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Module 1

IntroDH-M01A01a-Are You Ready Qs

Have you taken an online class before?: Yes

Do you have regular access to a computer?: Yes

Do you have regular access to a reliable Internet connection?: Yes

I can devote six to nine hours a week on each course in the certificate.: Yes

I am motivated and self-reliant. I can complete assignments without reminders.: Yes

I enjoy learning new skills through online tutorials.: Yes

What interests you about this program and course?: I am excited to learn more about Digital Humanities. I learned a little bit about DH during my Bachelor's Degree.

How would you define digital humanities based on what you know now?: Digital humanities means the use of technology and apply it to the traditional disciplines, like history and philosophy.

Please write a brief bio that tells us why you're doing the DPH certificate, where you are in your career, and where you want to go.: I am a recent college graduate, and I am interested in teaching history either in the classroom or museum.

Submitted: Sunday, August 22, 2021 - 17:23

IntroDH-M01A01a-Are You Ready Qs

Have you taken an online class before?: Yes

Do you have regular access to a computer?: Yes

Do you have regular access to a reliable Internet connection?: Yes

I can devote six to nine hours a week on each course in the certificate.: Yes

I am motivated and self-reliant. I can complete assignments without reminders.: Yes

I enjoy learning new skills through online tutorials.: No

What interests you about this program and course?: The introduction and implementation of technology in fields that are traditionally not thought of as "technologically savvy"

How would you define digital humanities based on what you know now?: I would define it as a field that focuses on technologies and their uses in the fields of humanities.

Please write a brief bio that tells us why you're doing the DPH certificate, where you are in your career, and where you want to go.: I chose this certificate to continue my education without fully committing to a graduate degree. I am a graduated undergraduate.

Submitted: Wednesday, August 31, 2022 - 10:38

IntroDH-M01A01a-Are You Ready Qs

Have you taken an online class before?: Yes

Do you have regular access to a computer?: Yes

Do you have regular access to a reliable Internet connection?: Yes

I can devote six to nine hours a week on each course in the certificate.: Yes

I am motivated and self-reliant. I can complete assignments without reminders.: Yes

I enjoy learning new skills through online tutorials.: Yes

What interests you about this program and course?: I am interested in being able to apply the knowledge gained in this course in the classroom with my students.

How would you define digital humanities based on what you know now?: I believe digital humanities is the application of online and media tools to tell the story of a particular time or person.

Please write a brief bio that tells us why you're doing the DPH certificate, where you are in your career, and where you want to go.: I chose to do the DPH certificate because I believe it will provide me with a skill set that I can utilize to help young people.

Submitted: Friday, September 9, 2022 - 08:27

IntroDH-M01A01a-Are You Ready Qs

Have you taken an online class before?: Yes

Do you have regular access to a computer?: Yes

Do you have regular access to a reliable Internet connection?: Yes

I can devote six to nine hours a week on each course in the certificate.: Yes

I am motivated and self-reliant. I can complete assignments without reminders.: Yes

I enjoy learning new skills through online tutorials.: Yes

What interests you about this program and course?: I am interested in being able to apply the knowledge gained in this course in the classroom with my students.

How would you define digital humanities based on what you know now?: I believe digital humanities is the application of online and media tools to tell the story of a particular time or person.

Submitted: Friday, September 9, 2022 - 08:27

IntroDH-M01A01b-Pre-Course Survey

On any given day which of the following devices do you use? (check all that apply):

Laptop
Smartphone

Which of the following do you use regularly? (check all that apply):

Email
Google Docs
MS Office (Word, Excel, etc.)
PowerPoint
Twitter
Pinterest

What digital resources do you consult for research? (check all that apply):

Google Scholar
JSTOR
Muse and EBSCOhost

Do you have any experience with the following: (check all that apply): None

Submitted: Sunday, August 22, 2021 - 17:24

IntroDH-M01A01b-Pre-Course Survey

On any given day which of the following devices do you use? (check all that apply):

Laptop
Smartphone

Which of the following do you use regularly? (check all that apply):

Email
Google Docs

What digital resources do you consult for research? (check all that apply):

Google Search
Google Books
Google Scholar
JSTOR
Illiad, I-share

Do you have any experience with the following: (check all that apply): None

Submitted: Wednesday, August 31, 2022 - 10:39

IntroDH-M01A01b-Pre-Course Survey

On any given day which of the following devices do you use? (check all that apply):

Laptop
Smartphone

Which of the following do you use regularly? (check all that apply):

Email
Google Docs
MS Office (Word, Excel, etc.)
PowerPoint
Citation Management Software (Zotero, Mendeley, etc.)
Facebook
Pinterest

What digital resources do you consult for research? (check all that apply):

Google Search
Google Books
GMU Library Catalog
JSTOR
WRLC (Washington Research Library Consortium)

Do you have any experience with the following: (check all that apply): Image editing

Submitted: Friday, September 9, 2022 - 08:29

IntroDH-M01A01c-Digital Literacy Survey

Digital Humanities Concepts:

	No Experience	Basic
Digitizing Collections	X
Metadata	X
Presenting Digital Work		X
Access/Copyright		X

Digital Skills:

	No Experience	Basic	Intermediate	Advanced	Expert
Text Mining	X
Mapping	X
Network Analysis	X
Topic Modeling	X
Maker skills (3d modeling, etc.)	X
Mashups	X

Submitted: Sunday, August 22, 2021 - 17:25

IntroDH-M01A01c-Digital Literacy Survey

Digital Humanities Concepts:

	No Experience	Basic	Intermediate
Digitizing Collections			X
Metadata	X
Presenting Digital Work		X
Access/Copyright	X

Digital Skills:

	No Experience	Basic	Intermediate	Advanced	Expert
Text Mining	X
Mapping	X
Network Analysis	X
Topic Modeling	X
Maker skills (3d modeling, etc.)	X
Mashups	X

Submitted: Wednesday, August 31, 2022 - 10:40

IntroDH-M01A01c-Digital Literacy Survey

Digital Humanities Concepts:

	No Experience	Intermediate
Digitizing Collections	X
Metadata	X
Presenting Digital Work		X
Access/Copyright	X

Digital Skills:

	No Experience	Basic	Intermediate	Advanced	Expert
Text Mining	X
Mapping	X
Network Analysis	X
Topic Modeling	X
Maker skills (3d modeling, etc.)	X
Mashups	X

Submitted: Friday, September 9, 2022 - 08:30

IntroDH-M01A01d-Your Goals Survey

Ae you comfortable working in groups?: Yes

Describe your answer:: I enjoy learning new skills from others and learning new things as a group!

Do you work for a:: Not Applicable

What are your goals for this course?:

My goal is to expand my knowledge of DH and learn a new skill as well. I do not have much experience in the category, but I am ready to learn about it!

What do you expect to learn from this course? :

I hope to learn how to use the applications and techniques we learn throughout the course and become a better researcher in the digital humanities field.

Are there any tools or techniques you want to learn in this course?: I want to learn how to digitize records and use textual mining.

Is there anything that would be important for your instructor to know about you?:

I am currently living in Memphis, TN (CT), but other than that, I am very excited to start learning!

Submitted: Sunday, August 22, 2021 - 17:38

IntroDH-M01A01d-Your Goals Survey

Ae you comfortable working in groups?: Yes

Describe your answer:: I enjoy working with others because I believe I learn from the input, perspective, and life experience of other individuals.

Do you work for a:: Other

What are your goals for this course?:

One of my goals is to develop tangible skills to apply into my field as an educator. My hope is to be able to become proficient in mapping and other facets of the digital humanities field. Finally, I desire to be able to create and present data in ways that are meaningful and capture the attention of my audience.

What do you expect to learn from this course? :

I expect to learn mapping as I spoke with Professor Platt about the course this past summer. Additionally, text mining and coding intrigue me. Many of my friends currently work in coding (whether for a private company or the Armed Forces), and I believe this ability would be practical and beneficial in today's day and age.

Are there any tools or techniques you want to learn in this course?:

Furthermore, I would like to understand Meta Data and look forward to the opportunity to create an ongoing online folio.

Is there anything that would be important for your instructor to know about you?:

Currently, I work as a substitute teacher, After School Program coordinator, and Basketball schedule. I am a first semester History MA student at GMU and am taking two other courses with Professor Scully, HIST 610 and 615. I'm looking forward to the content for this course. Thank you for your direction in this new endeavor!

Submitted: Friday, September 9, 2022 - 08:41

IntroDH-M01A01d-Your Goals Survey

Ae you comfortable working in groups?: Yes

Describe your answer:: I enjoy working with others because I believe I learn from the input, perspective, and life experience of other individuals.

Do you work for a:: Other

What are your goals for this course?:

What do you expect to learn from this course? :

Are there any tools or techniques you want to learn in this course?:

Furthermore, I would like to understand Meta Data and look forward to the opportunity to create an ongoing online folio.

Is there anything that would be important for your instructor to know about you?:

Submitted: Friday, September 9, 2022 - 08:41

Module 2

IntroDH-M02A01-DHOverTime_1a

Reflection:

In its earlier years, based on these excerpts, it seems that scholars and digital humanists described the field as a new and more efficient methodology and source. All of the excerpts describe digital humanities as using computers, and now probably different types of technology, more efficiently; computers were initially used for "superficial research" but had the capability to benefit the DH field through more in-depth and specific research, like textual analysis, or as a way to better communicate and display humanities research and findings. Computers not only offered a new way to display the humanities for other scholars, digital humanists, and the public, but also provided a new tool for research and new sources for that research. Broadly, these definitions revolve around how computers can benefit research, whether through improving more traditional textual sources or providing new sources.

