Digital Humanities ((3 Credits))

Catalog description

Museum exhibits have increased their online presence thanks to the pandemic, and archives are digitizing their materials for worldwide instant access. Virtual historic environments offer enhanced exploration opportunities for students, and electronically mediated theatrical and musical performances overcome the limitations of space and time. In these and so many other cases, the digital humanities is a rapidly evolving field that defies easy definition or simple categorization. This course will explore the nature of the digital humanities, including some of its benefits and controversies. While students will read in the literature of the field and be expected to become subject experts, they will also be expected to become digital practitioners themselves. They will develop their own digital humanities projects, which could entail archival digitization, developing online exhibits, hosting digital performances, or creating digital materials for workshops and classrooms.