BY030002 An Introduction to Digital Humanities

Hiroshima University Syllabus

Japanese

Academic Year 2024Year School/Graduate School School of Letters

Lecture Code BY030002 Subject Classification Specialized Education

Subject Name 人文情報学入門

Subject Name
（Katakana）ジンブンジョウホウガクニュウモン

Subject Name in
English An Introduction to Digital Humanities

Instructor To be announced.

Instructor
(Katakana) タントウキョウインミテイ

Campus Higashi-Hiroshima Semester/Term 2nd-Year, Second Semester, Second Semester

Days, Periods, and Classrooms (2nd) Inte：See the bulletin board for detail.

Lesson Style Lecture/Seminar Lesson Style
(More Details) 　

Lectures, seminar, discussion

Credits 2.0 Class Hours/Week 　 Language of Instruction B : Japanese／English

Course Level 1 : Undergraduate Introductory

Course Area（Area） 23 : Arts and Humanities

Course Area（Discipline） 08 : History of Science and Technology

Eligible Students

Keywords Humanities, Digital humanities, Text analysis, Text encording

Special Subject for Teacher Education 　 Special Subject 　

Class Status
within Educational
Program
(Applicable only to targeted subjects for undergraduate students)
Criterion referenced
Evaluation
(Applicable only to targeted subjects for undergraduate students)

Class Objectives
/Class Outline While Research in Humanities had depended on paper media since long time ago, it has been gradually changing due to emergence of digital media. This class will focus on the characteristics of what will be changed, will not be changed, and should not be changed, discussing the current situation of digital humanities in Japan and foreign countries. Students will learn the basics of digital humanities and some skills for digital scholarship in the humanities.

Class Schedule 1. Introduction
2. History of digital humanities / humanities computing
3. Nature of digital texts
4. Text Encoding
5. TEI Guidelines
6. Processing encoded texts
7. Text mining
8. Bibliography and metadata
9. Authority data and URI
10. Intellectual property, copyleft, and CC.
11. Web collaboration
12. Data criticism
13. Multimedia (1)
14. Multimedia (2)
15. Summary

Students must submit a report after the class.

Text/Reference
Books,etc. 教科書としては以下のものを指定する。
永崎研宣『日本の文化をデジタル世界に伝える』樹村房, 2019.

参考書としては以下のものを挙げる。
後藤真・橋本雄太『歴史情報学の教科書』 https://bungaku-report.com/blog/cat43/
下田正弘・永崎研宣『デジタル学術情報の作り方』 https://bungaku-report.com/sat.html
Schreibman, Susan, ほか. A New Companion to Digital Humanities. 第2版, Wiley-Blackwell, 2016年.

PC or AV used in
Class,etc. 　

(More Details)

Learning techniques to be incorporated 　

Suggestions on
Preparation and
Review To be suggested in the first class.

Requirements

Grading Method The completeness of the post-class reports and the final essay.

Practical Experience

Summary of Practical Experience and Class Contents based on it

Message

Other

Please fill in the class improvement questionnaire which is carried out on all classes.
Instructors will reflect on your feedback and utilize the information for improving their teaching.

Academic Year	2024Year	School/Graduate School	School of Letters
Lecture Code	BY030002	Subject Classification	Specialized Education
Subject Name	人文情報学入門
Subject Name （Katakana）	ジンブンジョウホウガクニュウモン
Subject Name in English	An Introduction to Digital Humanities
Instructor	To be announced.
Instructor (Katakana)	タントウキョウインミテイ
Campus	Higashi-Hiroshima	Semester/Term	2nd-Year, Second Semester, Second Semester
Days, Periods, and Classrooms	(2nd) Inte：See the bulletin board for detail.
Lesson Style	Lecture/Seminar	Lesson Style (More Details)
Lectures, seminar, discussion
Credits	2.0	Class Hours/Week		Language of Instruction	B : Japanese／English
Course Level	1 : Undergraduate Introductory
Course Area（Area）	23 : Arts and Humanities
Course Area（Discipline）	08 : History of Science and Technology
Eligible Students
Keywords	Humanities, Digital humanities, Text analysis, Text encording
Special Subject for Teacher Education		Special Subject
Class Status within Educational Program (Applicable only to targeted subjects for undergraduate students)
Criterion referenced Evaluation (Applicable only to targeted subjects for undergraduate students)
Class Objectives /Class Outline	While Research in Humanities had depended on paper media since long time ago, it has been gradually changing due to emergence of digital media. This class will focus on the characteristics of what will be changed, will not be changed, and should not be changed, discussing the current situation of digital humanities in Japan and foreign countries. Students will learn the basics of digital humanities and some skills for digital scholarship in the humanities.
Class Schedule	1. Introduction 2. History of digital humanities / humanities computing 3. Nature of digital texts 4. Text Encoding 5. TEI Guidelines 6. Processing encoded texts 7. Text mining 8. Bibliography and metadata 9. Authority data and URI 10. Intellectual property, copyleft, and CC. 11. Web collaboration 12. Data criticism 13. Multimedia (1) 14. Multimedia (2) 15. Summary Students must submit a report after the class.
Text/Reference Books,etc.	教科書としては以下のものを指定する。永崎研宣『日本の文化をデジタル世界に伝える』樹村房, 2019. 参考書としては以下のものを挙げる。後藤真・橋本雄太『歴史情報学の教科書』 https://bungaku-report.com/blog/cat43/ 下田正弘・永崎研宣『デジタル学術情報の作り方』 https://bungaku-report.com/sat.html Schreibman, Susan, ほか. A New Companion to Digital Humanities. 第2版, Wiley-Blackwell, 2016年.
PC or AV used in Class,etc.
(More Details)
Learning techniques to be incorporated
Suggestions on Preparation and Review	To be suggested in the first class.
Requirements
Grading Method	The completeness of the post-class reports and the final essay.
Practical Experience
Summary of Practical Experience and Class Contents based on it
Message
Other
Please fill in the class improvement questionnaire which is carried out on all classes. Instructors will reflect on your feedback and utilize the information for improving their teaching.

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