In this talk session I’d like to discuss what is digital humanities (DH) and what are some of the implications of DH for the way we approach the study and practice of the humanities. I come from a background as a former literature professor who is now an academic librarian, so I can draw upon my experience in these different positions to address some of the theoretical and methodological dimensions of DH such as distant reading and the use of computational stylistics, GIS/location analysis, and other data visualizations. From there I’d like to discuss some of the variety of DH projects, including digital history projects, to serve as an overview of how digital technology has opened up new possibilities for humanistic inquiry. With that, I briefly want to discuss how DH has opened up new alternative academic/#altac career paths and avenues for collaboration, and how DH has affected the promotion and tenure process (particularly in fields such as literature, history, and academic libraries).
I’m an enthusiastic second for all you’ve brought together here! Thanks for posting! One possibility to consider, perhaps — separating out some of the different chunks and use those smaller bits as session suggestions? These certainly all flow one from each other to the next and make sense together, but all of them as a bunch might be too unwieldy to get a smallish herd of people’s arms around in a satisfying way. Just a thought. See you soon!