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Harvard University

Digital Humanities in Practice: From Research Questions to Results

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Overview

Combine literary research with data science to find answers in unexpected ways. Learn basic coding tools to help save time and draw insights from thousands of digital documents at once.

What you'll learn

  • Understand which digital methods are most suitable to meaningfully analyze large databases of text
  • Identify the resources needed to complete complex digital projects and learn about their possible limitations
  • Download existing datasets and create new ones by scraping websites and using APIs
  • Enrich metadata and tag text to optimize the results of your analysis
  • Analyze thousands of books with digital methods such as topic modeling, vector models, and concept search
  • Test your knowledge by writing and editing code in Python, and use these skills to explore new methods of search

Skills you'll practise

Electronic DocumentsDigital HumanitiesData ScienceResearchPublic SpeakingTypewritersText MiningDigitizationPrinting PressJournalism

Advantages and disadvantages

Advantages

  • University courses you can audit for free, with lectures, readings and practice quizzes.
  • A verified certificate from the university if you pay for it.
  • Taught by Harvard University, one of the strongest names in its field.
  • Self-paced: start any time.

Disadvantages

  • Graded assignments and the certificate need the paid track.
  • Audit access can expire a few weeks after the course ends.
  • Learning is free, but the certificate costs money.
  • Some parts (graded work, certificate) are paid.

Some points apply to every course of this kind; see how we rank.

Free to audit

  • Free: Choose "Audit this course" when you enrol: lectures, readings and practice are free.
  • Paid: Graded assignments and the verified certificate (Certificate $219). Audit access may end after the course closes.

Taught by

  • Stephen OsadetzFaculty Director of "The Digital Humanities in Practice" and Associate of the Department of English
  • Cole CrawfordSoftware Engineer, Humanities Research Computing
  • Christine Fernsebner EslaoMetadata Technologies Program Manager for Harvard Library Information & Technical Services

Harvard University is in Tier 1: world-leading universities and India's top institutes of our institution ranking (98/100). CS50 and HarvardX are among the best-taught courses anywhere.

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