LJMedB24 Digital Humanities in Medieval Studies

Faculty of Arts
Spring 2018
Extent and Intensity
1/1/0. 4 credit(s). Type of Completion: k (colloquium).
Teacher(s)
doc. Mgr. Petra Mutlová, M.A., Ph.D. (lecturer)
doc. PhDr. David Zbíral, Ph.D. (lecturer)
Mgr. Tomáš Hampejs, Ph.D. (assistant)
Mgr. Vojtěch Kaše, Ph.D. (assistant)
Mgr. Adam Mertel, Ph.D. (assistant)
Mgr. Zdenko Vozár (assistant)
Guaranteed by
doc. Mgr. Petra Mutlová, M.A., Ph.D.
Department of Classical Studies – Faculty of Arts
Contact Person: Jitka Erlebachová
Supplier department: Department of Classical Studies – Faculty of Arts
Timetable
Thu 10:50–12:25 L11
Course Enrolment Limitations
The course is also offered to the students of the fields other than those the course is directly associated with.
The capacity limit for the course is 20 student(s).
Current registration and enrolment status: enrolled: 1/20, only registered: 0/20, only registered with preference (fields directly associated with the programme): 0/20
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Course objectives
The course will familiarise students with the basic application of digitally processed primary sources useful for research in the field of humanities. It focuses on the period of the European Middle Ages and relevant cultural centers. Students will acquire knowledge of selected tools applicable in digital textual analysis and about ongoing digital projects. In consequence, they will grasp the potential of digital research applicable to medieval material. Practical part of the course will focus on digital processing of medieval manuscript sources, preparation of digital critical editions, network theory and network analysis and the ensuing possibilities of visualisation as well as the basics of geocoding.
Learning outcomes
Upon successful completion of the course, students will be able to:
- describe and understand the concept of the Digital Humanities;
- understand the basics of quantitative and computing imagination;
- outline the state-of-the-art in the field of Digital Humanities in the Czech context;
- understand several selected methods applicable in medieval research;
- use selected methods of Digital Humanities on material of one's own choice in an active way.
Syllabus
  • 1. Introduction to Digital Humanities.
  • 2. Quantitative and computing imagination: from sources to data.
  • 3. Corpus linguistics I.
  • 4. Corpus linguistics II.
  • 5. Analysis and visualisation of digitised textual data.
  • 6. Lexicogrpahy and the Lexicon Bohemorum.
  • 7. Digital editions and textual criticism.
  • 8. TEI for manuscript description.
  • 9. How to Understand the Medieval Facebook: Introduction to Network analysis.
  • 10. Network Analysis Applied to the Catalogues of Medieval Manuscripts: A case study of the Manuscriptorium.
  • 11. Maps for Humanities.
  • 12. Presentations of Student Projects.
Literature
    required literature
  • Defining digital humanities :a reader. Edited by Melissa M. Terras - Julianne Nyhan - Edward Vanhoutte. 1 online r. ISBN 9781409469643. info
  • BURDICK, Anne, Johanna DRUCKER, Peter LUNENFELD, Todd PRESNER and Jeffrey SCHNAPP. Digital humanities. Cambridge, Massachusetts: The MIT Press, 2012, x, 141. ISBN 9780262018470. info
  • A companion to digital humanities. Edited by Susan Schreibman - Raymond George Siemens - John Unsworth. 1st pub. Malden: Blackwell, 2004, xxvii, 611. ISBN 9781405168069. info
    recommended literature
  • APOLLON D., BÉLISLE C., RÉGNIER P. (eds.): Digital Critical Editions. Urbana-Champaign – Chicago: Illinois University Press, 2014.
  • TROVATO, Paolo. Everything you always wanted to know about Lachmann's method : a non-standard handbook of genealogical textual criticism in the age of Post-Structuralism, cladistics, and copy-text. Edited by Michael D. Reeve. Prima edizione. Padova: Libreriauniversitaria.it edizioni, 2014, 355 stran. ISBN 9788862925280. info
  • Macroanalysisdigital methods and literary history. Edited by Matthew Lee Jockers. Urbana: University of Illinois Press, 2013, x, 192 p. ISBN 9780252094767. info
  • MORETTI, Franco. Graphs, maps, trees : abstract models for a literary history. Paperback edition. London: Verso, 2007, 119 stran. ISBN 9781844671854. info
Teaching methods
Lectures, seminar discussion, independent assignement of a research task - students are asked to prepare a short project using one of the following digital methods: preparation of a digital edition of a selected text; networkd analysis; geocoding; lexicography).
Assessment methods
Regular and active class participation; preparation of consecutive practical tasks; final practical assignement applying digital method of one's own choice.
Language of instruction
Czech
Further comments (probably available only in Czech)
Study Materials
The course is taught annually.
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The course is also listed under the following terms Spring 2020.
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