One more application of digital humanities

by | Nov 15, 2021 | Uncategorized

Echoing Juan Carlos’ post on applications of digital humanities, I’ve seen exciting opportunities to apply digital methods in social science as well, especially in my field, urban studies. Besides data visualization, digitization, spatial analysis and representation,...

Bit by Bit

by | Oct 20, 2021 | Uncategorized

For this blog post, I’d like to share a book I recently read. The book is called Bit by Bit: Social Research in the Digital Age, written by Matthew Salganik. It discusses new opportunities, challenges, and common pitfalls of using large scale digital data for social...

Hello CHI

by | Sep 20, 2021 | Uncategorized

My name is Meng, a new CHI fellow for 2021-2022. I am a third-year doctoral student in urban planning at the School of Planning, Design and Construction. My research has been focused on three themes: the social implications of transformative technologies, urban...