May 4
Topic: Text Analysis in History and the Digital Humanities
Readings:
• Blevins, Cameron. "Space, Nation and the triumph of Region: A View of the World from Houston." in Journal of American History. 101(1): 122-147. June 2014. Available on-line at: http://web.stanford.edu/group/spatialhistory/cgi-bin/site/pub.php?id=93
• Sinclair, Stéfan, and Geoffrey Rockwell, "Teaching Computer-Assisted Text Analysis: Approaches to Learning New Methodologies," in Digital Humanities Pedagogy: Practices, Principles and Politics. Cambridge, UK: Open Book Publishers, 2012: 241-263. Available on-line at: http://www.openbookpublishers.com/reader/161#page/262/mode/2up Also available in [Course Pack]
• Underwood, Ted, "Seven Ways Humanists are Using Computers to Understand Text," at The Stone and the Shell. [Online blog]. June 4, 2015. Available on-line at: http://tedunderwood.com/2015/06/04/seven-ways-humanists-are-using-computers-to-understand-text/
• Underwood, Ted. "Theorizing Research Practices We Forgot to Theorize Twenty Years Ago," in Representations 127 (Summer 2014): 64-72. Available on-line at: http://tinyurl.com/notkdjq
• "Data Mining with Criminal Intent Project," Project White Paper. Available on-line at: http://criminalintent.org/2011/08/white-paper-on-criminal-intent-project/
Activities
Instructor: John Dingle and Karen Bordonaro
Morning (9-12)
• Introduction
• Hands-on Session: Zotero
• Seminar: Discussion of Readings
Lunch (12-2)
• Presentation by John Bonnett and Discussion Topic: The Department's Digitization Initiative: Thoughts on what that will mean, and where it should take us
Afternoon (2-5)
• Hands-on Session: Voyant
Resources
Course Pack Readings [In Resources Folder]
• https://lms.brocku.ca/portal/site/Intro_to_Digital_History
John Dingle and Karen Bordonaro Workshop Slides: Computer-Aided Text Analysis
Workshop Zotero Handout