Taught at The University of Pennsylvania’s Dream Lab: A Digital Humanities Training Institute
DAY 1 – Understanding Digital Humanities and Gathering Humanities Data
Facilitated by Kayla Abner
| 11:30-12:00pm | Humanities data and data literacy • Facilitated by Kayla Abner |
| 10:00-10:30am | Introductions to each other and this course.10:30-11:30am Intro to DH and methodologies (survey of tools) • Activity: examining a few DH projects |
| 11:30-12:00pm | Humanities data and data literacy |
| 12:00-1:30pm | LUNCH! |
| 1:30-3:00pm | Gathering Data, documentation, data management • Activity: documenting data collection • Activity: Web scraping with xpath |
| 3:00-3:15pm | |
| 3:15-4:00pm | Activity: Find and evaluate a data source for a research topic/your final Dream Lab project |
| 4-5:00pm | Start on final project. Thinking about what data you need to gather. |
| 5:15pm | Dream Lab Keynote |
DAY 2 – Building, Sharing
Facilitated by Kayla Abner
| 9:00-10:15am | In-depth with text mining and data visualization • Activity: hands-on with Voyant for text mining |
| 10:15-10:30am | Break |
| 10:30-10:45am | Finishing data visualization • Activity: hands-on Palladio for network visualization |
| 10:45-12:00pm | In-depth with digital exhibits, digital storytelling, and websites • Activity: hands-on with TimelineJS for digital storytelling |
| 12:00-1:30pm | LUNCH! |
| 1:30-2:00pm | In-depth with GIS / digital mapping • Activity: hands-on with Palladio for mapping |
| 2:00-2:30pm |
Free play time with a tool of your choice |
| 2:00-2:30pm | Sharing DH work, building an online presence, and building a community of DH practitioners |
| 3:00-3:15pm | BREAK |
| 3:15-3:45pm | Activity: finding fellow scholars in your field on social media OR wireframing out a personal website |
| 3:45ish -5:00pm | Work on final project. Thinking about how you’ll share your work. |
DAY 3 – Digital Publishing • The Humanity in Digital Humanities • Preservation, Maintenance & Sustainability
Facilitated by Lauren Cooper
| 9:00-10:15am | Digital Publishing: Platforms, Hosting |
| 10:15-10:30am | Break |
| 10:30-11:00am | Digital Publishing: Accessibility, Usability, and Findability |
| 11:00-11:30am | Activity: Google Analytics |
| 11:30-12:00pm | Ensuring the Humanity in Digital Humanities |
| 12:00-1:30pm | LUNCH! |
| 1:30-2:00pm | Maintenance and Caretaking • Preservation: Methods and Tools |
| 2:00-2:45pm | Activity: The Socio-Technical Sustainability Roadmap |
| 2:45-3:00pm | Activity: Read “Silicon Valley siphons our data like oil. But the deepest drilling has just begun” |
| 3:00-3:15pm | BREAK |
| 3:15pm | Wrap up |
| 4:00-5:00pm | Work on final project |
DAY 4 – Project Management and Funding & Grants
Facilitated by Lauren Cooper
| 9:00-10:00am | Project Management |
| 10:00-10:15am | Activity: Samples of Project Planning |
| 10:15-10:30am | BREAK |
| 10:30-10:50am | Activity, cont. |
| 10:50-11:20am | Funding and Grants Demystified |
| 11:20-12:00pm | Activity: Read & Share a Grant Requirements Document • Activity: Read & Share a Grant Proposal |
| 12:00-1:00pm | LUNCH! |
| 1:30-3:00pm | Wrap Up & Close Out • Class survey, circle back to topics, work on final project |
| 3:00-3:15pm | BREAK |
| 3:30-5:00pm | DH Showcase Hour! Dream Lab DH Showcase, Class of 1978 Pavilion, 6th Floor, Van Pelt Library |
