The Internet is ever-expanding and also ever-modifying, and so too is humankind. Where twenty years ago we were significantly less reliant upon modern technology to get by, more and more, just about all professions require some kind of involvement with… Continue Reading
To Code or Not to Code… I am all for humanities students learning how to code. In fact, I am all for all students learning how to code, regardless of their major or disciplinary focus. I used to think that… Continue Reading
I want to begin by saying that the debate in question here is whether or not students who pursue a career in the humanities should be required to learn to code. I am in favor of humanities students learning how… Continue Reading
For this project, I checked out the Virtual Angkor project, created by Monash University’s SensiLab. This project allows students and viewers alike to travel back in time to the sprawling city at the height of the Khmer empire. Viewers can… Continue Reading
With recipes and ingredients, food is no stranger to being constantly googled. “The Rhythm of Food” aims to look at and explore these googled food trends and patterns. Sources The data comes from Google Trends, and in particular, the Google… Continue Reading
The Virtual Angkor project is a virtual rendering of the ancient Khmer city of Ankor created by Monash University’s SensiLab collaborating with archaeologists, historians and virtual history specialists from around the globe. Intended to be an educational tool for history… Continue Reading
Introduction: Robots Reading Vogue is a website that data-mined thousands of Vogue magazines, allowing users to interact with the data and learn about different topics. Yale’s new Librarian for Digital Humanities Research, Peter Leonard, wanted to use a dataset that… Continue Reading
Mappa Mundi is a project that is run by Hereford Cathedral. The project is open to anyone with a laptop and internet access, and it presents a digital representation of the famous Mappa Mundi in such cathedral. The project allows… Continue Reading
About the Project The Rhythm of Food is a collaborative project between Google News Lab and Truth & Beauty. Google search patterns – organized and statistically processed through weekly Google Trends – were collected over 15 years were used to… Continue Reading
