Digital Humanities and Contemporary Culture

This course introduces students to the theory and practice of the emerging field of digital humanities and the application of theories, tools, and methods from humanities broadly construed to contemporary digital culture. During the course students will be introduced to the theoretical study of contemporary culture in its digital manifestations and the practices of making humanities projects with digital tools.

By understanding key problems and concepts in the digital worlds of contemporary cultures via various tools (such as data representation, digital archives, data mining, information visualization, data-driven analysis, and user interaction) and exemplary projects, students will be able to come up with relevant text analysis and applied projects to help them adequately study the complex realities of cultural objects in the digital realities.