Submitted: Sunday, September 12, 2021 - 12:48

IntroDH-M02A01-DHOverTime_1a

Reflection:

I would say these definitions focus on how digital humanities is the intersection between traditional humanitarian studies with the digital age. At this point, scholars seemed to focus on how computing enabled the humanities to be digitized and better preserved because of computing. Computing was seen as a way to enhance the traditional field of the humanities.

Submitted: Saturday, September 10, 2022 - 14:19

IntroDH-M02A01-DHOverTime_1a

Reflection: 1

Submitted: Saturday, September 10, 2022 - 15:39

IntroDH-M02A01-DHOverTime_1b

Rethink:

"Computing" is the biggest word in this cloud, which aligns with my previous reflection. It's clear that prior to 2004, those in the digital humanities heavily or exclusively associated it with computers as a new methodology, new sources, and a beneficial addition to existing methods of research, analysis, and display. I did not discuss "data," another large word in the cloud, but I think it speaks to the social turn in history and how scholars and digital humanists sought to incorporate more quanitative sources and analysis. "Application," "models/modeling," and "tools" are other large words in the cloud. This makes me think about the prominence of computing programs. Using the cloud to rethink my previous reflection, I would revise my understanding of early digital humanities to pay more attention to the computing, programming, and systems side of computers in research-- not just broadly computers as a complimentary tool to existing methodologies and research.

Submitted: Sunday, September 12, 2021 - 13:00

IntroDH-M02A01-DHOverTime_1b

Rethink:

I feel like this word cloud highlights much more of the computing and digital aspect of the definition than its use in the humanities. I thought the scholars were describing how computing enhanced the study of the humanities, but the world cloud shows that between the two fields, computing is the greater focus.

Submitted: Saturday, September 10, 2022 - 14:23

IntroDH-M02A01-DHOverTime_1b

Rethink: 2

Submitted: Saturday, September 10, 2022 - 15:39

IntroDH-M02A01-DHOverTime_2a

Student Reflection:

From 2004 to 2008, people described digital humanities as a field of new ways to understand, approach, research, and use the human record of the past. Whether through digitizing sources and making them widely accessible, creating new source bases and tools, or finding new ways to analyze existing sources or create new questions, DH in this period is a framework or approach of producing scholarly research and communication. As opposed to the earlier definitions, it isn't focused on computers as the main component of the field, rather on using the programs, resources, and creative capabilities of technology in organizing, presenting, and creating sources for research in many fields.

Submitted: Sunday, September 12, 2021 - 15:05

IntroDH-M02A01-DHOverTime_2a

Student Reflection:

At this point, it seems like scholars were emphasizing the depth and breadth of digital humanities. Not only could computing help digitize artifacts, literature, paintings, etc., but through computing more could be learned about the works than could have been possible without computing. It also incorporates things we wouldn't normally link with humanities such as intellectual property rights, data mining, or GIS. Furthermore, computing creates new artifacts that can be studied, so the field goes beyond understanding the past and focuses on the present as well.

Submitted: Saturday, September 10, 2022 - 14:42

IntroDH-M02A01-DHOverTime_2a

Student Reflection: 3

Submitted: Saturday, September 10, 2022 - 15:39

IntroDH-M02A01-DHOverTime_2b

Rethink:

This biggest words in this cloud are "technology," "human," "development," "artifacts," "use," "materials," and "data." I think this generally reflects my initial understanding of the 2004-2008 DH definitions. "Manipulate" and "representation" stick out to me as interesting aspects of DH in this cloud. This makes me think about how technology is not only used to benefit and add to existing methodologies and questions, as well as create new ones, but also has the capability to impact and change sources or understandings, whether that be in a negative connotation with "manipulation" or a more positive connotation in "representation.

Submitted: Sunday, September 12, 2021 - 15:10

IntroDH-M02A01-DHOverTime_2b

Rethink:

This is interesting to me because the other word cloud highlighted the word "computing" while this cloud highlights "technology" and "human" as its most popular key words. I think this fits more with my (although limited) understanding of digital humanities because it is the combining of technology with the field of humanities. But this word cloud illustrates the complexity of the subject as it combines things like history, texts, artifacts, and architectural with software, data, computer, and tools.

Submitted: Saturday, September 10, 2022 - 14:45

IntroDH-M02A01-DHOverTime_2b

Rethink: 4

Submitted: Saturday, September 10, 2022 - 15:39

IntroDH-M02A01-DHOverTime_3a

Student Reflection:

From 2009-2010, there is a clear focus on the public and a "vice versa" relationship. These definitions of DH highlight how technology is part of our progressing society and is, thus, an increasing presence in academic and public spheres. These definitions consider how technology can add to existing humanities studies and questions, but also how it can create new questions and methods, while also making resources and information more accessible to scholars and the public. Another integral component of these definitions is that technology and the humanities equally impact each other; it's not just how technology has impacted the humanities, but how humanities questions and approaches are also impacting technology and how we understand and use it-- a "vice versa" relationship. Part of Richardson's definition in particular stuck out to me; Richardson suggests that DH and technology allows us to see and understand things in sources that have otherwise been impossible or difficult to observe in human analysis alone.

Submitted: Sunday, September 12, 2021 - 22:15

IntroDH-M02A01-DHOverTime_3a

Student Reflection:

Even more than the previous section, this set of definitions really emphasizes how DH is the use of technology to understand the human condition. I liked how Kirschenbaum said that it keeps "technological studies human centered." It is the use of digital tools to understand humanity through the ages, including today and how our current world is influenced by the digital age. It can also work in the reverse where scholars approach the study of technology the same way they would the study of the humanities.

Submitted: Saturday, September 10, 2022 - 14:50

IntroDH-M02A01-DHOverTime_3a

Student Reflection: 5

Submitted: Saturday, September 10, 2022 - 15:39

IntroDH-M02A01-DHOverTime_3b

Reflection:

I am surprised to see that "computing" is an even larger word in this cloud. Based on the previous definition of 2009-2010, I would expect concepts related to "human," "public," and "collaboration" to be very prominent here. This makes me think that even in this one-year era, DH was generally still associated with computing and technology as the integral components of the field, as opposed to contributing factors to an adaptive, interdisciplinary field meant for scholars and the public.

Submitted: Sunday, September 12, 2021 - 22:19

IntroDH-M02A01-DHOverTime_3b

Reflection:

I am surprised to see that "human" is not as much of a focus in this word cloud compared to "computing," "technologies," and "knowledge." As I look at the cloud the focus seems to be more on tools of study such as research, methods, techniques, and questions. So, with that in mind, perhaps with DH the focus is the tools that allow scholars to study the humanities, rather than the field of humanities itself.

Submitted: Saturday, September 10, 2022 - 14:54

IntroDH-M02A01-DHOverTime_3b

Reflection: 6

Submitted: Saturday, September 10, 2022 - 15:39

IntroDH-M02A01-DHOverTime_4a

Student Reflection:

These contemporary understandings of DH, like the previous ones, contend that technology, computing, and digitizing enhances traditional aspects of the humanities. These more recent attitudes diverge in their more narrow focus on the interdisciplinary, collaborative, and accessible nature of DH, as well as the duty to digitize judiciously, and the emphasis on maintaining autonomy or individuality for different disciplines specific rather than merge them into one, giant DH blob. Here, DH is a collaborative practice between different disciplines that retain elements of their individuality, with shared interests in making humanities research and information accessible to more people and publics, all while doing so judiciously-- putting adequate thought into if technology would benefit or enhance a project or question and not assuming it necessary to every aspect of the humanities merely because it is in vogue.

Submitted: Sunday, September 12, 2021 - 23:14

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Student Reflection:

If anything, I feel like this set of definitions illustrates how broad the field of DH has grown in the last several decades. Some of the ideas in previous definitions are repeated here, such as how DH is the intersection between humanities and technology, but many of the definitions highlight how broad the term DH is and how much it encompasses. Some refer to it as a field while others see it as a practice to enhance traditional studies of the humanities.

Submitted: Saturday, September 10, 2022 - 14:59

IntroDH-M02A01-DHOverTime_4a

Student Reflection: 7

Submitted: Saturday, September 10, 2022 - 15:39

IntroDH-M02A01-DHOverTime_4b

Reflection:

I am shocked to see that concepts relating to "people," "public," "accessibility," and "interdisciplinary" are not larger. The current understandings seem to place great value on the accessibility, public, and interdisciplinary natures of DH. I am also surprised to see "new" is such a large word in this cloud; I would have more expected that in the first cloud around 2004 as the field was beginning to take shape and its understandings dealt more with the novelty of technology in the humanities. Because I read the current understandings of DH as much more engaged with the interdisciplinary, public aspect of DH, I am struggling to reconcile the prominence of "new," "technologies," "tools," "methods," etc. in this cloud because, to me, that highlights more of the technological nature of the field as opposed to the "vice versa" relationship these definitions proposed.

