Reminder: TWO Assignments due Sunday 9/13

By 11pm on Sunday night you should: Submit to me by email (dkj004@bucknell.edu) the Modern Spelling Revisions of your pages from Tarlton’s Jests (see Transcription Assignment overview for specific instructions). Publish Reflection Post #2 “On Transcription” on the website.

Reflection Prompt #2

Reflection Post #2: “On Transcription” Due: 9/13 by 11pm. Over the past two weeks you have worked closely with anecdotes from Tarlton’s Jests. You have done what all scholars who work with historical archival materials do – puzzled out what is being written in an unfamiliar hand, often in unfamiliar terms. Also as with all […]

Reflection Prompt #1

Reflection Post #1: “On Material and Digital Archives” – REVISED Due: 8/30 by 11pm Prompt: This week you were introduced to the field of digital humanities. We talked in general terms about DH research and looked at the Great Parchment Book project as an example of how DH methods can make the unaccessible accessible through […]

Assignment for Friday, 8/28

Read Alan Liu, “The Meaning of the Digital Humanities” (version 1) available from the course website under Resources/Assigned Readings. ** ONLY READ THE HIGHLIGHTED PORTIONS.** Look at the examples of Digital Humanities project websites available via Resources/DH Sample Book and come to class ready to discuss one of the projects that you find compelling.

Assignment for Wednesday 8/26

Review “Great Parchment Book” DH Project. http://www.greatparchmentbook.org/