Description Queerness and the digital humanities share a common ethos: a desire to make meaning in new ways. Indeed, the intersection of DH and queerness is a site of rich potential that can inspire (and challenge) us to think differently about DH, its methods, its purpose, and its politics. This is true whether we are […]
Description This is a basic introduction to JavaScript, which is the programming language of the web. The class is designed for anyone interested in developing a 2025 site, or creating an interactive data visualization. By the end of this course, you will be able to read JavaScript you find online and adapt it to your […]
Description This course will cover the basics of project management from project definition to project review upon completion. Topics such as budget setting and controls, risk management, critical path scheduling, software tools, and related Internet resources will also be discussed. Material will be covered through lectures, discussions, case studies, and presentations. By the end of […]
Description This course introduces academics to the Wikimedia ecosystem and its applications in teaching and research. The course will address questions of authority and content attribution, the reliability of sources, knowledge equity, and the political dimensions of open knowledge. Participants will learn how Wikipedia, Wikidata, Wikimedia Commons, and other Wiki projects function, and how they […]
Description This course introduces digital history through multilingual text analysis using the Python coding language. It is designed for both beginners and those with some experience, teaching and revisiting Python basics through Jupyter Notebooks. Participants will complete a full digital history project, from sourcing primary materials to analysis and visualization. The course’s corpus will […]
Description This course surveys several important tools and approaches to understand how digital research impacts the climate, and what we can do to think through and make responsible decisions as DH researchers. The course will broadly follow the organisation of the Digital Humanities Climate Coalition’s Toolkit (https://sas-dhrh.github.io/dhcc-toolkit/), a collaborative project which I have coordinated since […]
Description Comment publier dans un contexte de limites ? Les humanités numériques sont une approche pluridisciplinaire pour la recherche scientifique, mais constituent aussi une démarche critique par rapport au numérique. L’émergence des grands modèles de langage et leurs intelligences artificielles génératives posent des questions sociales cruciales quand aux modèles épistémologiques et à l’impact écologique qui sous-tendent […]
Description This class teaches you how to navigate and process XML using tools designed for the purpose–XSLT, XQuery, and Schematron. We cover these together as members of the same XML family, sharing a common syntax in XPath. New and experienced coders of XML will benefit alike from this course, whether just beginning a project or […]
Description This course is an introduction to the spatial humanities both in practice and theory for those with minimal or no experience. The course will consist of readings, lectures, and hands-on practice with basic GIS and other softwares. An emphasis will be placed on spatial humanities as a way of thinking. By the end of […]
Description A longstanding relationship exists between the digital humanities and writing studies as evidenced by journals like Kairos and Computers and Composition Online; however, in practice, the multi-faceted and mutually influential relationship between digital technology, rhetorical theory, and interdisciplinary writing practices is often underestimated. By centrally orienting this relationship, our course will explore multimodal writing […]
Description This course will help faculty, staff, and instructional technologists conceptualize, design, and explore approaches to teaching digital book history and digital publishing. The course will provide readings on the history of the book and the book after the digital turn, and together we will discuss ways to immerse students in archival, editorial, and analytical […]
Description Have you ever looked at the wide variety of courses offered at DHSI and wondered what all those technical terms mean? Or had problems deciding on which technologies might be best suited for your work or most interesting to pursue further? This course is meant to provide a broad overview of technologies that are […]