Group Readings

October 11, 2011, 4:00-5:15 PM

The history department faculty decided to offer multiple shorter pieces that we think will provide ground for good discussion.
1. We’ll start with a reading from the now “classic” Companion to Digital Humanities:

• William G. Thomas’ “Computing and the Historical Imagination” (definitely read)
• Greg Crane’s “Classics and the Computer: An End of the History” (optional read if you have the time)
• Harrison Eiteljorg’s “Computing for Archaeologists” (optional read if you have the time)

2. Then we’ll read about new digital history projects to see how historians are connecting their work to digital media and other disciplines:

• Stanley Fish article on the “Triumph of the Humanities” reviewingGeoHumanities (definitely read Fish’s essay (not GeoHumanities))
• Digital History session abstracts at the 2012 meeting of the American Historical Association (definitely read some of the abstracts)

3. We’ll finish by reading about an integrated study at Otterbein University, which shows how we could build bridges between history, digital humanities, and other disciplines across campus (the following are all short – browse the sites)

• Building Curricular Bridges: The Integrated Studies (Inst) model at Otterbein University
• Feature: Integrative Studies at Otterbein
• Integrative Studies
• Integrative Studies Gains National Recognition
• DYADS:
• Understanding Integrated Studies Dyads
• Sample Dyad courses
• Sample Dyads with details
• For more details, check out Otterbein University’s Faculty Resources page

September 27, 4:00-5:15 PM. We will read articles by Henry Jenkins and Lev Manovich.  Fabrizio notes, “I have chosen them keeping in mind some of the questions that we discussed last Monday. Is the division between theory and practice still sustainable? How can new media help us to become better humanists? What approaches should we adopt to educate the so-called “digital natives”? Issues of technological determinism vs. human agency were also raised.”

• Jenkins – “Jenkins_Theory in the Age of Digital Transformation” (PDF)
• Manovich – “Manovich_New Media from Borges to HTML” (DOC)

September 13, 2011, 12:00-1:15 PM

• http://chronicle.com/article/The-Humanities-Done-Digitally/127382/
• http://chronicle.com/article/Big-Tent-Digital-Humanities/128434/
• http://chronicle.com/blogs/profhacker/getting-started-in-digital-humanities/35153