DH100: Introduction to Digital Humanities
Tuesday/Thursday 9:25am – 10:40am
Brian S. Matzke
Email: bmatzke@ccsu.edu
To meet with me, please schedule an appointment here
This schedule provides links to the video demos, readings, and assignments for each day of the course. Demos and readings should be completed before that day’s class. Assignments should be completed by midnight that class day, and will be graded the day after class.
1/18 – 2/15
UNIT 1: HUMANITIES AND DIGITAL MEDIA
Week 1: Introductions
Week 2: Analog and digital archives
1/23
Demo: None (Library tour)
Reading: None
Assignment: None
1/25
Demo: Digital archives
Reading: Jonathan Zittrain, “The Internet is Rotting” (reading available on Blackboard)
Assignment None
Demo: None (Library tour)
Reading: None
Assignment: None
1/25
Demo: Digital archives
Reading: Jonathan Zittrain, “The Internet is Rotting” (reading available on Blackboard)
Assignment None
Week 3: Digital humanities research
1/30
Demo: What does a digital humanities research project look like?
Reading: Amanda Shendruk, “Analyzing the Gender Representation of 34,476 Comic Book Characters”
Assignment: None
2/1
Demo: Part 1: Purchasing your website; Part 2: Setting up your website
Reading: How to customize your WordPress theme
Assignment: Set up your website
Demo: What does a digital humanities research project look like?
Reading: Amanda Shendruk, “Analyzing the Gender Representation of 34,476 Comic Book Characters”
Assignment: None
2/1
Demo: Part 1: Purchasing your website; Part 2: Setting up your website
Reading: How to customize your WordPress theme
Assignment: Set up your website
Week 4: Scholarly digital humanities research
2/6
Demo: Digital Rhetoric
Reading: Anne Francis Wysocki, “The Multiple Media of Texts” (reading available on Blackboard)
Assignment: Blog post 1: Profile of a DH project
2/8
Demo: Part 1: What are primary and secondary sources? Part 2: How to find scholarly sources
Reading: Tara Menon, “Keeping Count: Direct Speech in the Nineteenth-Century British Novel” (access the article through the library)
Assignment: Blog post 2: Three possible research questions
Demo: Digital Rhetoric
Reading: Anne Francis Wysocki, “The Multiple Media of Texts” (reading available on Blackboard)
Assignment: Blog post 1: Profile of a DH project
2/8
Demo: Part 1: What are primary and secondary sources? Part 2: How to find scholarly sources
Reading: Tara Menon, “Keeping Count: Direct Speech in the Nineteenth-Century British Novel” (access the article through the library)
Assignment: Blog post 2: Three possible research questions
Week 5: Scholarly sources
2/13
Demo: How to read an academic paper (If you attended class on 2/8 and feel that you understood the Tara Menon article, this demo is optional)
Reading: One of the two articles listed in your assignment
Assignment: Blog post 3: Analysis of an academic paper
2/15
Demo: Zotero
Reading: A scholarly article on your research topic (see assignment); CCSU Library’s LibGuide on Zotero (optional)
Assignment: Blog post 4: Summary of a scholarly source
Demo: How to read an academic paper (If you attended class on 2/8 and feel that you understood the Tara Menon article, this demo is optional)
Reading: One of the two articles listed in your assignment
Assignment: Blog post 3: Analysis of an academic paper
2/15
Demo: Zotero
Reading: A scholarly article on your research topic (see assignment); CCSU Library’s LibGuide on Zotero (optional)
Assignment: Blog post 4: Summary of a scholarly source
2/20 – 3/28
UNIT 2: METADATA
Week 6: Primary sources
2/20
Demo: Adding artifacts to your website
Reading: None
Assignment: Gallery entry 1: First artifact
2/22
Demo: Dublin Core metadata
Readings: Skim over the Dublin Core Metadata Element Set page
Assignment: Gallery entry 2: Second artifact
Demo: Adding artifacts to your website
Reading: None
Assignment: Gallery entry 1: First artifact
2/22
Demo: Dublin Core metadata
Readings: Skim over the Dublin Core Metadata Element Set page
Assignment: Gallery entry 2: Second artifact
Week 7: Adding metadata to artifacts
2/27
Demo: Why metadata matters
