Syllabus

 I. INTRODUCING THE DIGITAL HUMANITIES 

1. Beyond the “two cultures”
1.1. A very brief history of knowledge 
1.2. Understanding the separation 
1.3. Commonalities
1.4.1. DH Lab 1: Sourcework
1.4.2. DH Lab 2: Managing bibliography

2. Going digital
2.1. The computational era
2.2. (De)centralized networks
2.3. Data processing
2.4. Rediscovering the commons
2.5.1. DH Lab 3: The blogosphere and social networking
2.5.2. DH Lab 4: Data mining

3. Peer production
3.1. Real and imagined communities
3.2. The hacker ethic
3.3. Free and open knowledge
3.4. The maker culture
3.5. Commons-based peer production
3.6.1. DH Lab 5: Peer review
3.6.2. DH Lab 6: Wikipedia workshop

4. The digital humanities
4.1. New forms of inquiry
4.2. Innovation and knowledge production
4.3. Thinking like a researcher
4.4.1. DH Lab 7: Forums and debates
4.4.2. DH Lab 8: Defining our project

II. EXPLORING THE (DIGITAL) HUMANITIES

5. The human condition
5.1. Behaviour
5.2. Thinking, learning and intelligence
5.3. Cognitive abilities
5.4. Personality, identity and alterity
5.5.1. DH Lab 9: Surveys and interviews
5.5.2. DH Lab 10: Psychological experiment

6. The social ecosystem
6.1. Society
6.2. Culture
6.3. Conflict and social change
6.4. Globalization
6.5.1. DH Lab 11: Statistics
6.5.2. DH Lab 12: Geographic Information Systems

7. The study of the past
7.1. Historical evidence
7.2. Causal reasoning
7.3. Chronology
7.4. Interpretations
7.5.1. DH Lab 13: Archaeological work
7.5.2. DH Lab 14: Timeline creation

8. A critical look
8.1. Visual arts
8.2. Performing arts
8.3. Museumization
8.4.1. DH Lab 15: Film reviewing
8.4.2. DH Lab 16: Augmented reality