{"id":22782,"date":"2017-04-21T14:00:19","date_gmt":"2017-04-21T18:00:19","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/carleton.ca\/fass\/?p=22782"},"modified":"2024-08-09T07:42:05","modified_gmt":"2024-08-09T11:42:05","slug":"digital-humanities-institute-offers-hands-learning","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/carleton.ca\/fass\/2017\/digital-humanities-institute-offers-hands-learning\/","title":{"rendered":"Digital Humanities Institute Offers Hands-on Learning"},"content":{"rendered":"\n
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\n Digital Humanities Institute Offers Hands-on Learning\n <\/h1>\n \n \n <\/header>\n\n <\/div>\n\n <\/div>\n\n <\/div>\n<\/section>\n\n

How can an online game enhance our understanding of the French Revolution? How have ebooks changed the nature of reading? Embark on these questions and you\u2019re in the realm of the Digital Humanities \u2014 and if you want answers, or at least ways to discover the answers, consider signing up for DHSITE2017<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Digital Humanities Summer Institute: Technologies East is co-hosted by the University of Ottawa on (May 17 and 18) and Carleton University (May 19 and 20), with key support from Carleton\u2019s Global Academy<\/a>. Featuring practical and theoretical workshops, panels, plenary speakers and presentations, it\u2019s building a buzz beyond the two campuses.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

For some, the first question will be \u201cwhat are<\/em> the digital humanities?\u201d (or \u201cDH,\u201d in today\u2019s shorthand). In fact, they\u2019re more than just the old humanities \u2014 fields such as philosophy, literature, history and music \u2014 with a wireless mouse for navigation.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The Digital Humanities Revolution<\/h3>\n\n\n\n

\u201cWe\u2019re at the start of a shift in studying the humanities that\u2019s as revolutionary as the printing press,\u201d says Brian Greenspan<\/a>, associate professor in Carleton\u2019s English Department<\/a> and founder of Carleton\u2019s Hyperlab<\/a>, a DH research centre, who instigated the Carleton side of the co-venture.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cThe printing press made texts easier to copy and share and access, which changed the nature of scholarship. However, those changes took years to filter through and take shape. Today, digital tools and technology are making similar seismic shifts to the study of humanities, and it\u2019s important for us to understand those changes and what they mean.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cThe heart of the humanities \u2014 analysis, inquiry, interpretation \u2014 hasn\u2019t changed. But now we have the capacity to run a textual analysis algorithm on 1,000 19th<\/sup>century novels simultaneously, and to use software to investigate social and cognitive processes. DH uses these technologies, and it also asks: What are the implications, the benefits and downsides of these tools for our education, our society, our politics and culture.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

As a kind of pop-up institute, DHSITE is an alternative way to enhance students\u2019 learning experience. \u201cStudents in our DH undergraduate and graduate programs have been asking for instruction in all kinds of areas that we just don\u2019t have time to cover during the school year,\u201d reports Greenspan, who received a 2017 Teaching Achievement Award<\/a> from the Office of the Provost<\/a> for the project. DHSITE will also give DH graduate students teaching opportunities.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Greenspan curated the Carleton program by drawing on colleagues\u2019 innovative work, with workshop topics including Twitter bots, game studies, artificial intelligence and DH pedagogy. A hands-on introduction to digital video editing comes courtesy of a partnership with Carleton\u2019s Media Production Centre<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cWe will also include demonstrations of different research initiatives underway at Carleton involving virtual and augmented reality, digital gaming and new narrative media,\u201d says Greenspan. \u201cThese are areas in which media are affecting the arts and humanities in visible, tangible ways.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Keeping Conversations and Partnerships Open<\/h3>\n\n\n\n

\u201cSo much of the research and innovation that goes on in the region \u2014 and regionally we\u2019re a hub of innovation \u2014 is centred around Carleton, with both current researchers and former students. DHSITE is a prime opportunity to keep those conversations and partnerships going, and to form new partnerships.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Greenspan and his colleagues hope that this DHSITE is the first of many and that, as the program expands and intensifies, course credits will be offered. \u201cPart of the expansion we want to see,\u201d Greenspan adds, \u201cis greater synergy with the public and private sectors.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

In line with Carleton\u2019s role as a hub that welcomes the Ottawa community, everyone\u2019s invited.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cDHSITE is open to everybody. No knowledge of computer programming is required; if you can surf the Internet and send an email, you\u2019re qualified to join any workshop that interests you. And if you\u2019ve heard of DH and have been wondering how it affects your area of knowledge or expertise, DHSITE is a fantastic place to get your feet wet.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

For the complete program<\/a>, information and registration, go to dhsite.org<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Workshops Being Offered<\/h3>\n\n\n\n

University of Ottawa, May 17-18:<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

  • Social Media Analysis<\/li>
  • Introduction \u00e0 la fouille de textes<\/li>
  • Analyse statique en ligne<\/li>
  • Creative Data: New Media Interdisciplinary Design<\/li>
  • Introduction to Mapping and Spatial Methods for Humanists<\/li><\/ul>\n\n\n\n

    Carleton University, May 19-20:<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

    • Making and Deploying Twitter Bots<\/li>
    • Introduction to Python ACT-R<\/li>
    • Digital Humanities Pedagogy<\/li>
    • Introduction to Digital Video Editing<\/li>
    • Game Studies for Digital Humanists<\/li><\/ul>\n\n\n\n
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