Reading: Manon Bischoff, “How Recommendation Algorithms Work”, Carey K. Morewedge, “Why Algorithm-Generated Recommendations Fall Short”, Josh Paul, “How can the U.S. renew Mideast peace talks? Recognize Palestinian statehood”, and Ben Taub, “New Species Of Coconut Headed Sloth Identified”
Assignment: Gallery entry 3: Third artifact
2/29
Demo: Working with metadata spreadsheets and controlled vocabularies
Reading: None
Assignment: Blog post 5: Metadata spreadsheet
Demo: Why metadata matters
Reading: Manon Bischoff, “How Recommendation Algorithms Work”, Carey K. Morewedge, “Why Algorithm-Generated Recommendations Fall Short”, Josh Paul, “How can the U.S. renew Mideast peace talks? Recognize Palestinian statehood”, and Ben Taub, “New Species Of Coconut Headed Sloth Identified”
Assignment: Gallery entry 3: Third artifact
2/29
Demo: Working with metadata spreadsheets and controlled vocabularies
Reading: None
Assignment: Blog post 5: Metadata spreadsheet
Week 8: Ethics
3/5
Demo: Copyright
Reading: Gene Maddaus, “Mickey Mouse, Long a Symbol in Copyright Wars, to Enter Public Domain”
Assignment: Add Creative Commons statement to your website’s homepage and rights statements to your artifacts’ metadata
3/7
Demo: Ruja Benjamin, “A New Jim Code” (first 45 minutes)
Readings: A.W. Ohlheiser, “AI automated discrimination. Here’s how to spot it.”, Bunny McKenzie Mack, “Systemic Racism in AI”, and Sowmya Moni, “Overcoming Algorithmic Gender Bias In AI-Generated Marketing Content”
Assignment: Blog post 6: Reflection on technology and inequality
Demo: Copyright
Reading: Gene Maddaus, “Mickey Mouse, Long a Symbol in Copyright Wars, to Enter Public Domain”
Assignment: Add Creative Commons statement to your website’s homepage and rights statements to your artifacts’ metadata
3/7
Demo: Ruja Benjamin, “A New Jim Code” (first 45 minutes)
Readings: A.W. Ohlheiser, “AI automated discrimination. Here’s how to spot it.”, Bunny McKenzie Mack, “Systemic Racism in AI”, and Sowmya Moni, “Overcoming Algorithmic Gender Bias In AI-Generated Marketing Content”
Assignment: Blog post 6: Reflection on technology and inequality
Week 9: Text markup
3/19
Demo: A gentle introduction to XML and TEI and Working with the TEI Boilerplate
Readings: Read w3schools, “Introduction to XML” and Johanna Drucker, Introduction to Digital Humanities 6A “Text Encoding”, p 46-48.
Take a look at (but you do not need to read thoroughly) the Women Writers Project and the website for the TEI Boilerplate
Assignment: Gallery entry 4: TEI markup
3/21
Demo: None
Readings: None
Assignment: Blog post 7: Reflection on your TEI markup
Demo: A gentle introduction to XML and TEI and Working with the TEI Boilerplate
Readings: Read w3schools, “Introduction to XML” and Johanna Drucker, Introduction to Digital Humanities 6A “Text Encoding”, p 46-48.
Take a look at (but you do not need to read thoroughly) the Women Writers Project and the website for the TEI Boilerplate
Assignment: Gallery entry 4: TEI markup
3/21
Demo: None
Readings: None
Assignment: Blog post 7: Reflection on your TEI markup
Week 10: Audio and video markup
3/26
Demo: Indexing audiovisual materials
Readings: Check out the resources on the website for The Oral History Metadata Synchronizer. For additional information on how to complete your markup, consult the video tutorials on this page.
Assignment: Gallery entry 5: OHMS index
3/28
Demo: None
Readings: None
Assignment: Blog post 8: Reflection on your OHMS index
Demo: Indexing audiovisual materials
Readings: Check out the resources on the website for The Oral History Metadata Synchronizer. For additional information on how to complete your markup, consult the video tutorials on this page.
Assignment: Gallery entry 5: OHMS index
3/28
Demo: None
Readings: None
Assignment: Blog post 8: Reflection on your OHMS index
4/2 – 5/9
UNIT 3: VISUALIZING DATA
Week 11: Histograms and scatterplots
4/2
Demo: Analyzing data visualizations
Reading: “Three questions to ask yourself next time you see a graph, chart, or map” by Carson MacPherson-Krutsky. Also, we’ll be checking out Kaggle.com and Data.gov in class.
