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In Kathleen Fitzpatrick\u2019s \u201cThe Humanities, Done Digitally,\u201d she jokingly asks whether the digital humanities includes \u201cevery medievalist with a website.\u201d The answer is probably no, but it does raise the question of what sets digital humanities projects apart from websites or even from books.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Briefly look at the digital humanities projects below. After getting a general sense of all of them, pick one<\/em> project<\/em> to focus on for this blog post. Answer these three questions about the project<\/strong>:<\/p>\n\n\n\n

  1. In Digital_Humanities<\/em>, Burdick et al. describe over a dozen emerging \u201cmethods and genres\u201d of digital work in the humanities. Which of their methods or genres does this particular DH project seem to belong to? Explain your reasoning. If the project doesn\u2019t seem to fit any of their categories, then make up a new category for it!<\/li>
  2. What does this project do that the same content in another form (for example, in a printed book) does not do? What\u2019s the advantage of its digital form?<\/li>
  3. In Data Feminism<\/em>, Catherine D\u2019Ignazio and Lauren Klein explore how power and oppression intersect with digital representation. While they focus mostly on data science, many of their arguments extend beyond the world of big data. Ideas like privilege hazard, the matrix of domination, asymmetrical data extraction, counterdata, data justice (as opposed to data ethics), and more are relevant to just about any work in the digital humanities. Pick a key idea from either chapter 1 or chapter 2 of Data Feminism <\/em>and apply it to the digital project you\u2019re looking at. Maybe the DH project illustrates the kind of failing that D\u2019Ignazio and Klein critique. Maybe the DH project is an antidote<\/em> to some of the problems they critique. Maybe it\u2019s both at the same time! In any case, take some time to provide context to the idea from Data Feminism<\/em> and walk us through your argument.<\/li><\/ol>\n\n\n\n
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    Digital Projects to Consider<\/strong>:<\/p>\n\n\n\n