Essays about: "digital humanities"
Showing result 1 - 5 of 48 essays containing the words digital humanities.
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1. Weird Digitization: Alternative Strategies for Archival Materials
University essay from Linnéuniversitetet/Institutionen för kulturvetenskaper (KV)Abstract : This thesis draws on the theory of new materialism to posit an alternative approach to cultural heritage digitization. Modifying the method of critical digitization and synthesizing it with the method of thick description for the study of damaged cultural heritage, this thesis proposes the method weird digitization which seeks to challenge traditional selection criteria for cultural heritage digitization as well as challenging practices of mass digitization. READ MORE
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2. Indigenous Collections at the Museum of World Culture : Digitisation, Decolonisation and Other Stories
University essay from Linnéuniversitetet/Institutionen för kulturvetenskaper (KV)Abstract : Introduction. This thesis investigates the digitisation of Indigenous collections at the Museum of World Culture (Gothenburg, Sweden), with particular attention to Carlotta’s role in shaping the digital collections. READ MORE
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3. Conducting Digital Humanities Education in the Academic Libraries’ Information Literacy Class : What are the advantages and barriers if Uppsala University Library does it?
University essay from Uppsala universitet/Institutionen för ABMAbstract : The emergence of digital humanities has provided humanities scholars with digital methods and tools to deal with digital materials and new possibilities for humanities research. What is more, digital humanities skills and experience help humanities students with their research and strengthen their employment prospects. READ MORE
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4. Constructing Semiotic System : A Study of Traditional Chinese Woodblock New Year Pictures
University essay from Uppsala universitet/Institutionen för ABMAbstract : Traditional Chinese woodblock New Year pictures face the danger of being marginalized and disappearing in the context of industrialization and technological development. It is, therefore, imperative to conduct research on traditional New Year pictures to address this challenge. READ MORE
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5. Proverbial Language Of American Presidents (1945-2008) : A Digital Methods Approach of the Use of Proverbs in Political Discourse
University essay from Linnéuniversitetet/Institutionen för kulturvetenskaper (KV)Abstract : Political language's power to influence public opinion drives the present investigation into proverbs used by presidents during 1945-2008. The study’s purpose is to explore the proverbial language of American presidents, employing a digital methods approach. READ MORE