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Please note that the schedule may be changed (with plenty of warning) in order to better meet the course\u2019s aims.<\/p>\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n
Day<\/strong><\/td>\nIn class<\/strong><\/td>\nTo complete BEFORE class<\/strong><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
UNIT 0: INTRODUCTION<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Mon, Aug 21: Introductions<\/td>\nPersonal History Presentations<\/td>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Wed, Aug 23: History?<\/td>\n<\/td>\nArnold, Ch.1, skim Ch.2-3<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Mon, Aug 28: Digital History?<\/td>\nGoogle Drive<\/td>\n1.\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 Create a Google account<\/p>\n

2.\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 Create a Twitter<\/a> account<\/p>\n

3.\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 Complete Skills Survey<\/a><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n

UNIT I: SEARCHING<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Wed, Aug 30: Information Overload<\/td>\nTwitter and WordPress tutorials<\/td>\n1.\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 \u00a0Task 1: Digital History<\/strong><\/p>\n

2.\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 Carr, Nicholas. \u201cIs Google Making Us Stupid?\u201d The Atlantic<\/em>, August 2008.<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n

Mon, Sep 4: LABOR DAY (no class)<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Wed, Sep 6: Digital Archives<\/td>\nSession with Kristen Yarmey, Assoc. Prof. and Digital Services Librarian<\/td>\n1.\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 Trevor Owens, “Digital Sources & Digital Archives: The Evidentiary Basis of Digital History”<\/a> (preprint)<\/p>\n

2.\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 Come to class with 1-2 possible historical questions to answer using the University\u2019s digital collections<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n

Mon, Sep 11<\/p>\n

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NO CLASS: explore digital archives!<\/td>\n\u00a0Task 2: Digital Collections Review<\/strong><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Wed, Sep 13: Primary Sources<\/td>\n<\/td>\n1.\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 Create a Zotero<\/a> account<\/p>\n

2.\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 Arnold, Ch.4<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n

Mon, Sep 18: Non-Digital Archives<\/td>\nLibrary session (meet in WML 400)<\/td>\n\u00a0Task 3: Research Troubleshooting<\/strong> due 9pm Tuesday, Sep. 19<\/p>\n

(Don\u2019t forget to work on Scranton Paper!)<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n

Wed, Sep 20: Secondary & Tertiary Sources<\/td>\nWikipedia, Credo Reference Collection,\u00a0Zotero tutorial<\/td>\nWork on Scranton Paper<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Mon, Sep 25: Reflection<\/td>\nEndangered Data<\/td>\n1.\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 \u00a0Task 4: Wikipedia<\/strong><\/p>\n

2.\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 Putnam, Lara. \u201cThe Transnational and the Text-Searchable: Digitized Sources and the Shadows They Cast.\u201d The American Historical Review<\/em> 121, no. 2 (April 2016): 377\u2013402.<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n

Wed, Sep 27: Presentations<\/td>\n\u00a0Project Presentation 1<\/strong><\/td>\nPractice presentation<\/p>\n

\u00a0Scranton Paper<\/strong> \u00a0due Friday, Sep 29<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n

UNIT II: ANALYZING<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Mon, Oct 2: Historical Interpretation<\/td>\n\u00a0<\/strong><\/td>\nArnold, Ch.5-6<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Wed, Oct 4: Text Mining<\/td>\nGoogle Ngram Viewer<\/a><\/td>\nGuldi, Joanna. \u201cThe History of Walking and the Digital Turn: Stride and Lounge in London, 1808-1851.\u201d The Journal of Modern History<\/em> 84, no. 1 (March 2012): 116\u201344.<\/p>\n

\u00a0Midcourse Reflection <\/strong>\u00a0due Friday, Oct 6<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n

Mon, Oct 9: Enjoy Fall Break!<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Wed, Oct 11: Topic Modeling<\/td>\nMining the Dispatch<\/em><\/a><\/td>\nBrett, Megan R. \u201cTopic Modeling: A Basic Introduction.\u201d Journal of Digital Humanities<\/em>, April 8, 2013<\/a>.<\/p>\n

