Thoughts After Class - Week 4

Once again, this post is made up of the thoughts, comments, and questions that came to my mind as I watched and listened the lecture and discussion. 

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Checklist is super helpful! Thanks for doing this!

Just a comment about the Zotero discussion – I’ve been using it for a few semesters now. But, when I first started using Zotero I was completely overwhelmed. However, there are some great YouTube videos that walk through the different things you can do in Zotero. I specifically liked the videos posted by Nicholas Cifuentes-Goodbody. They were super helpful!

Where are we finding DH projects? I’ve been looking through the winners of the Digital Humanities Awards for the past few years. I’ve found some really great ones here.

Thanks for spending a little more time talking about the final project. I feel like I’ll probably want to work by myself. I’ve started narrowing down my dissertation topic to Steinbeck’s nonfiction, so I’m thinking about focusing my final project for this class in that direction.

Daniel – Digital Dubliners: This is a really interesting project. I really like the idea of linking references to songs.

Graphs, Maps, Trees:

Jennifer, I felt exactly the same way! The Graphs section had me completely confused, but I was completely drawn into the Maps section.

“What does he do that can’t be done with words?” This just reminds me of how very much I love reading novels that include maps. While an author may be able to use words to describe a place and its surrounding, there is just something about a visual representation that adds another level of connection and understanding of a text. 

I love the comment that was made about how perspective influences mapping. The example of Scout, Atticus, and Calpurnia all mapping Maycomb from different perspective leads to better understanding of those characters, their experiences, and their feelings.

Didn’t catch the name of the first RP presenter, “Arguments, Evidence, and the Limits of Digital Humanities Studies”

This sounds like an interesting article. I’m interested in the idea of measuring consistency rather than frequency of word usage.

Second RP presenter, article by Blevins:

Interesting idea, looking at different ways of research and studying history; the numbers standpoint or the humanities standpoint? I’m not sure which is the better way to approach the study of history, but I think both could provide interesting and insightful perspectives.

Greg, “Humane Digital” (?) by Burke:

I love the emphasis on the “slow learning of life experiences”!

I didn’t catch an Easter Egg this week; hope I didn’t miss it