when we create a digitized population of texts, our modes of address become more and more abstract:
We have done wonders in becoming more direct, abbreviated and to the point but at the same time, have perhaps lost the essence of language, literature and words.
DH practitioners are not trying tounderstand the nature of language, but rather using language data to understand otherhumanities and social sciences questions around,
This is the essence of DH. Using technology and traditional literary studies to understand the changing society.
“close reading” in the humanities: for Moretti, close reading is a kind ofopen-ended, exploratory “listening
This is very interesting. How can “reading” and “listening” be the same thing? Could this be because we are listening to the interpretations or the arrangement made by the computer instead of us having to read it and process it in our head? Curious.
“distant reading.” Distant reading hasbecome an essential term in DH, a shorthand for any kind of large-scale text analytics.
Okay, this is perhaps because of the vastness of the data and information needed to be looked through.
DH tends to approach resources in the humanities or social sciences as unstructureddata, and/or develops humanities-based approaches to structuring, curating, manag-ing, preserving, and sustaining that data in ways that are meaningful to humanities orsocial science scholars who need to observe and analyze the complexities, ambigui-ties, and vaguenesses of human experience
I feel as if this is perhaps one of the best definitions of DH I have read so far. I am able to quite grasp the essence of what DH is. It has been quite confusing for me to pinpoint what DH was but perhaps this helped me find the orientation of it.
ana-lyzing nearly half a million European letters and employing digital networkgraphs to explore patterns of dissemination across space and time;
I was very astounded to see the vastness of information and data was used and thus concluded that only with the digitized accessibility of such data and information, we are able to enjoy the convenience of using the whole data itself instead of having to devote countless hours and labor.
corpus lin-guist
the study of a language as that language is expressed in its text corpus (plural corpora), its body of "real world" text.
, where the heroine acquired a publ
This is very interesting information. As women enter the world of society, their last name is included in the title! Since women in the past were able to become someone by marrying a man or acquiring his last name, she was able to gain the esteem of her husband’s social standing but as women became more and more able on their own, no need for their husband’s last name, but rather, they are able to stand on their own by their own surnames.
There is a “less is more” elegance to short ti-tle
I can only imagine how much dedication and thought have been melted into creating titles by the authors.
But short titles, as we will see, were not just better titles—they werebetter ads, to
It is very interesting to see that shorter titles were considered to be better titles but also better ads. Perhaps shorter titles were more eye-catching? Perhaps because it is much easier to remember?
nd it became vital for a title to catch quickly andeffectively the eye of the pu
This is very interesting to see how the trend of novel writing and even the title itself is affected by the change and progression.
ury, the Monthly and other magazinesstarted to publish reviews of many new novels, making title page summa-ries somewhat superfluo
Thus, the longer version of title was necessary only when the accessibility of the reading materials were scarce.
We already knew that
It seems to say that computers provide information or answers that are inputted by the human. Thus it is human vs. Human.
morphological
relating to the forms of words, in particular inflected forms.
Yuri Knorozov, who employed a "statistical-positional" method for deciphering Mayan stelae,may have cracked the ancient language without aid of computers, but the computer-friendliness of his proceduresmade them useful in later work translating Harappan texts.
Computers provide a good source of assistance and it makes it easier for human works however it is interesting to see that we are still able to accomplish projects without computers.
move from reading to making
This is very intriguing for me. At first, from our first day's discussion, my understanding of Digital Humanities was, moving the already existing literary works into a digitized format thus making it more public and accessible. However, from here, it discusses a more active approach and engagement from not just by reading or utilizing, but also creating and making on your own?
we have never been modern
Book Title, written by Bruno Latour.
This book talks about modernity, nature, society and society. With various events that may have occured due to 'modernization' such as Defrostration, Black Holes or Global Warming, Latour defines 'modernity' and the connections between the humanity and Modernity.
epistemologically
Of relating to, or based on Epistemology. Epistemology: The Theory of Konwledge, especially with regard to the methods, validity, and scoope.
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let there be light
This statement can be found in the Bible, Book of Genesis 1:3.
poetry
It is very interesting that the writer first starts with poetry in order to provide an introduction to poetry. Perhaps because Digital Humanities itself is in the midst of such heated discussion and poetry has the nature of holding various meanings by individual readers, such connection can be provided to state that perhaps Digital Humanities provides various doors to interpretation by the readers.