digital humanities for undergraduates: getting started

DIGITAL HUMANITIESGetting Started for Undergraduates

Prof. Adeline Koh @adelinekohRichard Stockton College of New Jersey

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WHAT IS DH?

• Expanding

Traditional humanities research through digital methods

The humanities through the digital as a humanistic

object of inquiry

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MAPPING PROJECT: PRINTFROM VLADIMIR NABOKOV’S HAND-DRAWN MAP OF

ULYSSES...

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MAPPING PROJECT: DIGITALTO ULYSSES ON GOOGLE MAPS HTTPS://SITES.GOOGLE.COM/SITE/NOTESONJAMESJOYCE/MAP

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USING GOOGLE MAPS FOR AN UG DH PROJECT

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WHAT IDEAS FOR MAPPING PROJECTS CAN U THINK OF?

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TEXTUAL ANALYSIS--WORDLE

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WWW.WORDLE.NET

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TEXTUAL ANALYSIS--VOYANTThursday, October 3, 13

HTTP://VOYANT-TOOLS.ORG/

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TEXTUAL ANALYSIS: CORPUS ANALYTICS

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TEXTUAL ANALYSIS: TEXTALThursday, October 3, 13

ONLINE EXHIBIT--OMEKAThursday, October 3, 13

OMEKA EXAMPLE

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ONLINE EXHIBIT--WHAT JANE SAW

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REWRITING WIKIPEDIA• Average Wikipedia editor is

white, middle-class, English-speaking male, college-educated

• Knowledge produced on Wikipedia mirrors print knowledge; generally conservative, limited coverage on women +

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REWRITING WIKIPEDIA

• Rewriting Wikipedia Project (Postcolonial Digital Humanities)

• focusing on marginalized groups around the world

• http://dhpoco.org/rewriting-wikipedia

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MULTIMEDIA PROJECT

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STUDENT RESEARCHERS

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CELEBRITY COLONIALISM & THE BODYThursday, October 3, 13

HYBRIDITY AND COMICSThursday, October 3, 13

WHY DH?

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WHY DH?

• Undergraduates as Public Scholars

• Make what you are studying relevant to the world at large

• Do you write differently when you know the world is watching, rather than your professor alone?

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LET’S GET STARTED!

• Take an Index Card

• Write down three DH Projects that you think you could start at your school, and undertake in your classes.

• What value would these add to your existing classes?

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NEXT STEPSJoin HASTAC scholars!

www.hastac.org

-blogging, tweeting, networking

with others at diff. institutions

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NEXT STEPS

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COME TO THATCAMP DIGITAL PEDAGOGY!JUNE 17, 18 2014, ATLANTIC CITY.

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