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Omeka is a platform that seems to be both a combination and synthesis of a lot of what we’ve discussed and worked on throughout this semester. It allows for a diversity in project creation and sharing. It allows one to truly curate a given space of one’s own design. A prime example of this synthesisContinue reading “Lab Report #9”

I appreciated how Bonde et. al opened their article, “The Virtual Monastery: Re-Presenting Time, Human Movement, and Uncertainty at Saint-Jeans-des-Vignes, Soisson,” and thought it fitting to insert that passage here as well for a proper introduction: “Most digital projects devoted to the presentation of historical monuments, archaeological sites, or museum collections contain an element ofContinue reading “Blog Entry #12”

One thing that is certain is that space and time are interconnected and Neatline highlights this relationship. Neatline allows one to not only read but travel within a given narrative. In order to create such a project, one would need to create a (specific as possible) timeline, fixed points that give temporal understanding to whatContinue reading “Lab Report #8”

Google Maps displays little grey boxes that represent buildings, and in this case they are houses. There are patches of green displayed that represents trees, greenery, parks, etc. And finally a blue winding stripe that represents the Rouge River. Thinner white strips are streets, and most of them have their names listed on them. ItContinue reading “Blog Entry #11”

Peter Pan by J. M. Barrie https://www.gutenberg.org/files/16/16-h/16-h.htm -The story of a boy named Peter Pan, an orphan or lost boy who now lives in Neverland. In this tale, he brings a trio of siblings Wendy, Michael, and John with him to Neverland where they encounter the rest of the lost boys, Captain Hook and hisContinue reading “Lab Report #7”

At first glance, “distant reading” and “cultural analytics” might seem eerily similar. They both strive to solve the problem of the limited perspective of analyzing small data sets (since humans can only see and read so many texts and images in a lifetime of work). Both concepts look towards technology to help solve this issue.Continue reading “Blog Entry #10”

Implementing data visualization tools in digital humanities work brings another method of displaying and analyzing knowledge. It takes the 0s and 1s and turns them into qualitative projects or reports. With a closer look, one could also see that digital humanities exposes (or has started to expose) the myth of independent and objective data. JohannaContinue reading “Blog Entry #9”

Data: facts, figures, and symbols, especially as stored in computers (The Hutchinson Dictionary of Computing and the Internet) Data mining: the process of finding patterns in information contained in large databases (Encyclopedia of Computer Science) Data structure: loosely, a structure whose components are data objects; a collection of data values, the relationships among them, andContinue reading “Blog Entry #8”

Mukurtu is advertised as a “user-friendly” program for both the tech specialists among us as well as members of local communities (or rather, the general public). Used nationally and internationally, it is a program that allows one (or a group of someones) to design and share digital projects, with many functioning as online repositories. AnContinue reading “Lab Report #6”

DH Code of Ethics This code of ethics functions as a place for not only frequently asked questions, but as a guide for dh creators and those who post or create materials on the behalf of others.  1. Access and Use Equitable access and use are of the utmost importance when creating and sharing digitalContinue reading “Blog Entry #7”