Submitted: Sunday, September 12, 2021 - 23:19

IntroDH-M02A01-DHOverTime_4b

Reflection:

I notice in this cloud that the words we would normally associate with the humanities take a backseat while terms that refer to technology are the main focus. This cloud is similar to the previous cloud where it focuses more on tools, methods, research, and information. I think this fits well with what I understood from the set of definitions because you see the range of terms that fit within the field of DH. This cloud appears to be the largest, combining many different ideas and interpretations of the field.

Submitted: Saturday, September 10, 2022 - 15:02

IntroDH-M02A01-DHOverTime_4b

Reflection: 8

Submitted: Saturday, September 10, 2022 - 15:39

IntroDH-M02A01-DHOverTime_5

DH Over Time Reflection:

Since its inception, the definition of Digital Humanities has evolved from a focus on the novelty of the field to one of a collaborative, accessible nature, all while remaining contested amongst scholars and professionals. Throughout its evolution, it seems that one constant aspect of DH definitions has been that technology is an enhancement to the humanities; these definitions never alluded to technology replacing the humanities or necessarily making them better as if they had inherently failed or lagged before, rather that digital tools were only adding to existing and traditional aspects of the humanities in the pursuit of better research. In the early 2000s, DH definitions were typically concerned with how computing was a new resource and methodology for the humanities, and how new technological systems and programs were contributing to traditional humanities methods of organization, dissemination, and accessibility. A few years later in 2004-2008, it seems that DH definitions were giving more attention to the more concerning implications that technology could have on the humanities, like manipulation. While the definitions continued to highlight the ways in which digital tools could enhance the humanities, there was now more attention to how the tools could present their own issues. The 2009-2010 definitions started to engage in more conversation about the interdisciplinary and accessible nature of DH. These definitions paid more attention to what I've been referring to as a "vice versa" relationship in which technology impacted humanities and humanities impacted technology. The most recent definitions since 2011 continue to discuss many of the aforementioned aspects, like how digital tools have made humanities information more accessible and public, how the humanities have equally projected influence and questions onto technology, and how technology can bring different disciplines together. Overall, the evolution of DH's definition grew from merely addressing the emergence and novelty of technology in existing humanities methodology, questions, and relevance, to critically thinking about how the digital age was impacting humanities and a call to be more judicious in applying digital tools to the humanities, to highlighting DH as a unifying practice amongst different fields in pursuit of greater communication, attention, and accessibility.

Submitted: Sunday, September 12, 2021 - 23:37

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DH Over Time Reflection:

I think what I pointed out in my fourth definition of the last cloud being the largest and densest is even more evident now, illustrating not only the complexity of the field, but how scholars have recognized how much can fit in the "big tent." In all of the clouds, "computing" and "technology" stand out, showing continuity over the years, but the tools and capabilities within the field continues to grow over time.

Submitted: Saturday, September 10, 2022 - 15:06

IntroDH-M02A02-AnnoDef_1

Who is involved in DH?: not mentioned

Explain why you chose that word or phrase.: not mentioned

What technologies are used and studied in DH?: Investigation, analysis, synthesis, and presentation of information in electronic form

Explain why you chose that word or phrase.:

This sentence specifically encapsulates the broad nature of DH. Kirschenbaum identifies that all of these aspects are important, so long as they're in their electronic form. These are not specific technologies, but include many of the specific tools other scholars mentioned, like digital databases, GIS, and textual analysis.

What is DH’s relationship to technology [use, interpret, build]: Uses technology to study how these media affect the disciplines in which they're used; electronic form

Explain why you chose that word or phrase.:

Here, DH's relationship to technology is using it to understand how digital tools impact specific fields, like history or anthropology. Specifically how investigation, analysis, synthesis, and presentation in electronic form contribute to the fields and then how that contributes to our understanding of technology

How is DH work done? [collaboratively or individually or both]: Collaboratively

Explain why you chose that word or phrase.: "Interdisciplinary in scope"

What activities does DH have an impact on? [Research, interpretation, teaching, publishing, scholarly communication]: study, research, teaching, invention, presentation, investigation, analysis

Explain why you chose that word or phrase.:

In this definition it seems to have an impact on the process of reaching conclusions or arguments, and how they're put into the public sphere

What form of activity is DH? [A field of study, an interdisciplinary endeavor, a method of analysis, a community of practitioners]: All

Explain why you chose that word or phrase.:

This definition specifically mentions that DH is an interdisciplinary endeavor and a field of study, but I think in describing it as an interdisciplinary scope with a methodological nature, it is also a method of analysis and a community of practitioners.

Submitted: Sunday, September 12, 2021 - 23:48

IntroDH-M02A02-AnnoDef_1

Who is involved in DH?: Not mentioned

Explain why you chose that word or phrase.: not mentioned

What technologies are used and studied in DH?: Not mentioned

Explain why you chose that word or phrase.: not mentioned

What is DH’s relationship to technology [use, interpret, build]: Use

Explain why you chose that word or phrase.:

Kirschenbaum describes how DH uses technology to study the disciplines of the humanities and how it impacts those disciplines.

How is DH work done? [collaboratively or individually or both]: Not mentioned

Explain why you chose that word or phrase.: Not mentioned

What activities does DH have an impact on? [Research, interpretation, teaching, publishing, scholarly communication]: investigation, analysis, synthesis and presentation of information

Explain why you chose that word or phrase.: Kirschenbaum says that DH uses those activities but in an electronic form

What form of activity is DH? [A field of study, an interdisciplinary endeavor, a method of analysis, a community of practitioners]: field of study, research, teaching, and invention

Explain why you chose that word or phrase.:

Kirschenbaum states that DH involves several activities and isn't limited to just one

Submitted: Saturday, September 10, 2022 - 15:12

IntroDH-M02A02-AnnoDef_2

Who is involved in DH?: "scholars, librarians, archivists, and curators"

Explain why you chose that word or phrase.:

This part of the definition specifically identifies groups that are involved in DH.

What technologies are used and studied in DH?: ...not simply to write for each other, but to build things for everyone"

Explain why you chose that word or phrase.:

This definition does not identify specific technologies, but it references doing digital building.

What is DH's relationship to technology? [use, interpret, build]: "engage much more directly with each other and the public;" "build things for everyone."

Explain why you chose that word or phrase.:

These parts of the definition suggest the use of digital technologies, and specifically reference a relationship to digital building.

How is DH work done? [collaboratively or individually or both]: "...engage much more directly with each other and the public."

Explain why you chose that word or phrase.:

This phrase clearly illustrates that DH is collaborative. It can also be inferred that it can be individual as well as both individual and collaborative.

What activities does DH have an impact on? [Research, interpretation, teaching, publishing, scholarly communication]: "...scholars, librarians, archivists, and curators..."

Explain why you chose that word or phrase.:

The references to the groups involved point to the activities, especially research and interpretation.

What form of activity is DH? [A field of study, an interdisciplinary endeavor, a method of analysis, a community of practitioners]: "...engage more directly with each other and the public..."

Explain why you chose that word or phrase.:

The definition identifies DH as all of these things - a field of study, an interdisciplinary endeavor, a method of analysis, and a community of practitioners.

Submitted: Sunday, September 5, 2021 - 12:34

IntroDH-M02A02-AnnoDef_2

Who is involved in DH?: Humanists, scholars, librarians, archivists, curators, the public, everyone

Explain why you chose that word or phrase.:

Humanists, like scholars, librarians, archivists, and curators *do* DH for each other and the public which = everyone

What technologies are used and studied in DH?: Not mentioned

Explain why you chose that word or phrase.: Not mentioned

What is DH's relationship to technology? [use, interpret, build]: Technology in transforming what humanists do + build

Explain why you chose that word or phrase.:

Technology is not a means to an end, but something that impacts all of the processes in the humanities so that the fields can build things for everyone

How is DH work done? [collaboratively or individually or both]: Collaboratively-- each other, public, everyone

Explain why you chose that word or phrase.:

Doing DH for and with other scholars, for the public and, therefore, everyone, is several layers of collaboration. Especially when considering that the public has some shared authority.

What activities does DH have an impact on? [Research, interpretation, teaching, publishing, scholarly communication]: Scholarly communication and teaching = engagement and building

Explain why you chose that word or phrase.:

In this definition DH encourages interdisciplinary collaboration and accessibility for something useful and meaningful to other fields and the public

What form of activity is DH? [A field of study, an interdisciplinary endeavor, a method of analysis, a community of practitioners]: Interdisciplinary endeavor and community of practitioners

Explain why you chose that word or phrase.:

DH encourages interdisciplinary communication and collaboration, but it also something that includes the public in its community

Submitted: Monday, September 13, 2021 - 00:01

IntroDH-M02A02-AnnoDef_2

Who is involved in DH?: Humanists, scholars, librarians, archivists, and curators

Explain why you chose that word or phrase.:

Owens describes that DH benefits and impacts all of these different occupations and allows them to work together

What technologies are used and studied in DH?: Not mentioned

Explain why you chose that word or phrase.: Not mentioned

What is DH's relationship to technology? [use, interpret, build]: Embrace

Explain why you chose that word or phrase.:

Owens states that DH should not only embrace and allow technology to influence scholarship, but to allow technology to transform traditional scholarship as well.

