Wednesday, August 28: What is Digital History?

Due Today:

• Watch the following Hypothesis video on the brief history of the web and how your hypothesis assignment fits in.

• Watch sections of Miriam Posner's video (below) "How did they make that":
  • Focus on: 0:00--6:07
  • Watch discussion about Negro Travelers' Green Book digital project: 6:08-8:49
  • Optional: Can watch at least one of the remaining projects that Posner discusses with other digital humanists
    
    
   

Resources

• What is Digital Humanities generator

• DH Glossary

• "How did they make that?" (original blog post)
  
  
• Class slides: https://slides.com/jdauteri/what-is-digital-humanities

Assignment: More detailed information in #assignments channel on Slack.

• Blog post #1– Two parts, due by noon Wednesday, September 4.