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HIST*4170Project Parameters9 February 2015
Today’s Agenda• Project criteria and products• Jenny Marvin on Spatial Humanities• Chapbooks – a possible DH project area
Jennifer Marvin!• On Spatial Humanities…
Housekeeping• Omeka workshop • Interest?• Scheduling?
• Chapbooks project• After today’s presentation by Jenny Marvin
Review: Project Parameters• Capstone project: “intensive, active learning project, requiring significant effort in
the planning and implementation, as well as preparation of a substantial final work product”
• Apply the tools and techniques of Digital Humanities to any humanities subject.• Project Evaluation Components:
1. Goals and Project Context• Which is the main goal: Engagement, Pedagogy , Research, or Educational? • Is it positioned in a disciplinary framework?• Do you review cognate projects and relevant DH theory?
2. Data Acquisition• Describe how it creates new data, or re-purposes and/or modifies existing data
3. Tool application• Are appropriate tools used? What are they, and why were they chosen?
4. New Skill Development• What new skills did you develop?
5. Outcome• Did project attain the desired outcomes?• What is its academic and DH contribution?
6. For group projects, discuss Group Management issues (will be evaluated through Peer Evaluation)
Products1. Project Plan• 1500 words describing the academic rationale for the project (including,
literature” review of academic sources and any cognate DH projects, where applicable)
• Address evaluation components #1-4 and your plan for execution • ALL due on Wednesday, Feb 26th (post to blog, and counts as a blog post)
2. Project Presentation (based on Project Plan)• 10-minute presentation introducing your plans for the project and takes
guidance and feedback• Due on either Feb 23rd or March 2nd
3. Final Project Presentations• Mar 23 (Feb 23th group) and Mar 30 (Mar 2nd group)
4. Final Product and Final Report • Due April 15th
*** March 9 and 16 are optional lab days.***
Let’s pick presentation dates• Feb 23/Mar 22
1. Tim2. Matt3. Aly 4. Trevor5. Tori6. Kevin7. Sarah M.8. Sofian9. Brock10.Ashlee
• Mar 2/301. Andrew2. Anthony3. Phoebe4. Sarah D.5. Stephanie6. 7. 8.
Upcoming Schedule• TBD – Omeka workshop?• Feb 23 – Preliminary Project Presentations (Project Plans due
26th)• Mar 2 – Preliminary Project Presentations (continued)• Mar 9/16 — Lab Days (optional)• Mar 23/Mar 30 – Final Project Presentations• Apr 16 – Final Report and Final Project due
Scottish Chapbooks project• If you are interested in doing something related to the
University’s chapbooks collection, email me ASAP
THE SCOTTISH CHAPBOOK PROJECT
A collaboration between Special Collections and the Department of History
UNIVERSITY OF GUELPH
CHAPBOOKS 101
BALLADS
BATTLES
BIOGRAPHY
THE CLASSICS
DOGS & CATS
FOLK & FAIRY TALES
GHOST STORIES
SELF HELP MANUALS
RATIONALE OF PROJECT
Access | Preservation | Pedagogy | Scholarship
FUTURE