How is DH work done? [collaboratively or individually or both]: Collaboratively

Explain why you chose that word or phrase.:

DH benefits many different occupations within the humanities field and allows them to work together

What activities does DH have an impact on? [Research, interpretation, teaching, publishing, scholarly communication]: All of the above

Explain why you chose that word or phrase.:

Owens says that technology can transform the work that humanists do, meaning it would influence everything scholars do from research, writing, publishing, teaching, etc.

What form of activity is DH? [A field of study, an interdisciplinary endeavor, a method of analysis, a community of practitioners]: Method of analysis

Explain why you chose that word or phrase.:

Owens describes DH as something that people use, practice, and can apply to anyone within the field of humanities.

Submitted: Saturday, September 10, 2022 - 15:20

IntroDH-M02A02-AnnoDef_3

Who is involved in DH?: not mentioned

Explain why you chose that word or phrase.: not mentioned

What technologies are used and studied in DH?: computational technology: text analysis, databases, imaging, geospatial encoding, etc.

Explain why you chose that word or phrase.:

These were among the list of specific technologies mentioned as digital processing

What is DH’s relationship to technology [use, interpret, build]: Use and interpret

Explain why you chose that word or phrase.:

Here, DH uses technology to make humanities materials available to digitizing and, vice versa, uses technology to make humanities materials more expansive, accessible, and useful in new ways

How is DH work done? [collaboratively or individually or both]: Not mentioned

Explain why you chose that word or phrase.: not mentioned

What activities does DH have an impact on? [Research, interpretation, teaching, publishing, scholarly communication]: Presentation

Explain why you chose that word or phrase.:

This definition only directly speaks to DH requiring "structured or formalized presentations of materials."

What form of activity is DH? [A field of study, an interdisciplinary endeavor, a method of analysis, a community of practitioners]: Interdisciplinary endeavor and method of analysis

Explain why you chose that word or phrase.:

This definition highlights how much of the empirical nature of DH has adapted from other fields, like business or statistics to use in the humanities processes

Submitted: Monday, September 13, 2021 - 00:07

IntroDH-M02A02-AnnoDef_3

Who is involved in DH?: Not mentioned

Explain why you chose that word or phrase.: Not mentioned

What technologies are used and studied in DH?: text analysis, data mining, databases, metadata, geospatial encoding, virtual world building, network analysis

Explain why you chose that word or phrase.:

Drucker describes that all of these methods, tools, and techniques are part of DH and enable humanities materials to be available to digital processing.

What is DH’s relationship to technology [use, interpret, build]: Use

Explain why you chose that word or phrase.:

Drucker lists the tools and technologies above and states that those are used in digital processing

How is DH work done? [collaboratively or individually or both]: Not mentioned

Explain why you chose that word or phrase.: Not mentioned

What activities does DH have an impact on? [Research, interpretation, teaching, publishing, scholarly communication]: Not mentioned

Explain why you chose that word or phrase.: Not mentioned

What form of activity is DH? [A field of study, an interdisciplinary endeavor, a method of analysis, a community of practitioners]: An interdisciplinary study

Explain why you chose that word or phrase.:

Drucker refers to DH as "work" but describes how technology is used in the traditional study of humanities and that DH is an intersection between the two fields.

Submitted: Saturday, September 10, 2022 - 15:29

IntroDH-M02A02-AnnoDef_4

Who is involved in DH?: not mentioned

Explain why you chose that word or phrase.: not mentioned

What technologies are used and studied in DH?: web-based media forms, massive data archiving, social networking, mapping tech, visualizing environments, etc.

Explain why you chose that word or phrase.:

These are among the list of technologies that characterize the digital age in this definition

What is DH’s relationship to technology [use, interpret, build]: Interpret and build

Explain why you chose that word or phrase.:

"DH interprets the cultural and social impact of new media" but also "creates and applies these technologies" to answer questions traditional to and new to the humanities

How is DH work done? [collaboratively or individually or both]: Not mentioned

Explain why you chose that word or phrase.: not mentioned

What activities does DH have an impact on? [Research, interpretation, teaching, publishing, scholarly communication]: Research, interpretation, publishing

Explain why you chose that word or phrase.:

The technologies listed impact how humanists research and publish their work. DH also interprets the impact of technology on the humanities

What form of activity is DH? [A field of study, an interdisciplinary endeavor, a method of analysis, a community of practitioners]: A method of analysis

Explain why you chose that word or phrase.: It uses technology and digital tools to answer and form questions

Submitted: Monday, September 13, 2021 - 00:12

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Who is involved in DH?: Not mentioned

Explain why you chose that word or phrase.: Not mentioned

What technologies are used and studied in DH?: Web-based media, data archiving, social networking, mapping, cloud computing, etc

Explain why you chose that word or phrase.:

UCLA lists these are part of the digital age and that DH interprets the use of those technologies and their impact on society.

What is DH’s relationship to technology [use, interpret, build]: Interpret

Explain why you chose that word or phrase.:

UCLA describes DH less as a means of using technology to benefit the traditional study of humanists, and more of as taking a humanist approach to understand (and interpret) technology and its role in the world today.

How is DH work done? [collaboratively or individually or both]: Not mentioned

Explain why you chose that word or phrase.: Not mentioned

What activities does DH have an impact on? [Research, interpretation, teaching, publishing, scholarly communication]: Not mentioned

Explain why you chose that word or phrase.: Not mentioned

What form of activity is DH? [A field of study, an interdisciplinary endeavor, a method of analysis, a community of practitioners]: A method of analysis

Explain why you chose that word or phrase.:

This makes the most sense in the context of this definition because it is described more of as a lens to look through to understand technology

Submitted: Saturday, September 10, 2022 - 15:33

IntroDH-M02A02-AnnoDef_5

Which parts of the definition are most helpful for defining Digital Humanities?:

"How is DH work done," "what form of activity is DH," and "what is DH's relationship to technology" are most helpful in defining Digital Humanities because they encapsulate the other questions within them. I don't think you can answer "how is DH work done" without somewhat addressing who does DH, what tech is used and studied in DH, and what is DH's relationship to tech. Similarly, I don't think you can grasp what form of activity DH is without considering who does it, what tech is involved, how DH is done, or what its relationship to tech is. Specifically, "what is DH's relationship to tech" is helpful because it emphasizes that it is not an inherently positive or beneficial relationship, but one that requires judicious thought and critical thinking. On the contrary, I think that "who is involved with DH" and "what tech is used and studied in DH" are the hardest to answer because scholars and professionals have a difficult time agreeing on who does it and what tech it includes. These questions are more open to interpretation and specific humanities field, whereas the other questions help to form a specific foundation for DH.

Submitted: Monday, September 13, 2021 - 00:20

IntroDH-M02A02-AnnoDef_5

Which parts of the definition are most helpful for defining Digital Humanities?:

To me it is most helpful to know what activities are used and the form of activity--those help me understand what is going on and how DH is being used

Submitted: Saturday, September 10, 2022 - 15:35

Module 3

IntroDH-M03A00-IDMaterials

Question 1 Example 1: N

Question 1 Example 2: Y

Question 1 Example 3: N

Question 2 Example 1: Y

Question 2 Example 2: N

Question 2 Example 3: N/A

Question 3 Example 1: N/A

Question 3 Example 2: Y

Question 3 Example 3: N/A

Question 4 Example 1: N/A

Question 4 Example 2: N/A

Question 4 Example 3: N/A

Question 5 Example 1: N

Question 5 Example 2: N

Question 5 Example 3: N/A

Question 6 Example 1: Y

Question 6 Example 2: Y

Question 6 Example 3: N

Question 7 Example 1: N

Question 7 Example 2: N

Question 7 Example 3: Y

Question 8 Example 1: Y

Question 8 Example 2: Y

Question 8 Example 3: N

“My Dearest Mother, It is time…Dec 20, 1833”: Why did you check the boxes you did and how did those answers determine the copyright status of the document?:

This is a letter written in 1833 that was never published. Because of the date of production, the original owner of the item no longer holds copyright...it has expired because it is before 1923. The New York Public Library has published this letter as part of the public domain. There are no terms of use and the The New York Public Library does not require attribution or permission.

"Babe" Barnes and his orchestra: Why did you check the boxes you did and how did those answers determine the copyright status of the document?:

This item is a poster that was distributed to the public, which means it was published. It was created in 1957 so the copy right status appears not to have expired. However, there does not appear to be a copyright notice alongside the item, which means this item is actually part of the public domain because it was published without notice between 1923-1972. There are no terms of use listed and attribution/permission is not required.

MARCHES IN PARADE DESPITE PROTESTS: Why did you check the boxes you did and how did those answers determine the copyright status of the document?:

This is a published item that was originally published in 1913. Because of this publication date it is no longer protected by copyright. There are no terms of use and no permission is required.

Submitted: Monday, September 12, 2022 - 00:07

IntroDH-M03A02-FairUse-3

Y/N: Yes

Why?:

If your blog is for criticism, research, scholarship, and teaching then you may be able to use copyrighted material.

Y/N: Yes

Why?: Fair use covered teaching and education.

Y/N: No

Why?: Fair use does not cover this.

Y/N: No

Why?: There was a federal court ruling on this.

Y/N: Yes

Why?: As long as there is enough creative transformation of the original piece.

