The rebel path

Scott Weingart, “Demystifying Networks, Parts I & II” (2011). “A network is a fantastic tool in the digital humanist’s toolbox.” I’m going to take your word for it, Scott, because I hate math and I picked this Module to challenge myself. I appreciate the warning at the beginning because, as someone skeptical of technology, I…

When I think about how I have traditionally learned history, most of it has been through textbooks, lectures, articles, and research papers. These methods matter, but they can sometimes make history feel distant or reduce it to memorizing facts. It is one reason I believe so many people consider History their least favorite academic class.…

While completing this week’s QGIS readings, I initially struggled to identify practical applications for the software within Art History. I think this difficulty was partly because the readings lacked visual examples showing how mapping transforms data into meaningful visualizations. Once we began working directly with QGIS in class, however, I developed a much clearer understanding…

When you think about ownership, or what it means to own something, what comes to mind? To me, owning something means I spent money to acquire this object; now it is mine. Some might agree with me, and some might not, but this topic seems more in the news than ever. Many examples exist, like…

I like to think I’m organized. Clutter triggers me, and keeping things as streamlined and straightforward as possible has always been my best policy. At my old job, my first task each day was to clean and organize the communal counter space so everything could be found and used without too many questions or someone…

It is only week 2, and we have been introduced to many programs and tools for finding, translating, and organizing. As an elder millennial, I have been trying to downsize the amount of tech I use, and in the last week I have been introduced to so many new things. As Putnam argued, while there…

What is Digital History? I am still not quite sure… I have a better idea now because of the class discussion on Monday night. I had no idea a discipline could be so hard to define, but now I can see how many different areas and things are covered by digital humanities, especially in today’s…

How is everyone?