Lecturer(s)
|
|
Course content
|
Digital turn in academic environment User and research usage of computers in academic environment Digital production in academic environment History of digital humanities Data and databases Network analysis Social simulation Natural Language Processing: Data cleaning Natural Language Processing: Analysis Methods of text visualisation Methods of work with spatial data Methods of work with images
|
Learning activities and teaching methods
|
- Contact hours
- 52 hours per semester
- Undergraduate study programme term essay (20-40)
- 40 hours per semester
- Preparation for an examination (30-60)
- 38 hours per semester
|
prerequisite |
---|
Knowledge |
---|
to introduce basic types of computer applications |
to describe common functions of the most widespread computer applications |
Skills |
---|
to use personal computer for the purposes of information retrieval and study on the internet |
to use personal computer, tablet or smart phone for reading academic texts |
Competences |
---|
N/A |
learning outcomes |
---|
Knowledge |
---|
to introduce main implications of the digital revolution for the humanities |
to characterize the most widespread types of research in the digital humanities |
to introduce common methods used in the digital humanities |
Skills |
---|
to use selected computer tools from the area of digital humanities |
to design a database structure suitable for chosen humanities data |
to analyse data while using chosen computer tool from the area of digital humanities |
Competences |
---|
N/A |
N/A |
teaching methods |
---|
Knowledge |
---|
Lecture supplemented with a discussion |
Self-study of literature |
Skills |
---|
Practicum |
Task-based study method |
Skills demonstration |
Individual study |
Competences |
---|
Practicum |
Task-based study method |
Skills demonstration |
Individual study |
assessment methods |
---|
Knowledge |
---|
Combined exam |
Skills |
---|
Combined exam |
Project |
Skills demonstration during practicum |
Competences |
---|
Skills demonstration during practicum |
Project |
Recommended literature
|
-
Burdick, Anne et al. Digital_Humanities. Cambridge, Mass. - London. ISBN 026252886X.
-
Cao, Nan, and Weiwei Cu. Introduction to Text Vizualization. 2016. ISBN 9462391858.
-
Gardiner, Eileen, and Ronald G. Musto. The Digital Humanities: A Primer for Students and Scholars. New York, 2015. ISBN 1107601029.
-
Moretti, Franco. Distant Reading. London - New York, 2013. ISBN 1781680841.
-
Schreibman, Susan, Ray Siemens, and John Unsworth, eds. A New Companion to Digital Humanities. Malden, 2016. ISBN 1118680642.
|