Submitted: Monday, September 12, 2022 - 00:26

IntroDH-M03A03-PublicDomain-1

URL to J Paul Getty portfolio post (Include http://): http://jordanpellerito.com/2021/09/28/j-paul-getty-museum/

URL to NASA Commons site on Flickr portfolio post (Include http://): http://jordanpellerito.com/2021/10/01/nasa-on-the-commons/

URL to Prelinger Archives portfolio post (Include http://): http://jordanpellerito.com/2021/10/01/prelinger-archive/

URL to new portfolio post 1 (Include http://): http://jordanpellerito.com/2021/10/01/smithsonian-online-virtual-archives/

URL to new portfolio post 2 (Include http://): http://jordanpellerito.com/2021/10/01/founders-online/

URL to new portfolio post 3 (Include http://): http://jordanpellerito.com/2021/10/01/daughters-of-the-american-revolution/

Submitted: Friday, October 1, 2021 - 15:27

IntroDH-M03A03-PublicDomain-1

URL to J Paul Getty portfolio post (Include http://): http://alanahinojosa.org/creative-commons-sources/module-3-j-paul-getty-museum/

URL to NASA Commons site on Flickr portfolio post (Include http://): http://alanahinojosa.org/public-domain-sources/module-3-nasa-on-the-commons/

URL to Prelinger Archives portfolio post (Include http://): http://alanahinojosa.org/public-domain-sources/module-3-prelinger-archives/

URL to new portfolio post 1 (Include http://): http://alanahinojosa.org/uncategorized/module-3-casasola-studio-photo-database-utep-special-collections/

URL to new portfolio post 2 (Include http://): http://alanahinojosa.org/public-domain-sources/module-3-the-portal-to-texas-history/

URL to new portfolio post 3 (Include http://): http://alanahinojosa.org/public-domain-sources/module-3-arizona-memory-project/

Submitted: Monday, September 12, 2022 - 13:18

Module 4

IntroDH-M04A01-DigitizingYourKitchen1-1

Photo 1 (Text Item): Kitchen Faucet.jpg

How accurately do you think this photograph captures this item?:

I believe this photograph captures the Kitchen Faucet appropriately though the angle does not capture the bottom part of the spout.

Photo 2 : Toaster Oven.jpg

How accurately do you think this photograph captures this item?:

I believe that the photo does capture the essence of the toaster oven. However, the inside of the machine and its functions are not visible from the photo.

Photo 3:

How accurately do you think this photograph captures this item?:

I believe the photo captures the Parmesan Cheese well as one can tell it is not a completely full container.

Photo 4:

How accurately do you think this photograph captures this item?:

I believe this photo demonstrates the liquid nature of the Orange Juice inside of its container effectively.

Photo 5:

How accurately do you think this photograph captures this item?:

I believe this photo provides one dimension of the protein bars. As there are multiple within the pack and they are individually wrapped, it is not clear of their physical size from the box.

Submitted: Friday, September 30, 2022 - 12:01

IntroDH-M04A01-DigitizingYourKitchen1-2

Upload video of item that image captures well: coffeeEspressoMaker.mp4

How accurately do you think the video captures this item?:

The video accurately depicts what the object is. Close-up shots show the name of the coffee maker, where it's located, etc.

Upload video of item the image captures moderately well: knifeset.mp4

How accurately do you think the video captures this item?:

The video does show the knife set, but the further I got, the less it came into focus. Other objects interfered with what the video is trying to highlight.

Upload video of item the image captures badly: recipebook.mp4

How accurately do you think the video captures this item?:

The video doesn't show the recipe cookbook well. While you do see a book, it is hard to tell what it exactly is. Has visual problems from a distance, similar to the knifeset.mp4 video.

Submitted: Tuesday, September 27, 2022 - 09:37

IntroDH-M04A01-DigitizingYourKitchen1-5

Does the video capture the size of the item?: 100%

Does the video capture how much the item weighs?: 100%

Does the video capture the color of the item?: 100%

Does the video capture the texture of the item?: 100%

Does the video capture what the item looks like on all sides?: 80%

Does the video capture what the item sounds like?: 90%

Does the video capture what the item smells like?: 100%

Does the video capture the size of the item?: 70%

Does the video capture how much the item weighs?: 60%

Does the video capture the color of the item?: 90%

Does the video capture the texture of the item?: 90%

Does the video capture what the item looks like on all sides?: 70%

Does the video capture what the item sounds like?: 80%

Does the video capture what the item smells like?: 60%

Does the video capture the size of the item?: 20%

Does the video capture how much the item weighs?: 30%

Does the video capture the color of the item?: 30%

Does the video capture the texture of the item?: 20%

Does the video capture what the item looks like on all sides?: 40%

Does the video capture what the item sounds like?: 20%

Does the video capture what the item smells like?: 10%

Submitted: Tuesday, September 27, 2022 - 09:38

IntroDH-M04A02-GuidetoDigi

URL to online portfolio post: (Include http://): http://bgerickson.com/index.php/2021/10/30/guide-to-digitization/

Submitted: Friday, October 29, 2021 - 23:45

Module 5

IntroDH-M05A02-UnderstandingSearches-1

Your response:

I would say the results differed mostly due to the nature of the search engine/database used. When you search Google or a more general database, the variety of sources related to your search are vast. On the other hand, when you use "What's On the Menu," you are obviously going to get results related to food and menus. Similarly, some databases focus on articles and research projects while others are based off items within a museum so they show pictures and images. It then behooves researchers to try out various databases since each will show different results with unique articles/sources.

The biggest difference between my keyword and metadata searches was the specificity of the results. Keyword searches brought up every source that had that term in it (say, apple) while a metadata search I could narrow it down to the type of source I was looking for, the language I wanted it in, etc.

The relevancy of the results again depended on the site I was using. More general sites like Google bring up a whole slew of options. Again, with the term "apple," the majority of the results on the first page or so were solely related to the Apple company, not an actual apple like I was looking for. Sourdough starter didn't have as much of a struggle because it already is a fairly specific term so I think the relevancy depends on how common your search is. The broader the term, the more options you will have, whether they are relevant or not.

Submitted: Monday, November 8, 2021 - 14:55

Module 6

IntroDH-M06A01-MetaMatter

URL link to your portfolio post (Include http://): http://alrpreston.org/uncategorized/trophy-metadata-reflection/

Submitted: Monday, October 4, 2021 - 15:45

IntroDH-M06A01-MetaMatter

URL link to your portfolio post (Include http://): https://arteconnect.org/uncategorized/tropy_kitchen-project/

Submitted: Tuesday, October 26, 2021 - 13:47

Module 7

IntroDH-M07A01-CompareProj1-1

What kind of information does this project try to convey?:

APB tells how often and where King James Bible quotes appear in digitized 19th-century American newspapers in Chronicling America. It provides information on the prevalence of Bible references in American culture.

What story does this project tell?:

APB narrates how prevalent the Bible was in American political and print culture and how quotations were used in surprising ways that do not match those in American culture today. They were used sarcastically, they were used on multiple sides of political arguments, and they were used to counter drought and to call Americans to action in the wake of assassination.

What kind of interactivity does the project have?:

The user can interact with almost 2000 Bible verses. The website plots the references according to prevalence on a time series visualization. The reader can click on the visualization graphic to link to the actual digitized newspapers to read the quote in context (disaggregate the time series).

What software is being used?:

OCR Bulk Data API
n-grams
All of the code for APB was written in R to create the machine learning

Submitted: Friday, October 7, 2022 - 17:28

IntroDH-M07A01-CompareProj1-2

What kind of information does this project try to convey?:

QK tries to give researchers access to themes in the Kissinger archives and recently declassified papers (approximately 17500 meeting memoranda (‘memcons’) and teleconference transcripts (‘telcons’) between 1969 and 1977. This is an overwhelming amount of material. Digital tools provide "a statistical model that facilitates exploration" as creator Micki Kaufman says.

What story does this project tell?:

The project tells the story of Henry Kissinger's diplomatic work in the 1970s. It shines a light on the range of that work. One learns but is not terribly surprised that "the presence of ‘bombing’ is among the most frequent 1300 words in the telcons, nestled tightly within the cluster of words related to Vietnam."

What kind of interactivity does the project have?:

Topic Modeling graphs can be sorted by date to view the prevalence of particular themes related to events.

What software is being used?:

‘textplot‘ and 'humanist' software written by David McClure
gephi
data scraping tools he wrote himself
OCR
variant of MALLET (open-source topic modeling software)
AntCon for Word Frequency and Collocation

Submitted: Friday, October 7, 2022 - 18:06

IntroDH-M07A01-CompareProj1-3

What kind of information does this project try to convey?:

Signs@40 identifies topics in Signs since its founding and charts their prevalence over time. The site tells the researcher what percentage of the corpus focuses on a given topic. We learn, for example, that 1% of the corpus deals with education and that girls is a related topic in that category, and that coverage of education was more robust before 1990.

What story does this project tell?:

The project tells the story of an interdisciplinary feminist journal by showing what themes and methods (quantitative ones) were more prevalent early on and which ones (gender theory) become more prevalent since 1990.

