BY030002 An Introduction to Digital Humanities

Hiroshima University Syllabus

Japanese

Academic Year 2025Year 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 TSUKAGOSHI YUZUKI

Instructor
(Katakana) ツカゴシ　ユズキ

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

Days, Periods, and Classrooms (O2) Inte：Online

Lesson Style Lecture/Seminar Lesson Style
(More Details) Online (simultaneous interactive)

Lectures

Credits 2.0 Class Hours/Week 　 Language of Instruction J : Japanese

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. Digital Archive
10. Intellectual property, copyleft, and CC.
11. Web collaboration
12. Multimedia
13. AI
14. Data criticism
15. Summary

Students must submit a report after the class.

Text/Reference
Books,etc. 参考書
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.
石田友梨／大向一輝／小風綾乃／永崎研宣／宮川　創／渡邉要一郞（編）『人文学のためのテキストデータ構築入門　TEIガイドラインに準拠した取り組みにむけて』

PC or AV used in
Class,etc. Handouts, Microsoft Teams

(More Details)

Learning techniques to be incorporated Post-class Report

Suggestions on
Preparation and
Review Research your majoring area in the humanities that interests you and be prepared to explain it briefly.
Investigate how digital technology is being utilized in research and university education within the above field, gathering examples as much as possible. (Examples from abroad are also acceptable.)

Requirements

Grading Method Report.

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	2025Year	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	TSUKAGOSHI YUZUKI
Instructor (Katakana)	ツカゴシ　ユズキ
Campus	Higashi-Hiroshima	Semester/Term	2nd-Year, Second Semester, OutOfTerm(2nd)
Days, Periods, and Classrooms	(O2) Inte：Online
Lesson Style	Lecture/Seminar	Lesson Style (More Details)	Online (simultaneous interactive)
Lectures
Credits	2.0	Class Hours/Week		Language of Instruction	J : Japanese
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. Digital Archive 10. Intellectual property, copyleft, and CC. 11. Web collaboration 12. Multimedia 13. AI 14. Data criticism 15. Summary Students must submit a report after the class.
Text/Reference Books,etc.	参考書後藤真・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. 石田友梨／大向一輝／小風綾乃／永崎研宣／宮川　創／渡邉要一郞（編）『人文学のためのテキストデータ構築入門　TEIガイドラインに準拠した取り組みにむけて』
PC or AV used in Class,etc.	Handouts, Microsoft Teams
(More Details)
Learning techniques to be incorporated	Post-class Report
Suggestions on Preparation and Review	Research your majoring area in the humanities that interests you and be prepared to explain it briefly. Investigate how digital technology is being utilized in research and university education within the above field, gathering examples as much as possible. (Examples from abroad are also acceptable.)
Requirements
Grading Method	Report.
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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