If we\u2019re going to spend the semester conducting digital humanities research, it might be useful for us to see some finished research ahead of time. Looking at examples of finished projects can provide us with inspiration for what we try to do.<\/p>\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 (we read her next week)\u2014\u201chow did they make that?<\/a>\u201d\u2014will prepare us to be thoughtful about what we want to accomplish with Peanuts<\/em>.<\/p>\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 On Tuesday, 25 January<\/strong>, you will be prepared to deliver a 15-minute presentation on your two projects, using a PowerPoint-style slideshow. (Here is an [amazing] example slideshow from last year.<\/a>) You will cover most of the same points that you will write about in your paper (see below). You should walk us through portions of the sites to help demonstrate your points. The bulk of the presentation should be explanatory rather than evaluative. You should conclude the presentation by summarizing what you\u2019ve learned by investigating these two projects.<\/p>\n This is not<\/em> something that you should just wing. Feel free to bring in notes or a script to use as you present.<\/p>\n Using 12-point Times New Roman font and 1-inch margins, you will write a paper with a minimum of six and a maximum of nine pages.<\/p>\n For each project, you will write a minimum of two pages and a maximum of three pages. In these pages, you should do your best to answer the following:<\/p>\n For the page that follows your report on each project, you will compare and contrast the two projects along any axes that seem relevant to you.<\/p>\n For the final one or two pages, you will write a reflection on this assignment. Some questions to consider in your reflections are:<\/p>\n Although I\u2019m asking you to tackle some very specific questions, the paper should\u00a0not\u00a0<\/em>be written in bullet points. With that said, there are distinct parts of the paper and you should not feel like you have to create perfect and seamless transitions between them. Instead, you should think of this as two reports and a conclusion, the latter of which includes the compare\/contrast and your reflection.<\/p>\n The paper must be\u00a0submitted as PDFs on Learning Suite<\/a> <\/strong>by 11:59pm<\/strong> Thursday, 3 February.<\/strong>\u00a0Please name your file\u00a0\u201clast name\u201d-projectreport.pdf\u00a0<\/strong>(e.g., croxall-projectreport.pdf).<\/p>\n Below is a list of projects that you could evaluate. If you find another that you would like to choose instead, please\u00a0email me<\/a>\u00a0first. 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 Your grade for this project will be based 60% on your paper and 40% on your presentation.<\/p>\n Your presentation will be evaluated on its clarity, organization, discussion of what you\u2019ve learned, and how well it adheres to the time limits.<\/p>\n Your paper will be graded on how well it meets the requirements outlined above, as well as clarity, organization, and attention to detail. I\u2019m persnickety about spelling, grammar, and punctuation. You probably know this by now.<\/p>\n This assignment is an update of\u00a0one 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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Additionally, please\u00a0post each of your two-page project evaluations to our site<\/strong><\/a>\u00a0as blog posts,\u00a0one post for each project<\/strong>.<\/del><\/p>\nProjects<\/h3>\n
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African American AIDS History Project<\/del><\/a>\u00a0(Jenni)<\/li>\nAmerican Religious Sounds<\/a><\/del> (Maria)<\/li>\nDanteSources<\/del><\/a><\/li>\nGendered Language in Teacher Reviews<\/a> (and Part Two<\/a>)<\/del> (Allie)<\/li>\nHestia: Herodotus’s Histories<\/del><\/a> (Maria)<\/li>\nThe Letters of Vincent Van Gogh<\/a><\/del> (Ashlin)<\/li>\nThe Map of Early Modern London<\/del><\/a>\u00a0(Sarah)<\/li>\nMonet Paintings and Drawings at the Art Institute of Chicago<\/a>\u00a0<\/del>(Jenni)<\/li>\nPhotogrammar<\/a><\/del> (Jane)<\/li>\nRobots Reading Vogue<\/em><\/a><\/del> (Jane)<\/li>\nShelley-Godwin Archive<\/del><\/a>\u00a0(Sarah)<\/li>\nWhat America Ate<\/a><\/del> (Allie)<\/li>\nWitches in Scotland<\/del><\/a> (Ashlin)<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\nGrading<\/h2>\n
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