Schedule
What do we mean when we say ‘dh’, and what does DH mean when we come from so many disparate disciplinary directions? Part of the goal for this course is to equip you with something of the historiographic background for the multiple ways of ‘doing’ DH. We have invited DH and DH-adjacent friends and fellow travellers throughout the year to talk with us about their own research. How does their work fit in with our evolving understanding of what ‘dh’ can be?
Meeting Location
I’m going to try to run this class in a hybrid modality. I will send around a zoom link that we will use for every session. I will also be in-person on campus in the History Department Lounge (go to the 4th floor Paterson, go through the glass doors through the department lobby, turn left, end of the hall, entrance on the left). You may join via zoom or you may join me in the Lounge.
October 1st
Introduction - my own DH journey and what it shows about the continuing evolution of the field. Why are you here? What are you after? What do you want from DH? My goals for this class, your goals for this class, assessment, and building just to see if it works. Habits of mind that lead to DH success. Code, Coding, and Sitting with ‘I don’t know - yet’. StudioDH and turning our work inside-out. Setting up Topical Deep Dives and Adding to the Resource Page. DIGH5800 & Studio DH.
Obsidian and why you might want to use it
Google Colab and a static site generator called Pelican
October 15th
DH and issues of replicability, reproducibility / tools are never neutral
Catherine D’Ignazio and Lauren F. Klein, “What Gets Counted Counts” and “The Numbers Don’t Speak for Themselves,” Data Feminism (2020), https://data-feminism.mitpress.mit.edu/.
Marwick, Ben, et al. Open Science in Archaeology. SAA Archaeological Record, Sept 2017 https://faculty.washington.edu/bmarwick/PDFs/Marwick_et_al_2017_SAA_Record_Sept.pdf.
Benjamin M. Schmidt “Do Digital Humanists Need to Understand Algorithms?” https://dhdebates.gc.cuny.edu/read/untitled/section/557c453b-4abb-48ce-8c38-a77e24d3f0bd#ch48. Accessed 24 Sept. 2024.. Accessed 24 Sept. 2024.
October 29th
Try to have a static website up by today. It can be a formal personal academic space. It can be something more fun. The point is to learn the process.
Some background on DH in Canada & ‘failure’ as a pedagogical strategy
Gaffield, Chad. ‘Clio and Computers in Canada and Beyond: Contested Past, Promising Present, Uncertain Future’. The Canadian Historical Review, vol. 101, no. 4, 2020, pp. 559–84. link
Kim Martin. ‘Clio, Rewired: Propositions for the Future of Digital History Pedagogy in Canada’ The Canadian Historical Review, vol. 101, no. 4, 2020, pp. 622-639. link
Shawn Graham, Failing Gloriously Fargo ND: Digital Press at the University of North Dakota. ‘How I lost the Crowd’; ‘Research Witchcraft’; ‘What is this thing?’; ‘Some Assembly Required’.
Coding for Humanities Workshop
This workshop is being offered through the library. I’ve asked you to participate in it as part of DIGH5800; a few of the sessions coincide with our DIGH5000 schedule, but that’s ok. I was going to do some coding with you anyway, but this will be a richer experience, so we’ll rejig accordingly.
November 12
Please attend the Coding for the Humanities Workshop today.
November 26th
Please attend the Coding for the Humanities Workshop today.
January 7th
Guest: Tracey Lauriault on DH, Data & Society
Marilyn - Data Feminism
January 21st
Guest: Amanda Montague on DH in the Community
Kai - Public Humanities
February 4th
Kegan - Text Analysis & Allied Approaches
February 25th
Guest: Laura Banducci on DH and Field Archaeology
Jeremy - Minimal Computing
March 11th
Guest: Scott Coleman & Kavita Mistry on DH as a PhD student
Theo - Computational Creativity, Identity, & the Digital Self
March 25th
Guest: Marc Saurette on Games & History
Sean - Accessibility & Design in Interactive Experiences
April 8th
Ali - Large Language Models & DH