http://nola2013.thatcamp.org/05/12/educating-faculty-confronting-the-fear-factor-of-the-digital-humanities/ The Humanities and Technology Camp Fri, 24 May 2013 13:52:30 +0000 hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=4.9.12 http://nola2013.thatcamp.org/05/12/educating-faculty-confronting-the-fear-factor-of-the-digital-humanities/#comment-206 Mon, 13 May 2013 21:45:32 +0000 http://nola2013.thatcamp.org/?p=248#comment-206 Great. One of my favorite parts of THATCamp is the way they serve as great big data dumps as people share urls leading to sites, reports, etc. We can only accomplish so much in one day, so building on the momentum moving forward is important. Seeking city-wide as well as region-wide collaboration is one of the main reasons why USM and UNO sought to get the ball rolling. Thankfully, Baton Rouge and Hattiesburg will be contributing a great deal to the sessions as will the Clemson contingent and others who may not be located in New Orleans.

]]> http://nola2013.thatcamp.org/05/12/educating-faculty-confronting-the-fear-factor-of-the-digital-humanities/#comment-199 Mon, 13 May 2013 20:39:53 +0000 http://nola2013.thatcamp.org/?p=248#comment-199 Vicki, that program Bibliopedia looks fascinating and I like the idea of x-institutional, citywide DH Group. Let’s do it but also make sure to see how and why participating in such a group should count for scholarly inquiry. Look forward to finally meeting you!

]]> http://nola2013.thatcamp.org/05/12/educating-faculty-confronting-the-fear-factor-of-the-digital-humanities/#comment-194 Mon, 13 May 2013 19:59:25 +0000 http://nola2013.thatcamp.org/?p=248#comment-194 These are great orienting questions. A couple of things to add to the pot: I would really like to see a citywide DH group, if only to not continually reinvent wheels and have funding partners for grants. Also, everyone has mentioned open source programs, but my experience is that if you’re not a programmer, the learning curve is steeper and you still rely on people to fix the bugs that always crop up. Finally, there’s a great post based on a presentation I saw at HASTAC 2 weeks ago about the problem with silos in the humanities and the proprietary issues that are coming up with the database operators (Jstor, Muse, etc). hastac.org/blogs/michael-widner/2013/04/30/towards-future-humanities-research-bibliopedia-linked-data-and-probl

]]> http://nola2013.thatcamp.org/05/12/educating-faculty-confronting-the-fear-factor-of-the-digital-humanities/#comment-182 Mon, 13 May 2013 15:21:36 +0000 http://nola2013.thatcamp.org/?p=248#comment-182 Jeanne, Yes, absolutely, especially period scholars who could use big data tools to mine info. The idea of quantitative methods in English most likely sends shivers down some literary scholars’ backs but presenting not as a replacement of traditional criticism but another way of analyzing might be key.

]]> http://nola2013.thatcamp.org/05/12/educating-faculty-confronting-the-fear-factor-of-the-digital-humanities/#comment-180 Mon, 13 May 2013 14:21:49 +0000 http://nola2013.thatcamp.org/?p=248#comment-180 Great idea, Doreen. I think there are probably other lone wolves around that would be interested in the kind of campus working group you describe, to share knowledge (or at least enthusiasm and interest) as well as our (meager) resources, etc.
I think one of the most compelling things about DH projects is their visibility to the larger community–the contribution you make to the discipline with your project is not hidden away but (hopefully) discoverable by other students and researchers. I think even more traditional scholars must find themselves using these digital tools and resources, and that is bound to change how they think of them, and to consider the possibility that they themselves can contribute to the development of these tools/resources.

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