Catelyn Cantrell – THATCamp Gainesville 2014 http://gainesville2014.thatcamp.org April 24-25, 2014, at the University of Florida Fri, 10 Apr 2015 20:32:58 +0000 en-US hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=4.9.12 Undergraduate Students and Digital Humanities http://gainesville2014.thatcamp.org/2014/04/15/undergraduate-students-and-digital-humanities/ http://gainesville2014.thatcamp.org/2014/04/15/undergraduate-students-and-digital-humanities/#comments Tue, 15 Apr 2014 15:53:54 +0000 http://gainesville2014.thatcamp.org/?p=361 Continue reading ]]>

When I began my own research project as a second-year undergraduate, I set out to map the world of Dante’s Commedia through the use of GIS software. However, I eventually left that project behind and pivoted into a more traditional topic and goal. Although I am pleased with how my undergraduate thesis turned out, I would like to talk about undergraduates and projects in digital humanities. As the bar continues to be raised for undergraduate research projects, I wonder how digital skills can enhance and shape future work. This discussion will likely yield more questions than I can predict—here are some of my own to get us started:

  • What types of results do instructors consider digital humanities projects?
  • What kinds of traditional disciplines and courses lend themselves to these projects?
  • What type of skill set would students need in order to do these projects?
  • What resources and support can ensure the success of undergraduate work in the digital humanities?
  • How early is too early to get started?

Despite focusing this proposal on the undergraduate experience, I think the questions I have outlined could also be extended to other levels of students and instructors themselves.

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