What kind of interactivity does the project have?:

The site is interactive. Researchers can organize the topics by grid, space, list, and time.
The interactive features allow you to see what terms like "girls" are related to. Girls appears not only under education but under Zines and sex work as well.
The curated site allows you to explore the topic visualization alongside specific articles. You can click between the two.

What software is being used?:

JSTOR's Data for Research to do topic modeling
NVIVO software package

Submitted: Friday, October 7, 2022 - 18:49

IntroDH-M07A01-CompareProj1-4

Reflection:

With what kind of information can text mining tools be used? Text mining tools can tell researchers about the prevalence of quotes within a corpus. It can also show the proximity of words to each other and how often words appear together. As Peter Leonard indicates, searches can tell us the prevalence of words over time, but topic modeling can alert us to themes.
What can text mining tools tell us about a set of information? Micki Kaufman calls topic modeling, "a statistical model that facilitates exploration." It highlights how the tools help identify themes and the proximity of words to each other opening possibilities for interpretation. It can help identify trends, patterns, concepts, and relationships.
What questions can you ask with the tool? APB shows how text mining can be used to show how prevalent a particular usage of a quote or phrase was at a given time. On one hand, Lincoln Mullen shows that the simple search provides evidence of the number of uses of a particular bible verse. On the other, he shows how the context (links to the specific newspaper articles) shows the meaning at the historical time period. Those meanings are not easy to infer without the context.

Submitted: Friday, October 7, 2022 - 19:01

IntroDH-M07A02-Voyant-1

URL : https://voyant-tools.org/tool/CollocatesGraph/?stopList=keywords-e0459b6e1b715990b31309c3b225e2b8&query=died&query=years&query=o

Submitted: Friday, October 7, 2022 - 19:40

IntroDH-M07A02-Voyant-1

URL : https://tinyurl.com/3vcae7xp

Submitted: Friday, October 7, 2022 - 21:12

IntroDH-M07A02-Voyant-6

What do the frequencies of the most common words in the corpus in different documents, and within two of those documents tell you about the nature of the differences between interviews from various states?:

WORD 1: old
TN and NC have the word “old” appearing least regularly in proportion to the whole. (Old was the most common word.) In TN, the references to old include buildings, a pension, master (it commonly precedes Massr or mistress as a way of noting relationship). "Old times" is commonly noted. This is not surprising since the interviews invoked nostalgia.
OK is the state where “old” occurs most frequently as a proportion of the text. OK has many more mentions of being a young child (as in five years old) than in TN; old msr and mistress is also used. I would want to know more about the age of the populations and the specific questions being asked of the formerly enslaved.
WORD 2
children (because I am interested in children in youth - it is not the largest on the word cloud / cirrus)
Mississippi had none so I looked at TN. The few mentions in the TN interviews are about other people's children (how many they had). Indiana had the greatest proportion of mentions per text. These mentions also mention the number of children different people had but they also refer to "we children" and describe childhood events. I would want to know if children were more likely to stay in Indiana where they had childhood experiences. Were they sold away from Mississippi and Tenn.? Was this a result of language? Was a person's youth described differently in different states?

Trend graph across the corpus URL (Include http://) : https://tinyurl.com/f43svxum

Trend graph within document 1 URL (Include http://) : https://tinyurl.com/25jj7yn5

Trend graph within document 2 URL (Include http://) : https://tinyurl.com/mwa3euy4

Trend graph across the corpus URL (Include http://) : https://tinyurl.com/4xvreewj

Trend graph within document 1 URL (Include http://) : https://tinyurl.com/5n7ymt5d

Trend graph within document 2 URL (Include http://) : https://tinyurl.com/2p98bvhh

Submitted: Friday, October 7, 2022 - 21:11

IntroDH-M07A02-Voyant-7

What do the different word clouds tell you about differences in the interviews from each state?:

The URLs are for Oklahoma, Tennessee, Indiana, and Full Corpus
OK most closely approximated the full corpus word cloud.
Some of the interviews have far more dialect -- TN had many words that I did not identify as stop words in advance. Mah was prominent (a different version of mother). White, master, and slave were prominent after the dialect words like "ob"
Indiana's most prominent words are old, slave, home and years.
One thing that struck me is the prevalence of familial language. I'd be curious to see all terms (mother, brother, sister, daughter, father, mah, etc) grouped together. categories and themes might tell us more about the themes.

Word Cloud 1 URL (Include http://):: https://tinyurl.com/ywf2mufj

Word Cloud 2 URL (Include http://):: https://tinyurl.com/3pb2r4up

Word Cloud 3 URL (Include http://):: https://tinyurl.com/3zvadfte

Word Cloud 4 URL (Include http://):: https://tinyurl.com/2p9a54ke

Submitted: Friday, October 7, 2022 - 21:29

IntroDH-M07A02-Voyant-7

What do the different word clouds tell you about differences in the interviews from each state?:

Surprisingly on the Maryland cloud two of the largest words are Maryland and Baltimore, perhaps because the enslaved people are trying to point out that Maryland also used the slavery model. Georgia emphasizes old, good, white, house, slaves. Virginia's larger words include know and slaves. While slaves is a common word, there are some interesting other additions for each.

Word Cloud 1 URL (Include http://):: https://voyant-tools.org/?corpus=12d5777726eae34805e7658673bb0074&stopList=keywords-50a2037d4bbbb4fc4085a270605b212b&whiteList=&

Word Cloud 2 URL (Include http://):: https://voyant-tools.org/?corpus=12d5777726eae34805e7658673bb0074&stopList=keywords-50a2037d4bbbb4fc4085a270605b212b&whiteList=&

Word Cloud 3 URL (Include http://):: https://voyant-tools.org/?corpus=12d5777726eae34805e7658673bb0074&stopList=keywords-50a2037d4bbbb4fc4085a270605b212b&whiteList=&

Word Cloud 4 URL (Include http://):: https://voyant-tools.org/?corpus=12d5777726eae34805e7658673bb0074&stopList=keywords-50a2037d4bbbb4fc4085a270605b212b&whiteList=&

Submitted: Tuesday, October 11, 2022 - 10:15

IntroDH-M07A02-Voyant-8

What do the distinctive words tell you about differences in the interviews from each state?:

It shows what words were used and how. It shows how the words were utilized in each state. "Good" and "White" share very similar graphs. Although they were often not related to each other.

Graph of word 1 in the corpus URL (Include http://) : https://voyant-tools.org/?query=white&mode=&corpus=12d5777726eae34805e7658673bb0074&view=Trends

Graph of word 2 in the corpus URL (Include http://) : https://voyant-tools.org/?corpus=12d5777726eae34805e7658673bb0074&query=good&mode=&view=Trends

Graph of word 1 in the document in which it is distinctive URL (Include http://) : https://voyant-tools.org/?corpus=12d5777726eae34805e7658673bb0074&view=Documents

Graph of word 2 in the document in which it is distinctive URL (Include http://) : https://voyant-tools.org/?corpus=12d5777726eae34805e7658673bb0074&view=Documents

Submitted: Tuesday, October 12, 2021 - 17:46

IntroDH-M07A02-Voyant-8

What do the distinctive words tell you about differences in the interviews from each state?:

Kansas – mother (“just” is more prevalent but not a significant term) (https://tinyurl.com/4er4mrce )
The context shows the term is associated with sorrow; slaves; people getting in touch before dying; never seeing one another again. Correlation also shows mother with Christmas, left grandmother, body, bury, cook and gone. (https://tinyurl.com/52dcwpw4 )
Trend graph - https://tinyurl.com/dk5zubf9

Kentucky – war (3rd most prevalent; other more common are slave, slaves, old but they are not distinctive to KY). (https://tinyurl.com/2ttu33c4 ) War appears 136 times in the KY interviews and 4,319 times overall. The context is that interviewees are describing events, movement, payment at the end of the Civil War and cruelty during it. The top three correlations are usually, died, and plantation followed by brother, father, person and then PIES! (https://tinyurl.com/mrnkb4w6 )
Trend graph - https://tinyurl.com/3zwa2by3

Graph of word 1 in the corpus URL (Include http://) : https://tinyurl.com/yh2e9e9f

Graph of word 2 in the corpus URL (Include http://) : https://tinyurl.com/bdhw3a2e

Graph of word 1 in the document in which it is distinctive URL (Include http://) : https://tinyurl.com/dk5zubf9

Graph of word 2 in the document in which it is distinctive URL (Include http://) : https://tinyurl.com/3zwa2by3

Submitted: Saturday, October 8, 2022 - 00:02

IntroDH-M07A03-Portfolio2

URL link to your portfolio post (Include http://): http://alrpreston.org/guides/voyant/

Submitted: Tuesday, October 12, 2021 - 18:04

Module 8

IntroDH-M08A02-CartoDB-1

Upload file of your map: Screen Shot 2022-10-21 at 2.03.54 PM.png

Evaluate the map: What does this layered map tell you about the interviews?:

Please Note: For some reason my computer is not letting me actually download the image. I've been having issues with my computer in this way. I am attaching a screenshot of where I was trying to dowload the image. I hope this is sufficient.

This map illuminates where interviews were conducted and the regions that were focused on for this interview project. In turn it also tells us what areas were not interviewed. This map definitely emphasizes the geography of these interviews.

