This syllabus may change as the term progresses, based on our specific needs as a class.
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Jan 17 | Have read half of Frankenstein; have read “Introduction” and “Teaching Graduate Students” from Using Digital Humanities in the Classroom. Have read “Blogging” from Digital Pedagogy in the Humanities: https://digitalpedagogy.mla.hcommons.org/keywords/blogging/
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In-Class: Interacting with our blog. | |
Jan 24 | Have read the remainder of Frankenstein; have read “Overcoming Resistance” and “Finding, Evaluating and Creating Digital Resources” from Using Digital Humanities in the Classroom.
Locating authoritative texts and other resources online. Online resources: |
Blog Post 1: Digital Editions | |
Jan 31 | Introductory exercises with Frankenstein. Read “Designing Classroom Activities” from Using Digital Humanities in the Classroom.
Onnline resources:
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Blog Post 2: Some ideas for engaging Frankenstein with purpose | |
Feb 7 | Graphing Frankenstein. Adding complexity. Have read Mandell, “How to Read a Literary Visualization” (https://www.digitalstudies.org/articles/10.16995/dscn.238/) and Moretti, “Graphs” (from Graphs, Maps, Trees). Have browsed thoroughly through Voyant Tools.
Online resources:
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Blog Post 3: An idea for visualizing (some part of) Frankenstein, with reference to Mandell or Moretti | |
Feb 14 | Mapping Frankenstein. Have read Moretti, “Maps” (from Graphs, Maps, Trees). Have read through Timeline JS website thoroughly. Have watched the video below on creating a map with google my maps, and try your hand at it (note: You need a PERSONAL gmail account for this–MU doesn’t have the feature enabled, so be sure you have your own gmail account.)
Online resources:
In class show/tell: Ben Pauley’s timeline of English studies |
Blog Post 4: An idea for mapping (some part of) Frankenstein, with reference to Moretti
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Feb 21 | Word Processing; have read Matt Kirschenbaum’s overview of the history of word processing at The Paris Review (https://www.theparisreview.org/blog/2016/05/11/this-faithful-machine/) and this NYT review Track Changes (http://www.nytimes.com/2011/12/26/books/a-literary-history-of-word-processing.html).
Online resources:
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Blog Post 5: Word processing use/experimentation self-reflection. What works best/for what purpose in each?
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Feb 28 | Have read “Creating Digital Assignments” and “Evaluating Student Work” from Using Digital Humanities in the Classroom. Have browsed through texts and journals below; have read one essay (or a small collection of brief essays) of your choice, and present informally on it today. See handout for full details.
Online resources for literature/theory:
Online resources for composition/pedagogy:
In class: Discuss final project proposal. |
Blog Post 6. Informal Presentation 1. What are the contours and the stakes of a topic in DH? | |
Mar 7 | Tool or Assignment Presentation | Finish your formal presentation. Begin working on your proposal for your final project. | |
Mar 14 | Spring Break. Plan your final project. Prepare your corpus. Submit your proposal to the SRC. | Identify your text/s for final project. Gather your text/s, organize and refine them. Prepare your proposal. By March 20: Submit to the Student Research Conference. | |
Mar 21 | Informal presentation on your project plan. Research. | Blog Post 7: Final project proposal. How and why you prepared your corpus/text/s. Informal presentation 2. | |
Mar 28 | Conference on final project. | ||
Apr 4 | Have read “Connecting to Your Research,” “Ensuring Accessibility,” “Designing Syllabi,” and from Using Digital Humanities in the Classroom. WIP Presentations. | Blog Post 9. Where are you with your project? How might you adapt this for the classroom? What is your “so what”? | |
Apr 11 | Workshopping. Preparing your SRC presentation. | Blog Post 10. Outline + thesis | |
Apr 18 | Workshopping the final project. | Draft of final project due for workshop. Bring enough copies for everyone of the specific section you want us to workshop. Let me know if you need help with copies. | |
Apr 25 | Student Research Conference: https://www.marymount.edu/StudentResearchConference | Present/attend | |
May 2 | Workshopping. Bring hard copies of your draft for everyone. | Blog Post 11. Reflection on the SRC. | |
Conference 2 on revised draft. Bring hard copies for everyone | |||
Final Exam Period | Final Paper/Project Due; Formal presentation 2. | Submit to Canvas AND in hard copy. |