Signs@40 documents and analyzes 40 years of feminist scholarship. There are many interesting subsections to this open-access DH project, such as an exhibit of Signs‘ past cover designs, a cocitation network analysis, and many more, but I will focus on… Continue Reading
Over winter break, I was able to work with Carleton’s German Department to begin setting up a site using WordPress. For my first time using the platform, I quickly found that I thoroughly enjoyed the design aspects of creating a… Continue Reading
Should all humanities students learn to code? No, programming should not be mandatory. Will humanities students benefit tremendously from learning to code? Definitely. Computers should not be black boxes but rather understood as engines for creating powerful and persuasive models… Continue Reading
Yale’s digital humanities project Robots Reading Vogue explores questions in two academic fields: gender studies and computer science, more specifically data mining and fashion, using all Vogue magazines published in the last 128 years. Sources The project’s primary source is… Continue Reading
An identity built around making things—of being “a maker”—pervades technology culture. There’s a widespread idea that “People who make things are simply different [read: better] than those who don’t.” Chachra, Debbie. “Why I Am Not a Maker.” The Atlantic, Atlantic… Continue Reading
