Course Details

An introduction to the field of digital humanities and public media. Through a series of assignments and in-class labs centered around common Digital Humanities tools and platforms, the class will explore current and historical conversations in digital humanities and new media and address theoretical and practical problems involved in digital humanities-based methods and methodology. The final product of each assignment will be a collaborative digital public humanities project.

Outcomes: Possess an introductory technical knowledge of digital tools or methods; Ability to apply technical knowledge about digital history tools to historical questions; Familiarity with managing and creating a team-based digital humanities project.