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Slides from a conversation I had with graduate students and faculty members in Boston College's English Department about "Getting Started In The Digital Humanities" (April 11, 2014). Most images contain hyperlinks, so please click around!
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Getting Started inthe Digital Humanities
by Jim McGrath, Northeastern University
Notes from discussion at Boston CollegeApril 11, 2014
Twitter: @JimMc_Grath
What is The Digital Humanities?
Day of DH (#DayofDH)
http://dayofdh2014.matrix.msu.edu/
Day of DH (#DayofDH)
Day of DH (#DayofDH)
“DH is an umbrella term that refers to scholarship, projects, and teaching methods in the humanities that acknowledge the ways that digital media and online culture have transformed our ways of seeing and interacting with the world.”
Data VisualizationsBen Schmidt (Northeastern)
Archival WorkDigital Dos Passos (Amanda Visconti, University of Maryland)
MappingBoston Maps Project (NULab: Abby Mullen et al)
“Big Data” AnalyticsGoogle Ngram Viewer
Digital Humanities Work
• Not every Digital Humanist does the same thing!
• Not every Digital Humanist does EVERYTHING.
• DH work is collaborative, but in different ways.
• You may already be doing DH work!
My DH Work
My DH Work
My DH Work
Jerome McGann (Image via Google)
My DH Work
My DH Work
John Ashbery: “The Skaters”
My DH Work
My DH WorkBen Schmidt, Prochronisms (Downton Crabbey)
My DH Work
• DH work should be in the service of research questions.
• Don’t ask “What tools / programs should I learn?” first.
• A DH project does not have to have a “digital” product.
• Discuss the tangible value of DH dissertation work (degree requirements) with your department.
My DH Work (NULab)
My DH Work (NULab)
My DH Work (NULab)
• Project Management• Interdisciplinary Project (English, History)• Archival / Library Science Work• Collaborations with Media Partners• Collaborations with Academic Institutions• Conference Papers / Panels• Experience with Omeka, Neatline, HTML, XML, Web Design• Public Outreach• Social Media• Impact on Dissertation
My DH Work (NULab)
Digital Humanities Quarterly
My DH Work (NULab)
• Text Encoding (TEI)• Bibliographic Development• Metacognitive Archival Work• Collaborations with leading DH Scholars• Conference Papers
“Getting In” to DH
“Getting In” to DH
• You Don’t Have To Build Something From Scratch!• You Can Start Small (Volunteer Opportunities,
Conferences)• That Being Said, Be Pro-Active!• Identify Department / Institutional Resources• Talk With Collaborators Beyond BC• Be Vocal About Interest In DH at BC• Students Need Faculty / Department / College
Support• DH work is often public / “work in progress”
Thanks!
• Slides Will Be Online Soon (with Links): @JimMc_Grath
• nulab.neu.edu• northeastern.edu/marathon• digitalhumanities.org/dhq
mcgrath.ja@husky.neu.edu
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