Week 1

Tuesday, August 21

• Introduction, Expectations, Assignments, Grade distribution.
• For Thursday, read through some of the definitions of DH at the What is DH site?   website.  What are the three recurrent topics in definitions of DH?
• Read over Digital Humanities

Thursday, August 23

• What do DH projects look like?
• Showcase Student work in DH
• Word Press set up–bring your computer to class!
• Sign up for the course Slack channel (project communication system)
• Write a short post about your findings in “What is DH?”

Weekend reading assignment: Whitley, Edward. “Visualizing the Archive.” The American Literature Scholar in the Digital Age. Amy E. Earhart and Andrew Jewell, eds. U Michigan Press. Ann Arbor, MI.2011. 185-205.
http://www.students.bucknell.edu/projects/HUMN10001/Whitley.pdf

Whitley Reading questions

Week 2:

Tuesday, August 28

• Trial post on the website
  • Choose two of the sample DH projects on this site.  Given the six categories of DH approaches we have outlined (e.g. textual analysis, visualization, preservation and archiving, digital edition, audio analysis, crowdsourcing) what is the primary DH focus of each project?  Is there a secondary approach addressed in the project?  How does method fit with the scholarly subject matter? In what way does the medium of the subject matter determine the choice of mode of digital representation?
  • Your post should be 300-350 words and should include 2 visual components. Post in category “Practice”
• For Thursday, read Faull chapter on Moravian memoirs.  Familiarize yourselves with Moravian Lives website

Thursday, August 30

• Introduction to Moravian Lives:  guest lecturer, Dr Diane Jakacki, Moravian Lives Project Manager
• Explore the transcription desk; sign up for an account.
• Metadata spreadsheet
• Blog #1 “On Material and Digital Archives” by 11pm, Sunday

Week 3:

Tuesday, September 4

• Assignment of manuscript materials for the digital edition.  Each student should transcribe 5-7 pages of manuscript.  The longer memoirs will be transcribed by groups. Bethlehem memoirs (1 group of 4); Grundy (1 group of 4), Latrobe (1 group of 6); Willey (1 group of 3); Tippet (1 group of 3); Lees (1 group of 2); Weicht (1 group of 1).
• Metadata spreadsheet
• Transcription guidelines
• How to Read 18^th Century British-American Writing – This site offers some tips on reading handwritten documents, and examples of a few commonly used hands (styles) of handwriting from the 18th century.
• Useful Tips for Reading Old Handwriting – some more guidance on reading and deciphering handwritten documents.

Thursday, September 6

• Transcription and mark up

Tuesday, September 11

• Transcription and mark up.  Reports on documents.

Transcription assignment due Thursday, Sept 13, 9 am.