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INTRODUCTION TO DIGITAL HUMANITIES Single discipline educational activity
Course Sheet Academic Year of enrolment:
Professor and Collaborators:
Hours of classroom activity:
Prerequisites:
Basic IT skills. No previous courses or exams are required.
Objectives Contents The course will provide a theoretical reference framework on the topics of digital humanities. Based on the historical and conceptual link between computer science and the humanities, digital resources and methodologies for work and research in several fields and of different types will be presented, to foster discussion on their issues and perspectives.
Extended Syllabus 1. Computer Science for the Humanities or Digital Humanities? Introduction to the course
Recommended Bibliography - F. Ciotti – G. Roncaglia, Il mondo digitale, Roma-Bari, Laterza, 2006, only the following parts (including the boxes, unless differently advised): introduzione; capp. I (excluding the boxes at pp. 41-44); II; III; IV (excluding the box at pp. 106-107) up to p. 109 (‘Telecomunicazioni e computer’ included); V: only pp. 137-153 and 159-170; VI: only pp. 181-191 (up to ‘Dal reale al virtuale e ritorno’ to be excluded); VII; VIII: pp. 279-285, 288-298; IX: 321-325; X: 364-369, 373-386;
- F. Tomasi, Metodologie informatiche e discipline umanistiche, Roma, Carocci, 2008.
Additional, not mandatory reading suggestions will be provided during the course.
Other texts for the exam can be agreed upon on other on the basis of specific interests.
Teaching Methods Lectures with the aid of computer and multimedia/internet resources. Some lectures will have a hands-on approach; there will also be an off-site visit for a more in-depth field study of the course content, and external speakers may be invited for specific classes and seminars.
Evaluation methods Verification of learning:
Contacts/More Information Further information might be provided both in the class and through the FAD Moodle platform; students are therefore invited to subscribe to the course channel.
