The first time I introduced students to distant reading methods, I provided them with Franco Moretti’s “Conjectures on World Literature” and “Slaughterhouse of Literature,” two key essays that explain his purpose. For the most curious students with some English courses behind them, these essays are a revelation. But for many students I found that the […]
Month: April 2018
Reading, Writing, and Digital Culture: Spring Term 2018
It’s already Week 4 of my second time offering a DH@CC course: “Reading, Writing, and Digital Culture.” It took 2 years to get the name changed in the catalog from “Introduction to Digital Humanities,” which no one on my campus understood! The very first things students do in my class is to create a course-dedicated […]