I think the most important take away from all the readings thus far is that Digital Humanities is not one thing or even a field of study. Digital Humanities is an umbrella term for a process or tool used to answer humanities research questions or present information regarding the humanities. In The Digital Humanities Coursebook the author describes the practice of digital humanities as, "...an extension of humanities methods..." (Drucker 5), as apposed to a replacement of already established methods within the field. In the first chapter of The Digital Humanities Coursebook it is also made clear that the tools of Digital Humanities are not always applicable to every research project or question because of the binary nature of the digital where something either is or isn't. In contrast humanities is a nuanced field that involves human interpretation. The first step to any Digital Humanities project is to decide if digital methods will retain, support, or aid t...
The group that I am a part of is working with the Maine MILL Museum on their digital memorial to the Lewiston Shootings that occurred in October of 2023. Specifically, we are asked to focus on video and print media, with the video preference being late night shows, and the media preference being large newspapers. To split up the work, three of us are searching for video clips, and four of us are searching for print articles. I am a part of the team looking for print materials. The process for this that I have found most effective is to search "(name of large newspaper) Lewiston Shooting", and all of the relevant articles from that source pop up. Once I have found my article, I go check it against the master spreadsheet to make sure that previous students didn't choose this same article. Then, I download it as a pdf file and input the data in the spreadsheet. We are also required to include any pictures from the article onto the spreadsheet, converting those into pdfs...
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