Humanities 100: The Humanities Now! is a project-based course in the humanities that introduces students to the world of digital humanities through use of selected digital tools and methods of analysis. Open to first years and sophomores only.
Our Subject
In this class, you will become digital pioneers: you will learn ways to present archival documents to the world. Using the latest digital technologies, you will identify central issues of humanistic interpretation and will make critical decisions about how to analyze and present autobiographical writings from the Moravian Lives project. You will learn how digital modes of engagement shed new light upon humanistic problems of critical analysis and interpretation.
Method of Instruction and Evaluation
Through a project-based approach, students will engage in the research process typical for a humanities scholar: namely, the discovery of artifacts, the formulation of research questions, followed by the analysis and synthesis of findings culminating in the publication of initial findings in a digital medium. Class time will be divided between discussion of critical issues, group projects, sharing of findings, and the creation of an ongoing collaborative writing environment that will allow students to develop, reflect upon and share/publish research in-parallel with their work.
Instructional Materials and Sources
Students will work with primary archival materials and digital modes of inquiry and analysis. Extensive use will be made of online environments and platforms that emphasize important forms of digital engagement, including collaborative online writing environments, close and distant reading platforms, temporal and spatial and network visualization platforms, and an artefact curation framework.
Bucknell University Honor Code
As a student and citizen of the Bucknell University community:
- I will not lie, cheat, or steal in my academic endeavors.
- I will forthrightly oppose each and every instance of academic dishonesty.
- I will let my conscience guide my decision to communicate directly with any person or persons I believe to have been dishonest in academic work.
- I will let my conscience guide my decision on reporting breaches of academic integrity to the appropriate faculty or deans.