Assignment: Blog post 9: Analysis of a data visualization
4/4
Demo: Creating bar graphs, histograms, or scatterplots in Excel
Reading: None
Assignment: Gallery entry 6: Histogram or scatterplot
Demo: Analyzing data visualizations
Reading: “Three questions to ask yourself next time you see a graph, chart, or map” by Carson MacPherson-Krutsky. Also, we’ll be checking out Kaggle.com and Data.gov in class.
Assignment: Blog post 9: Analysis of a data visualization
4/4
Demo: Creating bar graphs, histograms, or scatterplots in Excel
Reading: None
Assignment: Gallery entry 6: Histogram or scatterplot
Week 12: Word frequencies
4/9
Demo: Voyant Tools and Advanced Voyant Tools with GutenTag (optional)
Reading: Voyant Tools: An Introduction
Assignment: Blog post 10: Thesis statement
4/11
Demo: Google N-Grams and HathiTrust Bookworm
Reading: None, but we’ll be working with The HathiTrust Bookworm
Assignment: Gallery entry 7: Word frequency visualization
Demo: Voyant Tools and Advanced Voyant Tools with GutenTag (optional)
Reading: Voyant Tools: An Introduction
Assignment: Blog post 10: Thesis statement
4/11
Demo: Google N-Grams and HathiTrust Bookworm
Reading: None, but we’ll be working with The HathiTrust Bookworm
Assignment: Gallery entry 7: Word frequency visualization
Week 13: Timelines and maps
4/16
Demo: Timelines and Maps
Reading: None, but we’ll be looking at these online tools: Timeline and StoryMap
Assignment: Gallery entry 8: Timeline or Map
4/18
Demo: None
Readings: None
Assignment: Blog post 11: Partial draft or outline
Note: This is the last day that past assignments will be accepted for credit. If any of the first eight gallery items and first eleven blog posts are not visible on your site by the end of the day on 4/18, you will earn a ZERO for the assignment.
Demo: Timelines and Maps
Reading: None, but we’ll be looking at these online tools: Timeline and StoryMap
Assignment: Gallery entry 8: Timeline or Map
4/18
Demo: None
Readings: None
Assignment: Blog post 11: Partial draft or outline
Note: This is the last day that past assignments will be accepted for credit. If any of the first eight gallery items and first eleven blog posts are not visible on your site by the end of the day on 4/18, you will earn a ZERO for the assignment.
Week 14: Flowcharts, trees, and sankeys
4/23
Demo: Flowcharts, trees, and sankeys
Reading: None, but we will be working with Visio, RelationshipTree, and SankeyMATIC
Assignment: Gallery entry 9: Fourth data visualization
4/25
Demo: A brief history of data visualization
Reading: TBD
Assignment : Blog post 12: Complete rough draft.
Note: Your rough draft must be posted by the end of the day on 4/25. Otherwise you will not be assigned workshop partners and you will not be able to complete the peer critique assignment next week.
Demo: Flowcharts, trees, and sankeys
Reading: None, but we will be working with Visio, RelationshipTree, and SankeyMATIC
Assignment: Gallery entry 9: Fourth data visualization
4/25
Demo: A brief history of data visualization
Reading: TBD
Assignment : Blog post 12: Complete rough draft.
Note: Your rough draft must be posted by the end of the day on 4/25. Otherwise you will not be assigned workshop partners and you will not be able to complete the peer critique assignment next week.
Week 15: Workshopping your final paper
4/30
Demo: Artificial Intelligence
Reading: None
Assignment: Blog post 13: ChatGPT
5/2
Demo: How to publish your final paper (also, some final thoughts will be offered in class)
Reading: “Workshop is not for you” by Jeremiah Chamberlin
Assignment: Peer critiques.
Note: You are required to write peer critiques and email them before class, not by this evening. You will be discussing your critiques in class.
Demo: Artificial Intelligence
Reading: None
Assignment: Blog post 13: ChatGPT
5/2
Demo: How to publish your final paper (also, some final thoughts will be offered in class)
Reading: “Workshop is not for you” by Jeremiah Chamberlin
Assignment: Peer critiques.
Note: You are required to write peer critiques and email them before class, not by this evening. You will be discussing your critiques in class.
The final paper is due by noon on Thursday, 5/9