NOTE: except where otherwise noted, all readings can be found in this Drive folder.
Module I: Introduction to Digital Humanities
Week 1
Date
Question
Topic
Reading
Friday. March 10
What are humanities questions, and why is it important to analyze digital media through a humanities lens?
Introduction:
Liberal Arts and Digital Media
Eric Qualman, Social Media Revolution 2022 (video)
Carlos Santana/SCENSIO: ChatGPT: el hype, los desafíos y el futuro (video)
Week 2
Date
Question
Topic
Reading
Mon.
March 13
What are the Digital Humanities, why are they important, and what are the principal areas of study in the field?
Introduction: What are Digital Humanities?
Entry ticket: llegar a clase con:
a) Resumen breve del punto principal/tésis de tu ensayo (respondiendo a la pregunta central del día).
b) Resumen breve de un párrafo con que conectas personalmente: el idea clave, cuales son tus conexiones, que te parece interesante/equivocado, etc.
Maria Gimena del Rio Riande, “¿De qué hablamos cuando hablamos de Humanidades Digitales?” (Lectura asignada: appelidos A-C)
Paul Spence, “Las Humanidades Digitales y los retos de la representación.” (Lectura asignada: appelidos D-V)
Fri.
March 17
What are the key concepts, themes, and questions of the digital humanities?
Activity: Define terms and concepts
Glossary of Digital Humanities Terms (web)
Week 3
Date
Question
Topic
Reading
Mon.
March 20
What is the history and development of the field?
Case Study
Alessandro Delfanti and Adam Arvidsson, Introduction to Digital Media I: Frameworks: Media & Digital Technologies
Global Outlook DH (web)
Fri.
March 24
How do selfies work in our culture and what are your criteria for the images you share with the world, considering factors such as access, inclusion and ethics?
Activity: Image analysis and selfie culture
Week 4
Date
Question
Topic
Reading
Mon.
March 27
The questions will be set by those presenting.
Oral presentations
Josefa Córdova y Claudia Vicencio dirigirán la conversación de Costa; Valentina Pizarro la de Adams.
Flavia Costa, from Tecnoceno: Algoritmos, Biohackers y Nuevas Formas de Vida / Technocene: Algorithms, Biohackers, and New Life Ways (web)
Joshua Adams, “Google Search as #DigitalColonialism”
Fri.
March 31
Beginning Module II: Digital Data
What are some of the largest and most influential Digital Humanities projects?
Case studies
Big Data: British Newspaper Archive, Chronicling America, dLOC
Module II: Digital Data
Week 5
Date
Question
Topic
Reading
Mon.April 3
The questions will be set by those presenting.
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Anglophone Chile: connecting digital data from the global North and South
Fri. April 7
UAI Feriado
Week 6
Date
Question
Topic
Reading
Mon.
April 10
How do we find data we are interested in?
Practical activity: Finding data
Examples: British Newspaper Archive, dLOC, Anglophone Chile
Fri.
April 14
How do we extract and clean the data once we’ve found it?
Practical activity: Extracting and cleaning data
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Week 7
Date
Question
Topic
Reading
Mon.
April 17
Now that we have data . . . how do we share it with a global world?
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Demonstration: Newspaper visualizations
Fri.
April 21
What questions about textual analysis interest you?
Investigation workshop: Brainstorm and explore research questions (both without and with AI)
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Module III: A text analysis at a distance and from close
Week 8
Date
Question
Topic
Reading
Mon.
April 24
What are the key tools and topics in the field of textual analysis?
Case Study
Research: information sources
Google N-Grams: https://books.google.com/ngrams/
Fri.
April 28
How do we use Voyant Tools to analyze texts?
Workshop: Voyant Tools
Voyant Tools: http://voyant-tools.org
1-5 May: holidays
Week 9
Date
Question
Topic
Reading
Mon.
May 8
What questions can Voyant Tools answer best, and what steps are required to use Voyant for textual analysis?
Practical activity: Voyant Tools
Examples to be chosen by the class
Fri.
May 12
Research: delivery and project description
Examples to be chosen by the class
Module IV: Digital storytelling: Geospatial analysis and ArcGIS StoryMaps
Week 10
Date
Question
Topic
Reading
Mon.
May 15
What is ArcGIS StoryMaps, how does it analyze and interpret geospatial information, and what kind of stories are appropriate for this medium?
Case Study
ArcGIS StoryMaps: Alexander Humboldt’s Vision
Fri.
May 19
How does the concept of mapping change when we begin from the Global South?How does one create a spatial narrative on ArcGIS StoryMaps, what are the necessary steps?
Workshop: ArcGIS StoryMaps
Vox, “Why all the world maps are wrong” (video)
ArcGIS StoryMaps examples
Week 11
Date
Question
Topic
Reading
Mon.
May 22
What are the ethical and practical considerations required to design an ArcGIS StoryMaps narrative that is inclusive
Research: submit project theme and description
Workshop: ArcGIS StoryMaps
Fri.
May 26
The question will be set by those presenting.
Oral presentation
Sasha Costanza-Chock, “Introduction,” Design Justice
Module V: Writing and AI
Week 12
Date
Question
Topic
Reading
Mon.
May 29
¿Cómo consideramos la IA y el futuro de las humanidades digitales?
Activity: investigating AI
ChatGPT: https://chat.openai.com/auth/login
Fri.
June 2
The questions will be set by those presenting.
Oral presentation
Research: submit reliable sources; peer review
Hasselbalch, Gry. “Testing ChatGPT’s Ethical Readiness”
Collins, Barry. “I Interviewed ChatGPT About AI Ethics — And It Lied To Me.”
Week 13
Date
Question
Topic
Reading
Mon.
June 5
The questions will be set by those presenting.
Oral presentation
Chen, Brian. “How to Use ChatGPT and Still Be a Good Person.”
Fri.
June 9
Return to the beginning of the course: has your perspective on the digital divide changed, and what solutions can you propose now that you know more about the field?
Research: submit theoretical framework, project development in class
Davos World Economic Forum, “The AI Divide between the Global North and South” (Jan. 2023, web)
Week 14
Date
Question
Topic
Reading
Mon.
June 12
In our connected society, is it possible to do a “digital detox”?
Activity: digital detox
Research: submit project draft; peer review
Fri.
June 16
Project lightening talks
Week 15
Date
Question
Topic
Reading
Mon.
June 19
Activity: Digital Detox
Project lightening talks
Fri. June 23
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Synthesis and overdue evaluations.
Submit research projects