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School of Literature, Languages and Linguistics · ANU College of Arts and Social Sciences
This course is aimed at students wanting to develop digital humanities projects that are grounded in relevant critical theory and supported by robust methodologies. Digital humanities is a cross-disciplinary area of research that uses computational methodologies to answer humanities questions (such as development of online archives, digital maps, linked data) and also investigates how the critical frameworks of the humanities can be used to investigate the digital world (web science, data science, ethics and technology, etc). The course will introduce students to key issues and debates in the field, from debates over AI to digitisation in GLAM (galleries, libraries, archives, museums) and the use and misuse of big data. Students will be supported to learn a range of digital-led methodologies (for example - photogrammetry, linked data, crowdsourcing, web surveys, data analysis) that will support their own digital humanities projects. Students do not need high-level technical or computational skills.
Students taking the 6 unit version will complete the following assessment: (null) [LO null]
Oral presentation (in class presentation or on forum as a video) (1000 words)
Learning outcomes 3, 4, 5
Annotated bibliography (1500 words)
Learning outcomes 1, 3, 5
Methodology Evaluation (1500 words)
Learning outcomes 2, 3, 5
Research Essay (2500 words)
Learning outcomes 1, 2, 3, 5
Students taking the 12 unit version will complete the following assessment: (null) [LO null]
Oral presentation (in class presentation or on forum as a video) (1000 words)
Learning outcomes 3, 4, 5
Annotated bibliography (2000 words)
Learning outcomes 1, 3, 5
Methodology Evaluation (2000 words)
Learning outcomes 2, 3, 5
Research Essay (6000 words)
Learning outcomes 1, 2, 3, 5
130 (6 units) or 260 hours ( 12 units), consisting of face-to-face meetings and e-mail correspondence with a research director; attendance at Centre for Digital Humanities Research general seminars and, with the agreement of research director, other events; the balance of the 130 (6 units) or 260 (12 units) in independent student research, reading and writing. Work Integrated Learning Other This is an independent project course. Some students use it as an opportunity to develop a project linked with a specific industry or workplace based project. Other Information This course is open to students from outside the digital humanities specialisation who wish to develop digital projects and/or use computational methods for humanities research.
No prescribed texts. Preliminary Reading Matthew K Gold (ed.). Debates in the Digital Humanities, University of Minnesota Press, 2020 https://dhdebates.gc.cuny.edu/projects/debates-in-the-digital-humanities. The Programming Historian, https://programminghistorian.org/ Jentery Sayers (ed), The Routledge Companion to Media Studies and Digital Humanities, Routledge, 2018.