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Google Maps Project for S,Q & F: How realistic is collaboration?

Map of New York City Police Stops Interactive Feature As mentioned in class, the project idea I had in mind (regarding the stop, question and frisk procedure reform) would require the use of interactive maps, something mentioned in class but … Continue reading

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Overcoming the Narrow Emphasis on Teaching and Pedagogy

Our DH readings this week finally addressed the subject of teaching and pedagogy as best as they could at this point. I say this because it seems to me that while there have been projects carried out, these projects have … Continue reading

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My peer review on criticism in DH

As I was writing this peer review, I realized that the scope of the paper itself is too broad and that’s why I was grappling with what deserves more space and thought. I tried to keep the review  focused, but as … Continue reading

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DH and Gendering Code

I wanted to give some links to the post that I mentioned in class by Miriam Posner and also #TransformDH. I think exploring the boundaries of who may be more and less likely to participate in DH (or any field) … Continue reading

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Some Thoughts on Open Peer Review

Last week we participated in the open peer review process on DHNow; here are some thoughts on the process.  I found the comments box on the site rather limiting, mostly because I wanted the ability to save my comments before … Continue reading

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My response to DHNow “Demystifying Networks Part 1”

This response is for part I, so apologies if anything I mention is covered in the second part. I agree with the other posts that this is generally a well written and easily readable introduction to networks. As the first … Continue reading

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Open Peer Reviewing

Hi All, Below is my response/open review from Digital Humanities Now‘s open peer review project. I’ve also been pondering peer review and the writing process over at my website a bit (mostly in reflecting on Planned Obsolescence and thinking about Kathleen Fitzpatrick’s arguments that … Continue reading

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Defining DH: Tools, Texts and Metaphors

My first inclination in defining the digital humanities is to say that DH goes further than just digitization, and that the purpose of DH is not to compare online texts to those on paper, but to rethink the nature and … Continue reading

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To DH, or not to DH: that is the question.

I do hereby accept DH into my life, for better or worse or really for the future of humanity. At this point and time I define the Digital Humanities as a field of study that includes a collaborative approach to … Continue reading

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What is Digital Humanities?

What is Digital Humanities? The truth is that I have more questions than answers to this matter.  John Unsworth said that DH is “using computational tools to do the work of the humanities”…That tell us of the use of technology … Continue reading

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