Andrew Piper: As part of its arrival ā as part of the hum of digital humanities ā Iād like to see some more reflection by those of us involved with digital humanities with the question of the appropriate use of resources in a world of increasingly scarce resources. Committing high levels of resources to one [...]
Resource Management in the Digital Humanities
by Brian Sarnacki on January 31, 2011 in Digital Humanities
Build it and they will come
by Brian Sarnacki on January 31, 2011 in Digital Humanities
The crisis in the humanities is a well discussed topic, at least inside the humanities. The humanities are often seen as less important than departments that bring in money from the federal government or private businesses looking to turn a profit. These (like engineering and the sciences) departments produce “useful” and “practical” things while the [...]
The Social Network of 19th Century Brit Lit
by Brian Sarnacki on January 29, 2011 in Digital Humanities
I came across this interesting project via twitter. While the exact approach does not carry over to history (the project visualized a social network using the dialogue in 19th century British novels, but, unfortunately, most of the “dialogue” of history gets lost), it makes the project I am working on for my digital history seminar [...]
A Change of Scenery
by Brian Sarnacki on January 25, 2011 in Housekeeping
First, I need to thank my brother Devin and my Dad for helping me acquire and get set up at this address (www.briansarnacki.com). You will have to go back to my original wordpress blog for my initial attempts at blogging, but all my future posts will be here. As for my blogging, I think I [...]