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Digital Humanities

Mark LocklearWeb/Systems AdministratorAdjunct [email protected]

@marklocklear

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Roadmap

● Define Digital Humanities● Text Encoding Initiative (TEI)● Markup Languages● GIS (Geographical Information Systems)● Data Visualization● Tools for Digital Humanities● Questions

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The study of human culture: Art, Literature, History, Philosophy, Music, Social Sciences,

etc.

What are the Humanities?

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What is Digital Humanities

● The digital humanities is an area of research, teaching, and creation concerned with the intersection of computing and the disciplines of the humanities.

● Using technology to do the work of the humanities.

● http://docsouth.unc.edu/gtts/

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● An XML-based schema for marking up texts

● Work began in 1987 with consortium formed in 2000

● Currently in 5th major revision● Formally endorsed by MLA & NEH

Text Encoding Initiative (TEI)

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● Facilitate scholars’ access to textual data● Make preservation easier by using an

open, flexible, well-documented standard● Supply a common format for

representing knowledge about texts● Overcome platform dependence and

obsolescence

The problems TEI addresses

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Information about atext that existsalongside that text but is distinct from the text itself.

Markup (Language)

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“Old School” Markup

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“A (document) markuplanguage is a modern

system for annotating the presentation and formatting of text that is separate from the

text itself.”

Defining Modern Markup

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HTML Markup

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• Separates document structure from document display

• Asserts something about the nature of each part of the document, i.e., it labels

components

• No display or processing instructions, generally speaking

Semantic Markup

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XML Markup

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(HTML display tags vs. semantic tags)

<FONT> <person>

<COLOR> <location>

<SIZE> <lastName>

<B> <I> <U> <flightNumber>

Display vs. Structure

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● Allows for plotting of data points on a map● Allows you see patterns you may not

otherwise recognize● Tools are ARCGIS, Google Maps and

openGIS

Geographical Information Systems (GIS)

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● Altas of Early Printing○ http://atlas.lib.uiowa.edu/

● Beyond Steel: Industry and Society in 19th and 20th century LeHigh County, Pennsylvania○ http://gisweb.cc.lehigh.

edu/BeyondSteel/● Caribbean Cholera Map

○ http://caribbeancholera.org

GIS Examples

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A linear representation of data; events, pictures, video, ect.

● http://www.timetoast.com/● http://timeglider.com/● http://www.tiki-toki.com/● http://timeline.verite.co/ (jquery)

Timelines

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● TEI● GIS● Omeka (LAMP)● Wordpress/DH● Custom

Other DH Tools

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Data Visualization

Visual representation of information that has been abstracted in some schematic form.

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● Identify your data set○ How large/small is the data set○ What is the format○ What is the complexity

● Analysis of data○ Does the data need to be aggregated○ If so, what tools will we use to process

it● Visualize it

○ Identify what works for your dataset○ It’s a process; wash-rinse-repeat

Process of Data Visualization

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What can DH do for you?

Academics○ View data in new and interesting ways○ Get your data online (accessible to the public)○ Motivate students of different learning styles

Technologists○ Use your skills to solve interesting problems○ Collaborate outside of technology○ Use data in interesting ways

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