Introduction to Digital Humanities
ENGL 76-429/829
Spring 2020
Carnegie Mellon University
Instructor
Scott B. Weingart / scottbot@cmu.edu / @scott_bot
Students
- One
- Two
- Three
Details
Location: Wean 4418 (Sorrells Library)
Time: WF 9am-10:20am
Office Hours: Sorrells Library Den, Wednesdays 1:00-3:30
Overview
This course introduces students to core methods and readings in Digital Humanities. Students will read and engage with a wide array of sources, from foundational texts to fictional accounts to patents to legal briefings. In an effort to facilitate non-traditional collaborations, the course is open to (a.) humanities students curious about computational approaches to humanistic questions and (b.) students with technical, data-driven, or design backgrounds interested in contributing to humanistic knowledge. Please note: Freshmen are prohibited from registering for this course. Sophomores must obtain instructor permission.
For more details, see the Course Details. For the weekly schedule and list of readings, see the Schedule.
Posts
Document Term Matricies and Vector Space
Experimental Methods in Cultural Analytics
Encoding Digital Editions
Mr. Penumbra's 24-Hour Bookstore
History of Computing & Human Information Technology
Critiques of Google Books and Ngrams
The Technologies of Book Scanning
Politics, Law, Pirates
Ngram Interfaces and their Affordances
Digital Labor
History of Book Scanning and Google Books
United States Is/Are and American History
Conducting a Deep Dive Blog Post
Google Books and Culturomics
Shambhavi Mishra's First Post
Sabrina's first post
Matt Lincoln's first post
Jaclyn's first post
India's First Post
Gayathri Manchella's First Post
Chloe Perry First Post
The First Post