ways to get digital
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getting into the digital humanities at the FSU Digital StudioTRANSCRIPT
Digital Humani,es and the Digital Studio
Stephen J McElroy Florida State University
What is the Digital Humani,es?
• h?p://digitalhumani,es.org/answers/topic/what-‐is-‐digital-‐humani,es
• Kathleen Fitzpatrick: “a nexus of fields within which scholars use compu,ng technologies to inves,gate the kinds of ques,ons that are tradi,onal to the humani,es, or, as is more true of my own work, who ask tradi,onal kinds of humani,es-‐oriented ques,ons about compu,ng technologies”
What is the Digital Studio?
• h?p://prezi.com/qjblznzlioqc/what-‐is-‐the-‐digital-‐studio/
• “a learning facility where both students and faculty can work on and receive tutoring assistance in composing digital and mul,media assignments and/or projects”
Four Ways to Get Digital (Studio’d)
• Composing • Research/Learning • Pedagogy • Building/Networking
Composing
• Mul,modal accompaniment/support – Charts/tables/figures/etc.
• Remedia,ng (print/screen/web) – Publishing for different audiences in different spaces
• Blogging/ePor\olios/Social Networking – Hub of professionalism
Research/Learning
• U,lize electronic/digital resources – E.g. Library Databases, electronic archives
• Discover new tools/pla\orms – Following latest trends
• Learn to use new tools/pla\orms – In support of current work – To do new work
• Pay a?en,on
Pedagogy
• Use the DS tutors – Traveling Tutor program – Talk about new approaches
• Use the Studio space – Bring your class to the Studio
• Re-‐imagine assignments – Genres – Pla\orms – Open-‐endedness
• Re-‐imagine courses • Become a DS tutor
Building/Networking
• Work collabora,vely – With fellow grad students – With faculty – With department staff – Have collabora,ve space
• Connect with scholars in the field* – Social networking, online journals, etc.
• Put tools/skills to work in crea,ve ways – For yourself and for your team
h?p://wr.english.fsu.edu/Digital-‐Studio/About-‐Us