(Started working on your proposal yet?)<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n

Mon, Oct 16: Metadata<\/td>\n<\/td>\n1.\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 \u00a0Task 5: Text Mining<\/strong><\/p>\n

2.\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 Baker, James. \u201cPreserving Your Research Data.\u201d Programming Historian<\/em>, April 30, 2014.<\/a><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n

Wed, Oct 18: Republic of Letters<\/td>\nMapping the Republic of Letters<\/td>\nCh.4, p.119-159. McNeely, Ian F, and Lisa Wolverton. Reinventing Knowledge: From Alexandria to the Internet<\/em>. New York: Norton, 2009. [in GD Resources folder]<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Mon, Oct 23: Network Visualization<\/td>\nPalladio<\/a> (D\u00fcring, Marten. \u201cFrom Hermeneutics to Data to Networks<\/a>.\u201d Programming Historian<\/em>.)<\/td>\nEdelstein, Dan, et al. \u201cHistorical Research in a Digital Age: Reflections from the Mapping the Republic of Letters Project.\u201d The American Historical Review<\/em> 122, no. 2 (April 1, 2017): 400\u2013424.<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Wed, Oct 25: Clean Data<\/td>\nBreve<\/a>, Geocoding<\/a><\/td>\nCeserani, Giovanna, et al. \u201cBritish Travelers in Eighteenth-Century Italy: The Grand Tour and the Profession of Architecture.\u201d The American Historical Review<\/em> 122, no. 2 (April 1, 2017): 425\u201350.<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Mon, Oct 30: Reflection<\/td>\n<\/td>\n1.\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 \u00a0Task 6: Network Visualization<\/strong><\/p>\n

2.\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 Kelly, Jason M. \u201cReading the Grand Tour at a Distance: Archives and Datasets in Digital History.\u201d The American Historical Review<\/em> 122, no. 2 (April 1, 2017): 451\u201363.<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n

Wed, Nov 1: Proposals<\/td>\n\u00a0Project Presentation 2<\/strong><\/td>\nPractice presentation<\/p>\n

\u00a0Project Proposal <\/strong>\u00a0due Friday, Nov 3<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n

UNIT III: CURATING<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Mon, Nov 6: Why History?<\/td>\n<\/td>\nArnold, Ch.7<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Wed, Nov 8: Public History<\/td>\nClio<\/a>, History Engine<\/a>, Omeka<\/a><\/td>\n\u00a0<\/strong>(Final Project, anyone?)<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Mon, Nov 13: Crowdsourcing History<\/td>\nRoy Rosenzweig, \u201cCan History Be Open Source? Wikipedia and the Future of the Past,\u201d The Journal of American History<\/i> 93, no. 1 (2006): 117\u201346.<\/td>\nTask 7: Audiences<\/strong><\/p>\n

Work on Clio Contribution<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n

Wed, Nov 15<\/td>\n\u00a0Group meetings<\/td>\n\u00a0Clio Contribution <\/strong>\u00a0due Friday, Nov 17<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Mon, Nov 20<\/td>\n<\/td>\nFun times with the Final Project<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Wed, Nov 22: Happy Thanksgiving!<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Mon, Nov 27<\/td>\n<\/td>\nMore Final Project playtime<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Wed, Nov 29: Reflection<\/td>\nOnline Course Evaluation (bring laptop)<\/td>\n\u00a0Task 8: Digital History<\/strong><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Mon, Dec 4: Conclusions<\/td>\n\u00a0Project Presentation 3<\/strong><\/td>\n1. Practice presentation<\/p>\n

2. Supplemental evaluation<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n

Fri, Dec 8: \u00a0Final Project <\/strong>\u00a0due by 9pm<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Please note that the schedule may be changed (with plenty of warning) in order to better meet the course\u2019s aims. Day In class To complete BEFORE class UNIT 0: INTRODUCTION Mon, Aug 21: Introductions Personal History Presentations Wed, Aug 23: History? Arnold, Ch.1, skim Ch.2-3 Mon, Aug 28: Digital History? Google Drive 1.\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 Create a … <\/p>\n

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