This course examines the history, theory, and practice of digital humanities, paying special attention to the ways in which digital humanities are transforming research, disciplines, and even the academy itself. Topics include contrasts and continuities between traditional and digital humanities; tools and techniques used by digital humanists; the processes of planning, funding, managing, and evaluating digital humanities projects; ways in which digital humanities impacts scholarly communication and higher education; and the special roles of libraries and information professionals in this growing movement.

Digital Humanities Course Flyer (Spring 2012)

Digital Humanities Syllabus (Spring 2012)

Assignments

• Participation (5%)
• Presentation on digital humanities in the disciplines (20%)
• Methods exercises (20%)
• Management exercises (15%)
• Final project (40%)
• working on a long-term digital humanities project (accompanied by critical reflections on that work);
• doing a small digital humanities project (accompanied by critical reflections on that work);
• proposing a digital humanities project (ideally in the form of a grant proposal), with reference to plan steps, evaluation, and preservation; OR
• writing a research paper that reflects on the theory, methodology, or impact of the digital humanities.

Topics

Introduction
1. Course Introduction
2. Defining the Digital Humanities
3. Digital Humanities in the Discplines

Methodologies
4. Digital Annotation and Collective Authorship
5. Textual Analysis
6. Mapping and Geohumanities
7. Network Analysis

Project Management and Cultural Heritage
8. Design and Planning
9. Funding and Evaluation
10. Preservation and Infrastructure

Impact
11. Teaching and Learning
12. Scholarly Communication, Research, and Higher Education
13. Libraries, Museums, and Public Humanities