Well . . . I think that there are many advantages for digital humanists to be able to code, however I do not believe that it is absolutely crucial to one’s success in this field. I do believe that several… Continue Reading
The Viral Texts Project presents data, visualizations, and interactive exhibits that serve to help scholars better understand how particular news stories, short fiction, and poetry “go viral” in nineteenth-century newspapers and magazines. The overall goal of this digital project is… Continue Reading
Read the following quote: “not only could the two areas usefully benefit from one another… but furthermore that in many ways the two are working on exactly the same projects and the very idea that they are, a priori, separate… Continue Reading
Since the premise uses the word “should” rather than “must,” then I’ll go right ahead and declare that humanities students should learn to code. I assume most students are probably required to learn math at some point in their K-12… Continue Reading
A project from the Medieval Academy of America’s list of Medieval Digital Resources, MetPublications is a database that contains content listings from the publishing program by New York’s Metropolitan Museum of Art. It includes in-print books that can be purchased,… Continue Reading
Looking at the title of the project, I wondered: how could you map inequality? Well, four universities and their 3 research teams showed me how. Using the main source, the Home Owners’ Loan Corporation’s (hereinafter HOLC) maps, racial discrimination was… 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
“Many of us in the humanities think our colleagues across the campus in the computer-science department spend most of their time debugging software. This is no more true than the notion that English professors spend most of their time correcting… Continue Reading
Coding is an invaluable skill in our increasingly digital and technology-driven world, but it should not be a requirement or even an expectation for those in the humanities. When I first considered the argument of whether or not humanities students… Continue Reading
In an world of everincreasing interconnectedness, it’s sometimes easy to forget just how substantial and omnipresent social media is. By simply clicking the “send tweet” button, I can share my ideas with a vast web of people from all around… Continue Reading
