Introduction to Digital Humanities

LEARNING OUTCOMES:

 

In this course, students will

 

(1) Explore the notion of “computational thinking”;

(2) Balance hands on practical exploration with theoretical readings;

(3) Discover some forms of digital knowledge common in today’s society;       

(4)  Acquire data literacy skills through analyzing humanities materials using techniques of classification, visualization, mapping;

(5) Explore the idea of different scales of humanities inquiry;

(5)  Come to appreciate both the critical, intellectual labor as well as biases that become ‘hidden’ in data and algorithms;

(6)  Learn some basic aspects of digital production (data formats, simple customization, code, etc.) related to humanities materials;

(7)   Practice effective communication skills in a regular written research blog in web hosting, in addition to oral presentation format.