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About Computational Humanities "Digital technology is fundamentally changing the way in which we engage the research process" (Berry, 2011) As digital technology has become ubiquitous and more an more data is becoming available in electronic form, we are witnessing what Berry calls a “computational turn in the humanities”. Computational humanities use digital tools and computational techniques to explore new modes of doing research in the humanities. Computational humanities deal with the following questions: How can humanities data – which is traditionally interpreted in an idiographic, hermeneutic way – be modeled in a way it becomes available for computational, empiric analyses? Visit our research section to see how we approach the above challenges. toychest [licensed for non-commercial use only] / FrontPage "Toy Chest" collects online or downloadable software tools and thinking toys that humanities students and others without programming skills (but with basic computer and Internet literacy) can use to create interesting projects. Most of the tools gathered here are free or relatively inexpensive (exceptions: items that are expensive but can be used on a free trial basis). Also on this site are "paradigms"--books, essays, digital projects, etc.--that illustrate the kinds of humanities projects that these thinking tools/toys might help create. A star indicates tools that combine power (advanced, multiple, or flexible features) with ease of use. This site is kept by Alan Liu for his "Literature+" digital humanities courses (recent examples of course: undergraduate | graduate).

TAPoR - Text Analysis Portal for Research About Digital Humanities - Digital Humanities - Research Guides at Rutgers University There's no simple answer to the question, "What is Digital Humanities?" Practitioners often define Digital Humanities differently depending upon their own activity. Roughly defined, Digital Humanities is the practice of incorporating technology in teaching, research and the dissemination of scholarship in any of the traditional humanities disciplines. There are four main areas of activity in the Digital Humanities: Research and development for analyzing humanities data and creating new tools for that analysis, the use of technology in humanities pedagogy, theory and critical inquiry related to the ways in which technology is changing the way we understand our selves, our cultures and our societies and preservation and access of materials and scholarly works in the humanities. In the rest of this guide, you'll find links to help you learn more about this growing, multi-disciplinary community of practice.

WorldMap Harvard Gephi, an open source graph visualization and manipulation software Reviews in Digital Humanities Tools – Carolina Digital Humanities Initiative DH ToolkitsScalarA free, open source authoring and publishing platform that’s designed to make it easy for authors to write long-form, born-digital scholarship online. Scalar enables users to assemble media from multiple sources and juxtapose them with their own writing in a variety of ways, with minimal technical expertise required.OmekaA project of the Roy Rosenzweig Center for History and New Media at George Mason University, Omeka is a free, flexible, and open source web-publishing platform for the display of library, museum, archives, and scholarly collections and exhibitions. Omeka’s Showcase includes projects powered by Omeka. 1 Pings/Trackbacks for "Tools"

Historical geographic information system A historical geographic information system (also written as historical GIS or HGIS) is a geographic information system that may display, store and analyze data of past geographies and track changes in time. It can be regarded as a subfield of historical geography and geographic information science. GIS was originally developed for use in environmental sciences, military and for computer assisted cartography. Techniques used in HGIS[edit] Digitization and georeferencing of historical maps. Notable Historical GIS projects[edit] HistoricalGIS.com, Longitudinal Urban Historical GIS Projects in the Canadian Cities of London, Victoria, Montreal, and Windsor. Software or web services developed for Historical GIS[edit] TimeMap — A Java open-source applet (or program) for browsing spatial-temporal data and ECAI data sets[4] Developed by the department of archaeology University of Sydney.Version 4+ of Google Earth added a time line feature that enables simple temporal browsing of spatial data[5]

What are Digital Humanities? If you’ve heard about digital humanities and are considering learning more, but don’t quite know where to start, the Digital Humanities Literacy Guidebook (DHLG) is for you. The term “Digital Humanities” (DH) became popular in the early 2000s for scholarly work at the intersection of technology and the humanities. It simultaneously describes a community of practice, a research program, a set of methods, a constellation of publication venues, and a collective ethos that have all stubbornly defied definition since the term first came into use. DH’s strange history and amorphous borders make little difference to those starting out. In lieu of grand theory and definitions, here you’ll find concrete examples of people doing digital humanities, educational resources, and some job market advice. Much as nobody’s an expert in “the humanities,” neither is anyone an expert in “digital humanities.” If the DHLG is a map of that territory, it’s only the roughest sketch. Local Resources Global Resources

TimeMapper Can I make a timemap anonymously? Yes! You do not need an account to create a timemap - they can be created anonymously and will have all the same features and shareability of normal timemaps. However, there are some benefits of creating an account and creating your timemap whilst logged in: You'll get a nice URL for your timemap at /your-username/a-name-you-choose-for-your-timemap All of your timemaps will be nicely listed at /your-username As you'll be identified as the owner you'll be able to re-configure (or delete) your timemap later If you do want an account, signup is very easy – it takes just 15 seconds, is very secure, and uses your Twitter account (no need to think up a new username and password!). "Publish" 1. Go to File Menu in your spreadsheet, then 'Publish to the Web', then click 'Start Publishing'. What URL do I use to connect my spreadsheet? Use the URL you get by clicking your spreadsheet's Share button and copying the Link to share box. Not all fields are required.

TimeMap TimeMap TMJava is an Open Source web mapping application, which was one of the first such applications to introduce generic time filtering and map animation on the web. TMJava is a comprehensive Java mapping applet which can run as a standalone application with local data, on a web site or as a two tier application with a backend server and independent metadata clearinghouse, supporting distributed data sources. TimeMap developed out of work on mapping historical and archaeological data, starting with animated maps in 1995, a Windows mapping tool in 1997, and TMJava from 2001. Funding came from numerous sources but in particular from the Australian Research Council (Sydney TimeMap project, 2000–2002) and from the Electronic Cultural Atlas Initiative (1998–2005). TimeMap is available as Open Source on SourceForge.[1] Capabilities[edit] Applications[edit] TimeMap's is used as the core technology to number of applications, including: Electronic Cultural Atlas Initiative Clearinghouse Search

What is Digital Humanities? « Digital Humanities Questions & Answers Welcome to the DHanswers forum! This is a great question, and not all all too basic! I'm sure you'll get many responses, because the definition of the "digital humanities" is something that an international and very diverse community of scholars and practioners is continually formulating -- rethinking, questioning, and demonstrating through projects and collaborations of different sorts. Our definitions are often therefore a little muddy. (Melissa Terras, in a great keynote presentation at last summer's annual Digital Humanities conference, called the entire community to task for hemming and hawing: "It's... kinda the intersection of...") We need to get better at this! In the meantime, I'll point you to a few existing attempts and conversations. Patrick Svensson has a solid piece (one in a series) in Digital Humanities Quarterly called "The Landscape of Digital Humanities." A recent post by a UVa graduate student, Chris Forster, on the HASTAC Scholar blogs, attempted to define DH.