digital humanities for undergraduates: getting started
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Slides for a workshop to introduce undergraduates to the Digital Humanities. First given at Cabrini College, PA, October 2014. Talk is CC-BY-SA--feel free to use and remix, so long as you cite :)TRANSCRIPT
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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TEXTUAL ANALYSIS--VOYANTThursday, October 3, 13
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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