If we\u2019re going to\nspend the semester conducting digital humanities research and working on projects,\nit might be useful for us to see some finished projects ahead of time. Looking\nat examples like this can provide us with inspiration for what we try to do.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
But we can do more than just look: we can do some research and reflection, considering what works and what doesn\u2019t. Asking and answering the same question Miriam Posner poses\u2014\u201chow did they make that?<\/a>\u201d\u2014will prepare us to be thoughtful about what we want to accomplish as we work on Peanuts<\/em>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n In this assignment, you will do a deep dive into two digital humanities projects. You will become an expert on your projects and in particular look to understand what questions they seek to answer, how they are organized, and what technologies and methods they use. This assignment has two parts: a presentation and a paper.<\/p>\n\n\n\n On\nWednesday, 22 January<\/strong>, you will deliver a 10-15-minute presentation on your two\nprojects. You will cover most of the same points that you will write about in\nyour paper (see below). You should plan to walk us through portions of the\nsites to help demonstrate your points. The bulk of the presentation should be\nexplanatory rather than evaluative, but you can provide your thoughts on the\nprojects as you go. You should conclude the presentation by summarizing\nwhat you\u2019ve learned by investigating these two projects.<\/p>\n\n\n\n This is not<\/em> something that you should just wing.\nFeel free to bring in notes or a script and to practice beforehand.<\/p>\n\n\n\n Using 12-point\nTimes New Roman font and 1-inch margins, you will write a total of six to seven\npages for this assignment\u2019s paper.<\/p>\n\n\n\n For each project,\nyou will write two pages (no more, no less). In these pages, you should do your\nbest to answer the following:<\/p>\n\n\n\n For the fifth\npage, you will compare and contrast the two projects along any axes that seem\nrelevant to you.<\/p>\n\n\n\n For the sixth (and\noptional seventh) page, you will write a reflection on this assignment. Some\nquestions to consider in your reflections are:<\/p>\n\n\n\n Although I\u2019m\nasking you to tackle some very specific questions, the paper should not <\/em>be written in bullet points but instead with\nparagraphs. Think of this as two reports and a conclusion.<\/p>\n\n\n\n The paper must\nbe emailed to me<\/strong> as PDFs before class begins\non Monday, 27 January.<\/strong> Please name your\nfile \u201clast name\u201d-projectreport.pdf <\/strong>(e.g.,\ncroxall-projectreport.pdf).<\/p>\n\n\n\n Additionally, please post each of your two-page project evaluations to our site<\/a><\/strong> as blog posts, one post for each project<\/strong>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n Below is a list of projects that you could evaluate. If you find another that you would like to choose instead, please email me<\/a> first. Each project can only be claimed by one person, so when you know what you want to work on, send me an email to claim your projects!<\/p>\n\n\n\n Your grade for\nthis project will be based 60% on your paper and 40% on your presentation.<\/p>\n\n\n\n Your presentation will be evaluated on its clarity, organization, and discussion of what you\u2019ve learned.<\/p>\n\n\n\n Your paper will be graded on how well it meets the requirements outlined above, as well as clarity, organization, attention to detail, and clarity. I\u2019m persnickety about spelling, grammar, and punctuation. You probably know this by now.<\/p>\n\n\n\n This assignment is an update of one that I created in 2011<\/a>. That assignment benefited from interactions with Ryan Cordell<\/a> and then drew on language and ideas from Jason B. Jones<\/a> and Mark Sample<\/a>. 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