• Offered by Research School of Humanities and the Arts
  • ANU College ANU College of Arts and Social Sciences
  • Classification Advanced
  • Course subject Humanities
  • Areas of interest English, Linguistics and Applied Linguistics, Digital Arts, Digital Humanities, Literature
  • Academic career PGRD
  • Course convener
    • Dr Katrina Grant
    • Dr Terhi Nurmikko-Fuller
  • Mode of delivery In Person
  • Co-taught Course
  • Offered in Second Semester 2018
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Digital Humanities: Theories and Projects (HUMN6001)
A revolution is underway in humanities and social science research. Information and communication technologies are transforming the way in which students and scholars approach their subject matter. New questions arise when texts, images, and sound are rearranged in ways unimaginable before the digital age. The term 'digital humanities' refers to these changes and to the critical, epistemological, and methodological challenges they pose.
 
This course provides an introduction to some of the most exciting areas in current digital humanities research, as well as an exploration of its history and impact as an interdisciplinary field, the theoretical issues it raises, and the major methodological debates it has provoked over the last few decades. Students will develop the analytical skills necessary for working at, and engaging with, the intersection of humanities and digital technologies. They will explore both the theoretical and practical foundations for working with cultural objects in the digital medium in ways relevant to languages, linguistics, history, literature, and many other humanities disciplines.No technical background is required.

Learning Outcomes

Upon successful completion, students will have the knowledge and skills to:

Upon successful completion of this course, students will have the knowledge and skills to:

  1. Interpret, analyse and discuss the history of and major recent theoretical developments in the interdisciplinary field of digital humanities.
  2. Analyse and discuss the impact of digital technologies on research in the humanities.
  3. Situate research interests within the larger context of digital humanities theories, practices and projects.
  4. Examine and evaluate existing digital humanities projects.
  5. Conduct research into digital humanities projects and theories.

Indicative Assessment

Tutorial participation: 10% (LO: 1-5)
Public writing: online blog posts 6 x 250 words (5% each for a total of 30%) (LO: 1, 2, 4)
Presentation: 10 minutes 20% (LO: 1, 3, 4, 5)
Final Essay: 4500 words 40% (LO: 1-5)

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Workload

130 hours of total student learning time made up from: a) 36 hours of contact over 12 weeks: 24 hours of lectures and 12 hours of tutorials; and b) 94 hours of independent student research, reading and writing.

Requisite and Incompatibility

You are not able to enrol in this course if you have completed HUMN2001 and HUMN8024.

Prescribed Texts

Online reading brick.

Specialisations

Fees

Tuition fees are for the academic year indicated at the top of the page.  

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Student Contribution Band:
1
Unit value:
6 units

If you are an undergraduate student and have been offered a Commonwealth supported place, your fees are set by the Australian Government for each course. At ANU 1 EFTSL is 48 units (normally 8 x 6-unit courses). You can find your student contribution amount for each course at Fees.  Where there is a unit range displayed for this course, not all unit options below may be available.

Units EFTSL
6.00 0.12500

Course fees

Domestic International
Domestic fee paying students
Year Fee
2018 $3180
International fee paying students
Year Fee
2018 $4860
Note: Please note that fee information is for current year only.

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Second Semester

Class number Class start date Last day to enrol Census date Class end date Mode Of Delivery Class Summary
8779 23 Jul 2018 30 Jul 2018 31 Aug 2018 26 Oct 2018 In Person N/A

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