UC Digital Humanities is pleased to advise that the lectures for DIGI 401: Digital Methods, 2015, will be open to all-comers. The course provides an overview of digital tools and methods applicable to all arts, humanities, and social science disciplines. We’re conscious many students, and staff, might like to attend a few lectures on specific topics of interest. Please contact James Smithies if you plan on arriving with a sizeable group.
The course is co-taught by staff based in the UC Digital Humanities Programme, UC Computer Science and Software Engineering, UC CEISMIC Digital Archive, UC Geography, and Catalyst IT.
Location
Monday, 12.00 – 1.00 pm, A6 lecture theatre.
Tuesday 1.00pm – 2.00 pm, Karl Popper 508.
Thursday 3.00 – 4.00 pm, Rutherford 542.
Lecturers
James Smithies (JS). Course convener.
Tim Bell (TB).
Grant Paton-Simpson (GP).
Chris Thomson (CT).
Alison Watkins (AW).
Week |
Lecture |
Laboratory |
Setup, Theory & Methodological Background |
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| 1 / 23 Feb. | Introduction (JS) | WordPress |
| Digital Humanities (JS) | ||
| 2 / 2 Mar. | Digital Research Infrastructure (JS) | Using the UCDH Virtual Machine |
| Software Development (JS) | ||
| 3 / 9 Mar. | Project Management (JS) | Project Management |
| Materiality and Digital Forensics (JS) | ||
Tools & Methods |
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| 4 / 16 Mar. | Distant reading and algorithmic criticism (JS) | Algorithmic Analysis |
| Data Visualization (JS) | ||
| 5 / 23 Mar. | Topic Modelling (JS) | Raspberry PI |
| Metadata and Linked Open Data (JS) | ||
| 6 / 30 Mar. | TEI I (CT) | TEI |
| TEI II (CT) | ||
| 7 / 27 April | ANZAC Day | Omeka |
| Crowd-sourcing (JS) | ||
| 8 / 4 May | GIS I (JS) | Omeka + Neatline |
| GIS II (AW) | ||
| 9 / 11 May | Data Analysis I (JS) | Data Management & Analysis |
| Data Analysis II (GP) | ||
| 10 / 18 May | Python (TB) | Python (CT) |
| Python (TB) | ||
| 11 / 25 May | Python (TB) | Python (CT) |
| Python (TB) | ||
| 12 / 1 June | Queen’s Birthday | Python (CT) |
| Conclusion (JS) | ||