When I began my wonderful entanglement with The Studio in 2018, I did not know what would result. I wanted to learn new digital methods, theorize about digital work in contemporary higher education, and become a bit more sophisticated when it came to doing work that would reach out beyond academic journals. As I mentionedContinue reading “PDH Capstone: Following the Threads”
Category Archives: PDH Certificate
Returning to the Studio: A Timely Remix
It feels great to be “back.” In the summer of 2020, at the height of the COVID-19 pandemic, I had the privilege to serve as a Summer Fellow in the Digital Scholarship & Publishing Studio. The experience was unprecedented. Not only was it fully remote, but the fellowship represented my first time having the spaceContinue reading “Returning to the Studio: A Timely Remix”
Climbing a Ladder to Map a Book Culture
One of my favorite devotional icons is known as the Ladder of Virtue. In Orthodox Churches, the image of devotees striving to climb a ladder as saintly onlookers cheer them on from clouds high above and demons attempt to pull them down with pitchforks has long appealed to me as an metaphor for work. IContinue reading “Climbing a Ladder to Map a Book Culture”
Certificate Capstone
As I prepared to start my Public Digital Humanities capstone project, I began to reflect on the work I had done throughout the certificate and saw an opportunity to bring my work full circle. When I started the certificate, I learned technical skills not taught in my history coursework and began to see how theyContinue reading “Certificate Capstone”
Close Reading Distant Reading (and Vice Versa)
Andrew David King Public Digital Humanities Capstone student, Summer 2020 My Public Digital Humanities Certificate capstone project focuses on one prong of a two-pronged, ongoing endeavor in self-education pertaining to the application of DH methods in textual and literary criticism. My academic background is in philosophy, literary studies, and creative writing; having had plenty ofContinue reading “Close Reading Distant Reading (and Vice Versa)”
A SLIS Capstone Experience Part II: The Final Steps of “The Mysterious Film Print-Block Collection” from Galena, IL by Traci Bruns
During the Spring 2020 semester, I researched and examined types of gender bias that could have been used in advertisements to promote and sell tickets Classic Hollywood films from the 1940’s to the 1950’s. For this research, I focused on a collection of film print blocks from Galena, IL, that were deteriorating due to poorContinue reading “A SLIS Capstone Experience Part II: The Final Steps of “The Mysterious Film Print-Block Collection” from Galena, IL by Traci Bruns”
The Interdisciplinary Avenues of Adjusting to the Circumstances
At the end of my Capstone experience and the certificate program I’m looking back at two semesters where I got to experience what it means to be engaged in the Digital Humanities, and even – with the second half of the spring semester being affected by the necessary Covid19 arrangements – what it means toContinue reading “The Interdisciplinary Avenues of Adjusting to the Circumstances”
Doing Digital Work From My One-Bedroom Apartment
The second half of the semester has been difficult for a million different reasons. Many of us are relegated to small apartments or bedrooms, some of us have roommates, and many of us are far from our loved ones, which makes this transition to working from home even tougher. My mother, sister, and brother allContinue reading “Doing Digital Work From My One-Bedroom Apartment”
Reflections on My Capstone Project Amid a Pandemic
For my Digital Humanities Capstone Project in the spring semester 2020, I’m investigating the topic of loneliness in cities. In particular, I’m interested in the question: “How friendly is a city for a lonely person?“ As loneliness spiked in urban areas in the past decade, experts and the media started talking about the loneliness epidemic.Continue reading “Reflections on My Capstone Project Amid a Pandemic”
Digital Diaries: Perfecting the Map and Professionalizing the Website
I first came to the Studio in the summer of 2019. I had taken one graduate seminar where I got to create some of my own digital projects, and I wanted to learn more. After getting to craft my very own mapping project over the summer, I ended up taking two more courses that hadContinue reading “Digital Diaries: Perfecting the Map and Professionalizing the Website”