Submitted: Friday, October 21, 2022 - 16:07

IntroDH-M08A02-CartoDB-2

Upload file of your map: Screen Shot 2022-10-21 at 2.03.54 PM.png

Compare and Evaluate the maps. Which map best represents the density of points? What do they tell you about the interviews? What do they tell you in comparison with the simple point map?:

The Cluster feature best represents the density of points. It tells you what regions were identified as meaningful to the interview project or at least what regions had more success finding people willing to interview.

Upload file of your map: Screen Shot 2022-10-21 at 2.28.53 PM.png

Evaluate the map. What does it tell you about the interviews? What does it tell you in comparison with the simple point map?:

This interactive map illuminates what places were focused on first for the interview project. In turn it also emphasizes who was interviewed first and then who followed.

Upload file of your map: Screen Shot 2022-10-21 at 2.39.30 PM.png

Evaluate the maps. What do the category maps tell you about the interviews? What do they tell you in comparison with the point map, the animated map, and the heatmap?:

This map emphasizes the distinction between field and house slaves. In comparison to the point map, which doesn't highlight this information but rather just tells you where interviews took place and who was interviewed. The animated map emphasizes the process of actually conducting the interviews and which places were visited and in what order. The heat map emphasizes the geographical relationships between points.

Submitted: Friday, October 21, 2022 - 16:41

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Upload file of your map: Screen Shot 2022-10-21 at 2.47.14 PM.png

Compare and Evaluate the maps. Which map best represents the relationship between interview location and the location(s) in which the interview subject was enslaved? What do the maps tell you about the interviews? What do they tell you in comparison with the simple point map?:

This interactive map best represents the relationship between the subject and the locations in which they were enslaved. It also emphasizes where they were ensalved and where they ended up (where they were at the time of the interview). The simple point map really only emphasizes where they ended up. Although all of the maps contain the same information each map also emphasizes different aspects of the subject.

Submitted: Friday, October 21, 2022 - 16:59

IntroDH-M08A03-Portfolio4

URL link to your portfolio post (Include http://): http://alanahinojosa.org/uncategorized/kepler-tutorial-digital-mapping-reflection/

Submitted: Saturday, October 22, 2022 - 00:06

Module 9

IntroDH-M09A01-CompareProj2-2

What kind of information does this project try to convey?: About how certain articles in newspapers became popular and reprinted.

What story does this project tell?:

How newspapers got their articles from smaller and other bigger newspapers and how their newspapers were copied by further more newspapers.

What kind of interactivity does the project have?:

It has a network map that shows the interconnections between the different newspapers.

What software is being used?: Nulab

Submitted: Sunday, October 31, 2021 - 19:15

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What kind of information does this project try to convey?: How networking worked in the age of Erasmus and Ben Franklin.

What story does this project tell?:

It shows the stories of various philosophers and how they interacted with each other over time.

What kind of interactivity does the project have?:

It has a map that shows broadly where places were stated, where letters were going, and various other ideas.

What software is being used?: Data Pen, Breve, Palladio

Submitted: Sunday, October 31, 2021 - 19:24

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What kind of information does this project try to convey?:

They show the migration and travel patterns of various African Americans that were ex-slaves.

What story does this project tell?:

How African Americans traveled wide and far to escape the places that they were enslaved in to learn and grow. Sometimes they went back to where they were from to bring back what they learned for those that could not flee.

What kind of interactivity does the project have?: It have a network map that can show individual people or multiple people.

What software is being used?: Python

Submitted: Sunday, October 31, 2021 - 19:29

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Upload your .svg file.: Palladio Graph.svg

This graph visualizes the same relationships between location of interviews and location where the interviewee was enslaved as the map. How does this graph compare to the map? :

While this graph doesn't give a visualization of location, it does provide a look into the relationships between the different interviews in the sense that it shows all of the people interviewed and their relation to where they were enslaved.

Submitted: Tuesday, November 2, 2021 - 17:18

IntroDH-M09A02-Palladio-1

Upload your .svg file.: Palladio Graph.svg

This graph visualizes the same relationships between location of interviews and location where the interviewee was enslaved as the map. How does this graph compare to the map? :

I find the maps easier than the graphs, but the graphs make it easier to see connections than the maps. So one for ease of understand and one is better for ease of synthesis.

Submitted: Tuesday, October 25, 2022 - 12:04

IntroDH-M09A02-Palladio-2

Upload your .svg file.: Palladio Graph (1).svg

Evaluate the graph. What does it tell you about the interviews? What does it tell you in comparison with the previous visualization focusing on location?:

It allows us to have the ability to have a visualization of interviewers and interviewees which was not something shown in the other visualizations. The others focused so much on location that it missed information about the people themselves. This graph shows how the interviews were conducted and who was involved.

Submitted: Tuesday, November 2, 2021 - 17:23

IntroDH-M09A02-Palladio-2

Upload your .svg file.: Palladio Graph (1).svg

Evaluate the graph. What does it tell you about the interviews? What does it tell you in comparison with the previous visualization focusing on location?: the Female interviewees seem more evenly spread than Male interviewees

Submitted: Tuesday, October 25, 2022 - 12:06

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Upload your .svg file.: Palladio Graph (2).svg

Evaluate the graph. What does it tell you about the interviews?:

It shows the relationship between who interviewed who in relation to their gender. The larger the circle the more interviews were conducted.

Upload your .svg file.: Palladio Graph (3).svg

Evaluate the graph. What does it tell you about the interviews?:

It shows that certain interviewers were assigned to different types of enslaved type. While some were used for multiple different people.

Submitted: Tuesday, November 2, 2021 - 17:35

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Upload your .svg file.: Palladio Graph (2).svg

Evaluate the graph. What does it tell you about the interviews?: roughly half of the interviewers had interviewees of the same gender

Upload your .svg file.: Palladio Graph (3).svg

Evaluate the graph. What does it tell you about the interviews?:

there's a lot of people who only interviewed house slaves, and a smaller amount who only interviewed field slaves.

Submitted: Tuesday, October 25, 2022 - 12:12

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Upload your .svg file.: Palladio Graph (4).svg

Evaluate the graph. What does it tell you about the interviews?:

It shows the intersection between the different subjects and the people who talked about them. It shows how much they were related.

Upload your .svg file.: Palladio Graph (5).svg

Evaluate the graph. What does it tell you about the interviews?:

It shows what was important to each gender. While a lot of the subjects were across both, some things were separated between the genders.

Upload your .svg file.: Palladio Graph (6).svg

Evaluate the graph. What does it tell you about the interviews?:

It shows how the different types of slave had different necessities and topics. There were also topics that were specific to the type of slave like how Mammy was in relation only to House.

Upload your .svg file.: Palladio Graph (7).svg

Evaluate the graph. What does it tell you about the interviews?:

It shows that age didn't really have that much affect on the type of topics. It is the most interconnective of the graphs.

Upload your .svg file.: Palladio Graph (8).svg

Evaluate the graph. What does it tell you about the interviews?:

It shows that location didn't effect as many topics. Elections were more important in other states which were swing states while places like Danville, KY has little to no topics related to it.

Upload your .svg file.: Palladio Graph (9).svg

Evaluate the graph. What does it tell you about the interviews?:

It shows how topics were universal among the interviewers because they were interviewing multiple people at a time.

Submitted: Tuesday, November 2, 2021 - 17:46

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Upload your .svg file.: Palladio Graph (4).svg

Evaluate the graph. What does it tell you about the interviews?:

this one is really hard to read because of how busy it is, but its interesting to see the variety of interview topics, like Voodoo shows up.

Upload your .svg file.: Palladio Graph (5).svg

Evaluate the graph. What does it tell you about the interviews?:

This one had some weird information in it, like only women were asked about elections and work songs, despite affecting men and women equally. Men only were asked about Lincoln. It's strange and implies some weird connections.

Upload your .svg file.: Palladio Graph (6).svg

Evaluate the graph. What does it tell you about the interviews?: It seems like all types of slaves engaged in all types of topics

Upload your .svg file.: Palladio Graph (7).svg

Evaluate the graph. What does it tell you about the interviews?:

This one is also so well mixed that its hard to tell any interesting information from it.

Upload your .svg file.: Palladio Graph (8).svg

Evaluate the graph. What does it tell you about the interviews?: Again this one is so well mixed that it's hard to tell much information.

Upload your .svg file.: Palladio Graph (9).svg

Evaluate the graph. What does it tell you about the interviews?:

All of the graphs that are clustered this tightly are hard to find information in

Submitted: Tuesday, October 25, 2022 - 12:28

IntroDH-M09A03-Portfolio3

URL link to your portfolio post (Include http://): http://alrpreston.org/reviews/palladio/

Submitted: Wednesday, November 3, 2021 - 14:03

IntroDH-M09A03-Portfolio3

URL link to your portfolio post (Include http://): https://ceciliagward.com/guides/palladio/

Submitted: Thursday, October 27, 2022 - 10:58

IntroDH-M09A04-CompareTools

URL link to your portfolio post (Include http://): http://alrpreston.org/reviews/reflection-voyant-kepler-gi-and-palladio/

Submitted: Tuesday, November 9, 2021 - 18:04

Module 10

IntroDH-M10A02-DeconstructWiki-1

When was the page created?: January 31, 2006

How did it develop - in what order was content added, and how did its organization change?:

First was a general definition and then parts were added as time went on, first was wikiproject philosophy as well as external links. Then Technology, criticisms, and future was added. Then a further reading section was added. Then finally, the DH projects section. It's organization changed as new sections were added making more sense as time went on.

