Category: Weekly readings
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Risks and rewards: reflections on readings from week 3
Two things surprised me from this week’s readings: The first comes from “The History of Humanities Computing” by Susan Hockey and the second from “Complicating a ‘Great Man’ Narrative of Digital History in the United States” by Sharon Leon. I never imagined the origins of humanities computing to arise from an Italian Jesuit priest in…
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Questions, sources, and audience: reflections on readings from week 2
Three concepts rose to the surface from the assigned readings and class conversation: the topic of questions, the selection of sources, and the purpose of audience. Trevor Owen’s article emphasized the flexibility of order regarding questions. He pointed out that scholars can begin with an archive and allow the questions to arise from spending time…