Digital Humanities

Recommended Prerequisites

Not applicable.

Teaching Methods

The seminar format fits perfectly with the goals of promoting an environment that values ​​learning and sharing the active discussion of research results that students will carry out, which culminate in the production of an original paper on one of the topics covered and in different aspects of the program using blogs, wikis and other digital technologies appropriate to the different objectives of the proposed program.

Learning Outcomes

At the end of the semester students should be familiar with the epistemic question of Digital Humanities and the way digital technology and methods have been applied in the context of research in the humanities and social sciences. They must also meet the respective implications for the organization of memories, to generate new forms of research and sharing results, including their widespread dissemination, and for questions of design medium.

Work Placement(s)

No

Syllabus

1. The Emergence of Digital Humanities.
2. Concepts, methods and tools.
3. ICT and new ways to process data, to present them and generate connections between different types of data.
4. Digital Media Design: technological issues, modes of interaction and involvement.
5. New ways of working and building networks and communities.
6. Dissemination and sharing of results.

Head Lecturer(s)

Maria Manuel Lopes de Figueiredo Costa Marques Borges

Assessment Methods

Assessment
Research work: 40.0%
Laboratory work or Field work: 60.0%

Bibliography

Terras, M, Nyhan, J., Vanhoutte, E, ed. (2013). Defining Digital Humanities: a reader. Surrey: Ashgate

Warwick, C., Terras, M., Nyhan, J. (2012). Digital Humanities in Practice. London: CILIP

Cohen, J; Scheinfeldt, Tom (eds.) (2013). Hacking the Academy: New Approaches to Scholarship and Teaching from Digital Humanities. Ann Arbor, MI: University of Michigan Press. DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.3998/dh.12172434.0001.001

Nawrotzki, K. & Dougherty, J. (eds) (2013). Writing History in the Digital Age. Ann Arbor, MI: University of Michigan Press.  DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.3998/dh.12230987.0001.001.