Who are the key contributors to this page?: Calvinius and MrOllie

What do we know about their biographies?: MrOllies is more active in various pages while Calvinius is not.

How might these biographies influence the way these editors understand the topic?:

MrOllies has a better grasp on pages as a whole, in how to format them and how to present the information.

What issues generated the most controversy on the page?:

The criticisms page was too excessive and hard on the subject. There was also issues with quotes and external sources.

How informative is this page?:

It gives definitions and projects about digital humanities and it gives the tools and other information. The criticisms page is a little excessive. But otherwise, the page is very informative.

How trustworthy is this page?:

For the most part, it seems to be written by few people who are actually in the field of digital humanities and who don't seem to see the merit of it.

How informative is this page? Assess it in relation to the definitions and discussions of digital humanities you have explored in this course.:

It's informative but biased. It says all of the things that we've looked into but in a light that it is unreachable or hard to get into.

Submitted: Sunday, November 21, 2021 - 01:19

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When was the page created?: Nov.24,2005

How did it develop - in what order was content added, and how did its organization change?:

The page was added by individual contributors randomly. The organization monitors and changes whenever it finds inappropriate words and expressions.

Who are the key contributors to this page?: The volunteer contributors.

What do we know about their biographies?:

We know that majority of contributors of Wikipedia are male either in their 20's or in retirement, and the majority live in the U.S or Europe.

How might these biographies influence the way these editors understand the topic?: These biographies might have a bias that favors Western Culture.

What issues generated the most controversy on the page?:

Diversity, Gender gap, according to the Wikipedia page, 84% are male contributors.

How informative is this page?: The page only contains the minimum information.

How trustworthy is this page?: It is quite trustworthy.

How informative is this page? Assess it in relation to the definitions and discussions of digital humanities you have explored in this course.:

The page is very informative and well organized, covers most of the topics I have learned in the course.

Submitted: Thursday, December 9, 2021 - 20:58

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URL link to your portfolio post (Include http://): http://alrpreston.org/uncategorized/misrepresentative-data/

Submitted: Thursday, November 25, 2021 - 13:19

IntroDH-M10A03-DeconstructWiki-3

URL link to your portfolio post (Include http://): https://arteconnect.org/

Submitted: Friday, December 10, 2021 - 07:49

IntroDH-M10A03-DeconstructWiki-3

URL link to your portfolio post (Include http://): http://ceciliagward.com/uncategorized/crowdsourcing-dh/

Submitted: Thursday, November 10, 2022 - 10:44

Module 11

IntroDH-M11A02-CompareProj5-1

Who is the host(s) of this show? Are they a historian?:

The hosts for this show are Rund Abdelfatah and Ramtin Arablouei. Rund Abdelfatah is not an historian but she is involved in several aspects of the show, from episode concepts to sound design. Ramtin Arablouei is not an historian either but he is also involved in the storytelling of the podcast, an important characteristic even for professional historians.

How would you characterize the feel and sound of the show?:

There is a casual feel to it, especially if we compare it to the other podcasts that we have listened to.

How does the show communicate a historical narrative?:

The podcast utilizes soundbites that really add to the storytelling. They also bring in local people of Limon as well as other academics who have studied the history of Minor Keith's entrepreneurial success.

How does the show keep the listener engaged?:

Since the listener is using solely the auditory senses, it is important to vary the voices and sounds throughout the episode and I think Throughline does this well.

What surprised you about the content?: The way it was told through the podcast was engaging and made me want to learn more about the banana's history.

Submitted: Monday, November 14, 2022 - 10:15

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Who is the host(s) of this show? Are they a historian?:

Building Inspector is a bit more like a game than some of these other projects. Thousands of people have contributed to the project, although there's not a lot of information about them in the reading or video. It seems like they are attracted to the project because its fun and because they like the idea of helping the New York Public Library make their map collection more accessible. It's hard to tell whether a handful of volunteers have done most of the work on this project as is the case for the others.

How would you characterize the feel and sound of the show?:

The goal of this project is to extract data from the NYPL's digitized collection of historic city fire atlas maps, which mark every building in the city on the map as a rectangle or polygon. The NYPL developed a "Map Vectorizer" which identifies buildings based on the scanned maps, but it's not completely accurate and it can't distinguish between a space that is a building and that of an empty lot. Users see the map with outlines placed over shapes and if it is a building they click, yes. If' not, they click no. And if the shape doesn't fully capture the outlines of the building they click, "fix." They are in effect comparing the buildings/shaped produced by the vectorizer to the digitized image of the original map and marking each lot as a building, as needing to be fixed in its shape, or as completely wrong. Once all the shapes are checked and each building is mapped, a user would be able to trace particular sites over time.

How does the show communicate a historical narrative?:

Users see a page of the digitized fire atlas maps (and can zoom in and out) with the outline of a shape over what the map thinks might be a building. Buttons at the bottom of the screen allow them to check "Yes" (if it is a building the outline captures its footprint); No (if it's an empty lot, not a building at all); or "Fix" (if the footprint of the building is different from the outline).

How does the show keep the listener engaged?:

Here contributions are validated by user consensus. The program has multiple users working on each task and then tallies votes every ten minutes. When 75% of users agree on a footprint, or a building color, that task is considered complete and pulled out of the queue. The quality control here assumes that when users largely agree on an answer, that they have found the right answer.

What surprised you about the content?:

Submitted: Sunday, November 8, 2020 - 15:34

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Who is the host(s) of this show? Are they a historian?:

Abby Mullen is the host and a producer of the podcast Consolation Prize. She is a historian and academic from the Roy Rosenzweig Center at George Mason University.

How would you characterize the feel and sound of the show?:

This show has a very different feel from the Throughline podcast. There is a much more professional and serious tone to the speakers/material.

How does the show communicate a historical narrative?:

It is rather straightforward in its communication, bringing in specialists from other areas of study to contribute to the discussion.

How does the show keep the listener engaged?:

It was a bit difficult to try and remain engaged with this podcast because of the rather monotone delivery of the material.

What surprised you about the content?: I never knew such a niche area of study was pursued, I have never heard of minority low level government officials as subjects.

Submitted: Monday, November 14, 2022 - 10:40

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Who is the host(s) of this show? Are they a historian?:

Sarah Handley-Cousins and Averill Earls are both historians with PhDs who host this podcast Dig: A History Podcast.

How would you characterize the feel and sound of the show?:

I got the sense the due to the topic the hosts were giving off a feeling of frustration, which in turn affected the tone of the podcast as a whole. It is a multifaceted and complicated topic.

How does the show communicate a historical narrative?:

The hosts give several example of cross-race phenomena, such as the examples of Rebecca Dolezal or Vitolo-Haddad who claimed they were members of another race. I did think it strange that there were no outside voices that contributed to the narrative as I am sure there are academics who have studied this.

How does the show keep the listener engaged?:

The show engages the listener through its dynamic material as well as the casual way the hosts are talking, lending varying tones of voice while they talk.

What surprised you about the content?: I was surprised that there were no others that gave their input to the story on this podcast.

Submitted: Monday, November 14, 2022 - 10:50

Module 12

IntroDH-M12A01-EvalSM-1

Name of Project: Histories of the National Mall

What platform(s) are being used?: Twitter, Facebook, Tumblr

What is each platform being used for?:

Tey all have a similar posting, image and a small caption, of course the captions for facebook and tumblr are longer than twitter.

Frequency?:

They haven't been posted to since 2019, so there isn't one. When active it was sporadic, mostly on specific holidays that made sense but not much in between.

How does the project engage its audiences?:

There was very little post engagement, so there's very little responses from the account back to the public

What is working?:

There's a lot of photos which is really good for social media, grabs peoples attention

What could be improved?:

I think that the biggest thing would be posting again, but besides that probably ending posts with questions to engage the audience. I also think the content would do well in video format.

Does the project need to change or expand the social media platforms they are using? Why or why not?:

Because there's such an emphasis in pictures, it would probably be appropriate for instagram. Tumblr is pretty dead, so you could probably ignore that site though.

Submitted: Thursday, November 17, 2022 - 10:11

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Name of Individual: Lincoln Mullen

What platform(s) are being used?: Website, Blog, Newsletters, etc

What is each platform being used for?: Mostly to display his work at CHNM

Frequency?: Blogs roughly every two weeks

How does the individual engage her/his audiences?:

It has a lot of links to different things he does so its really easy to navigate wherever the audience wants

What is working?:

While the website is simple, it's very well organized and easy to navigate. For me User experience is really important because i get impatient easily.

What could be improved?:

I'm not seeing any social media stuff and there's not as many images on the main website.

Does the individual need to change or expand the social media platforms they are using? Why or why not?:

I don't know. I don't personally like professional social media, but i understand that its sometimes helpful, so im hesitant to say he has to include it

Submitted: Thursday, November 17, 2022 - 10:26

IntroDH-M12A03-Portfolio

URL link to your portfolio post (Include http://): http://ceciliagward.com/tools/the-fun-stuff-vr-ar-and-games/

Submitted: Saturday, November 26, 2022 - 20:52

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