This course aims to help you understand all aspects of digital humanities. It starts by tracing its historical roots and exploring key components, activities, and ethical concerns. You will understand the core components, fundamental activities, and impact of computation on the humanities. Ethical considerations in digital humanities will be explained. In the realm of digital humanities, data serves as the foundational cornerstone, shaping the course of inquiry and understanding.
The course will discuss the essence of data, its role in humanities research, the intricacies of data modelling, parameterisation, tokenisation as a data production feature, and the vital domain of data ethics. You can also explore the pivotal role of data analysis and its transformative potential. You will learn about data cleaning and preprocessing, data curation and preservation, and data wrangling and analysis, equipping you with essential skills for the digital humanities landscape.
Next, you will understand a diverse array of digital tools and technologies. Crucial aspects of digitisation, data transformation, metadata, markup, text analysis and digital editions will be discussed. You will comprehend the vital concepts of data management and ethics, which are essential in a field where the past meets the digital age. Also, the interface, web presentation form, digital libraries and resources will be explained. The final section will discover how to build your digital humanities project and the future trends shaping this domain.
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