Web scraping is a form of data collection that focuses on extracting data from websites. Web scraping can be completed manually but is most often done with an automated bot or program that copies the data from a website and… Continue Reading
For my midterm, I used ArcGIS Online to map Charles W. Cushman’s photos from 1966 and explore how the environment influenced Cushman’s photography. You can find my project here and navigate to the “About” page to read my methods.
In Six Degrees of Francis Bacon, scholars have reconstructed an early modern British social network to visualize which influential figures knew one another and socialized in the same circles. The digital humanities project uses network analysis to represent these individuals… Continue Reading
There have been 2,053 nuclear explosions since 1945. In “2053”, Japanese artist Isao Hashimoto shows every single one in a time lapse that is both beautiful and terrifying. This work conveys the power of data visualization to tell stories and… Continue Reading
As a senior suddenly pushed into the job search, I’ve been thinking about creating my own website for a while now. I always thought it would be incredibly useful to direct potential employers to a website where I could showcase… Continue Reading
“While programming will indeed usefully equip one better to understand computer scientific discourses, it should NOT be taken as the necessary precondition to engaging with the computer sciences and all who consider themselves scholars of the humanities should realize that… Continue Reading
Historians have long understood the importance of redlining. Yet by using digital mapping software to organize, analyze and display historic data about this practice, this project retold the story in way that made it accessible for a popular audience. Mapping… Continue Reading
“The advent of Digital Humanities implies a reinterpretation of the humanities as a generative enterprise: one in which students and faculty alike are making things as they study and perform research, generating not just texts (in the form of analysis,… Continue Reading
I have always wanted to learn how to use SketchUp. As someone interested in 3D modeling, it seemed like an incredible tool capable of building complex and realistic structures. Now that I have actually used SketchUp, I can confess that… Continue Reading
