Digital Humanities in Practice

The idea of taking a course in Digital Humanities seemed intriguing at first, but right before the first class was to hold I heard lots of opinions from people about how challenging and difficult to survive in a digital world which I had not been exposed to, well apart from the basic aspects. However, the first few meetings set me straight and got me pretty interested in what digital humanities. Perhaps one of the reasons the course seemed difficult to connect with was the fact that I placed the course with the idea of seeing my brother work, and I couldn't relate with seeing myself as a tech person.

During the course of this weekend, I've been able to convince my family and friends that it is possible for someone who believes that academic works should be absolutely traditional, can also enjoy the perks that come with the creativity in the digital world. Talking about how we've been able to successfully merge with another class and pick up on projects; thereby, giving the students from the IT class a glimpse of what we do, and also learning what it entails to dabble into a little bit of coding. Now, it is impossible for members of the class to be ignorant of the amount of work that is put in by IT guys to get projects done, neither is it possible for the members of Mr Crum’s class to deny the level of critical thinking and analysis humanists get involved with regularly. This is an absolute example of collaboration and participation which digital humanities hope to achieve.

The success story of this class has made me interested in looking into a few IT certifications which are related to the world of humanities, and which can be applied to some of our works.