Digital Humanities

Calendar

SES #	TOPICS	KEY DATES
1	Introduction to Digital Humanities Sample Digital Humanities Projects In-Class Activity: Examine the four facsimiles of Register Pages from the Comedie-française in Paris. Identify the different categories of information. Develop a method for the extraction of this information in a digital format. Brainstorm about possible storage and access options. Envision the tools that can tap into this data (search, visualization, etc.). What is the intended audience for your approach? What are the kinds of questions your audience could solve with your approach?
2	Data Mining of Open Content: The Artbot Project Guest Speakers: Desi Gonzalez and Liam Andrew from the CMS / Hyperstudio Data Mining and NER Exercises	Assignment 1 due
3	Humanities Data: The Comedie-Française Registers Project (CFRP) From Written Records to Humanities Data Guest Speaker: Jeff Ravel, MIT History Department	Assignment 2 due
4	Databases and Structures Narratives and Filters Work with CRFP Data	Assignment 3 due
5	GIS / Location Data Data Visualization I (Spatial Mapping) Data and its Interpretations Discussion of Final Projects	Assignment 4 due
6	Data Visualization II (Time Mapping) Discussion of Final Projects (cont.)	Assignment 5 due
7	Curation: From Museum Curation to Digital Curation Guest Speaker: Kristen Gresh, Photography Curator, Museum of Fine Arts, Boston Selection of Final Projects	Assignment 6 due
8	Spring Break-No Class
9	Augmented Space and Design Process I Final Project Pitches Guest Speaker: Halsey Burgund, Artist and Mobile Developer	Assignment 7 due
10	Design process II: Prototyping and Wireframing Guest Speaker: Frederico Casalegno, Mobile Experience Lab
11	Digital Humanities Debates, Frontiers, and Future Final Project In-Class Work Time
12	Guest Speaker: Andy Stuhl, Digital Sound Studies & Sound Projects	Assignment 8 due
13	Final Project In-Class Work Time
14	Final Project In-Class Work Time (cont.)	Assignment 9 due
15	Final Presentations	Final Project and Design Documents