are those whose focus is Carpentries activities at a specified local and institutional level - town, city, at a university or research institution.
Carpentries at Stanford University
The Carpentries at Stanford are administered by the University Libraries. This group coordinates workshops, events, and other trainings for the needs of the university community.
UW-Madison Carpentries Community
This local subcommunity of workshop Instructors, helpers, and Lesson Developers includes research support staff from across the University of Wisconsin-Madison campus, faculty members, and graduate students.
Smithsonian Institution Carpentries
The Smithsonian Institution has been a Carpentries Member Organisation since 2017, and a Platinum Member since 2021.
Heidelberg Carpentries
The Heidelberg Carpentries subcommunity organises semi-regular, informal meetups for community members in the area. These social events are an opportunity for community members to meet and talk about teaching and other Carpentries-related topics.
University of California Santa Barbara
The University of California Santa Barbara subcommunity hosts and organises data science workshops for the UCSB community. They also sponsor community members for Instructor certification.
Carpentry @ UiO
We are a local community of Instructors, helpers, Instructor Trainers and fans of The Carpentries. The community grew out of a couple of Instructors in 2015 and found its home at the University of Oslo Library, which became a member institution.
Carpentries @ VT
Carpentries @ VT is a community of Carpentries Instructors and Trainees connected to Virginia Tech. We organize 8-10 local workshops a year and meet monthly to support pedagogy and engagement with regional and international Carpentries communities.
Special Interest Groups
The subcommunities listed in this section are those whose focus is Carpentries activities around a specific area of interest to The Carpentries community, whether this activity is conducted at a local, regional or global level.
PyAOS Carpentry
The Python for Atmosphere and Ocean Science (PyAOS) subcommunity focuses on running workshops for those working / studying in the weather, ocean and climate sciences. It does this through maintaining lesson materials and supporting Instructors.
Carpentries Offline
CarpentriesOffline aims to provide a solution for Instructors to run workshops in areas where there is no or limited Internet access.
HPC Carpentry
HPC Carpentry represents a global community interested in documenting and teaching better practices in cluster-based scientific computing, especially the fundamentals of interacting with a large-scale, parallel, shared computing resource.
Carpentries-ja
Carpentries-ja is a subcommunity translating the Carpentries teaching materials into Japanese and conducting workshops in Japanese.
Carpentries Ukraine
Ukrainian Carpentries is a subcommunity translating the Carpentries teaching materials into Ukrainian language.
Regional Communities Mailing Lists
All mailing lists for The Carpentries are hosted on Topicbox. This includes a number of mailing lists specific to local or regional communities.