An outline and introduction to Digital Humanities for the novice.

1. What are the Digital Humanities?:
A Primer for Students in Museum Studies
Jason M. Kelly PHD FSA
Director, IUPUI Arts & Humanities Institute
Associate Professor of History
jaskelly@iupui.edu | @jason_m_kelly
Computer operators tabulating the 1954
Census with a UNIVAC Computer, October
17, 1955.
http://explorepahistory.com/displayimage.php?

2. The Digital Humanities is a field constituted by a
theoretical and practical framework focused on the
creation, analysis, and critical application of digital
technologies in the humanities environment. It is
inherently multi-disciplinary and is often practiced
by collaborative teams.

3. Digital Humanities
theory
creation
critical
application

4. Digital Humanities
theory
design
critical
creation
critical
application

5. Digital Humanities
theory
creation
tools
communication
software hardware
critical
application

6. Digital Humanities
theory
creation
tools
critical
application
communication
humancomputer
interface
graphic
design

7. Digital Humanities
theory
creation
Examples of toolsets
• Web CMS
• databases
• visualization tools
• GIS
• text-mining/text analysis
• GIS
• Video/Audio editing
for more examples, visit Bamboo DiRT
at dirt.projectbamboo.org
critical
application
toolsets communication
tools

8. Digital Humanities
theory
creation
critical
application
toolsets communication
tools

9. Design Principles for
Digital Humanities Projects
Digital Humanities Projects

10. Design Questions for
Digital Humanities Projects
Digital Humanities Projects
1. What is the research question that you want to ask?

11. Design Questions for
Digital Humanities Projects
Digital Humanities Projects
1. What is the research question that you want to ask?
2. What is the outcome that you want to see?

12. Design Questions for
Digital Humanities Projects
Digital Humanities Projects
1. What is the research question that you want to ask?
2. What is the outcome that you want to see?
3. What is the best methodology/tool to make it happen?

13. Design Questions for
Digital Humanities Projects
Digital Humanities Projects
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What is the research question that you want to ask?
What is the outcome that you want to see?
What is the best methodology/tool to make it happen?
Who is your audience?

14. Design Questions for
Digital Humanities Projects
Digital Humanities Projects
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What is the research question that you want to ask?
What is the outcome that you want to see?
What is the best methodology/tool to make it happen?
Who is your audience?
How do you plan to sustain your project?

15. Design Questions for
Digital Humanities Projects
Digital Humanities Projects
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What is the research question that you want to ask?
What is the outcome that you want to see?
What is the best methodology/tool to make it happen?
Who is your audience?
How do you plan to sustain your project?
How do you plan to preserve your project?

16. A Basic Tool Belt for the Digital
Humanities Environment

17. A Basic Tool Belt for the Digital
Humanities Environment
1. Have an understanding of the DH landscape.

18. A Basic Tool Belt for the Digital
Humanities Environment
1. Have an understanding of the DH landscape.
2. Know the best practices in your area of expertise.

19. A Basic Tool Belt for the Digital
Humanities Environment
1. Have an understanding of the DH landscape.
2. Know the best practices in your area of expertise.
3. Know the basics of metadata.

20. A Basic Tool Belt for the Digital
Humanities Environment
1.
2.
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4.
Have an understanding of the DH landscape.
Know the best practices in your area of expertise.
Know the basics of metadata.
Be familiar with evolving preservation standards.

21. A Basic Tool Belt for the Digital
Humanities Environment
1.
2.
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4.
5.
Have an understanding of the DH landscape.
Know the best practices in your area of expertise.
Know the basics of metadata.
Be familiar with evolving preservation standards.
Blog with your community.

22. A Basic Tool Belt for the Digital
Humanities Environment
1.
2.
3.
4.
5.
6.
Have an understanding of the DH landscape.
Know the best practices in your area of expertise.
Know the basics of metadata.
Be familiar with evolving preservation standards.
Blog with your community.
Tweet with your community.

23. A Basic Tool Belt for the Digital
Humanities Environment
1.
2.
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Have an understanding of the DH landscape.
Know the best practices in your area of expertise.
Know the basics of metadata.
Be familiar with evolving preservation standards.
Blog with your community.
Tweet with your community.
Know the basics of podcasting.

24. A Basic Tool Belt for the Digital
Humanities Environment
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Have an understanding of the DH landscape.
Know the best practices in your area of expertise.
Know the basics of metadata.
Be familiar with evolving preservation standards.
Blog with your community.
Tweet with your community.
Know the basics of podcasting.
Understand how to manipulate and add data to Google
Maps.

25. A Basic Tool Belt for the Digital
Humanities Environment
1.
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Have an understanding of the DH landscape.
Know the best practices in your area of expertise.
Know the basics of metadata.
Be familiar with evolving preservation standards.
Blog with your community.
Tweet with your community.
Know the basics of podcasting.
Understand how to manipulate and add data to Google
Maps.
9. Know who to ask when you have questions.

26. For more information, visit
digitalpublichistory.wordpress.com