Digital Humanities Pedagogy: Practices, Principles And Politics
by Brett D. Hirsch /
2012 / English / PDF
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Academic institutions are starting to recognize the growing public
interest in digital humanities research, and there is an increasing
demand from students for formal training in its methods. Despite
the pressure on practitioners to develop innovative courses,
scholarship in this area has tended to focus on research methods,
theories and results rather than critical pedagogy and the actual
practice of teaching. The essays in this collection offer a timely
intervention in digital humanities scholarship, bringing together
established and emerging scholars from a variety of humanities
disciplines across the world. The first section offers views on the
practical realities of teaching digital humanities at undergraduate
and graduate levels, presenting case studies and snapshots of the
authors' experiences alongside models for future courses and
reflections on pedagogical successes and failures. The next section
proposes strategies for teaching foundational digital humanities
methods across a variety of scholarly disciplines, and the book
concludes with wider debates about the place of digital humanities
in the academy, from the field's cultural assumptions and social
obligations to its political visions. Digital Humanities Pedagogy
broadens the ways in which both scholars and practitioners can
think about this emerging discipline, ensuring its ongoing
development, vitality and long-term sustainability.
Academic institutions are starting to recognize the growing public
interest in digital humanities research, and there is an increasing
demand from students for formal training in its methods. Despite
the pressure on practitioners to develop innovative courses,
scholarship in this area has tended to focus on research methods,
theories and results rather than critical pedagogy and the actual
practice of teaching. The essays in this collection offer a timely
intervention in digital humanities scholarship, bringing together
established and emerging scholars from a variety of humanities
disciplines across the world. The first section offers views on the
practical realities of teaching digital humanities at undergraduate
and graduate levels, presenting case studies and snapshots of the
authors' experiences alongside models for future courses and
reflections on pedagogical successes and failures. The next section
proposes strategies for teaching foundational digital humanities
methods across a variety of scholarly disciplines, and the book
concludes with wider debates about the place of digital humanities
in the academy, from the field's cultural assumptions and social
obligations to its political visions. Digital Humanities Pedagogy
broadens the ways in which both scholars and practitioners can
think about this emerging discipline, ensuring its ongoing
development, vitality and long-term sustainability.