As per Introduction to Digital Humanities – Networks: The concept of a network has become ubiquitous in current culture. Almost any connection to anything else can be called a network, but …
Month: June 2019
Image Visualization
Why does Image Visualization Matter? This topic may seem redundant since images and movies are already visual, but what we’re talking about is analyzing images in a way or at …
Mapping
From UPenn Libraries: By mapping real and imagined places, scholars can better argue and represent the significance of space and place in human experience and social structures. But, maps themselves carry …
Text Analysis
Why Software-Driven Text Analysis Matters Computers can’t think, at least not yet, but they assist human thinking every day whether we use our phone’s calculator or answer a random question …
Interactive Fiction
“Will you read me a story?” “Read you a story? What fun would that be? I’ve got a better idea: let’s tell a story together.” — Adam Cadre, “Photopia” Interactive Fiction …
Adaptation, Remixes, and Mashups
Adaptations, remixes, and mashups are related in that they take existing materials and repurpose them. But technology and digital culture has opened up new and creative avenues to explore and …
Online Hate and Harassment: The Trouble with Trolling
“Don’t Feed the Trolls.” But why? And who gets trolled and why? Goals: Understand the politics around gender and race regarding being attacked online Protect and defend your digital identity …
Working for the Web
We use our phones and our devices for social media purposes, but do we ever think about the work that goes into producing our hardware, coding our software, or supporting …
Wikipedia
Wikipedia is one of the largest and most heavily-trafficked websites in the world, and its structure and collaborative model make the world’s knowledge available to anyone. It’s been blamed for …
Selfies
Selfies “Selfie” was Oxford’s word of the year for 2013, and it hasn’t seemed to slow down in terms of its popularity and ubiquitousness. So, what is it about taking …
