Data for Mapping

Our last rapid development challenge “mapping memory” makes me think that the data sources for mapping and spatial analysis nowadays can be very different from the situation in John Snow’s time (the cholera person not the one on a dragon). I have seen more and more...

Digital Food Studies/History

Research Methods in Digital Food Studies (2021) was published recently as a text for thinking through methods for digital food studies.  The collection of essays is useful for considering a methodology for studying digital food media, but less about how to use digital...

Interdisciplinary Tracking

This year has granted me the opportunity to work with various interdisciplinary scholars and explore how other disciplines interact with animal subjects. While touring MSU’s Museum of Natural Science Collections, we observed marks of DNA analysis in turtle...

Exploring Copyright and Ownership in Digital Heritage

This year, I am a GA for Humanities Commons, a networking site for humanities scholars. As part of my assistantship, I help clear deposits for the Commons’ non-profit, open-access repository CORE. Over the last several months, I have gained more experience in learning...

One more application of digital humanities

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,...

Technology and Equity

In 2018, The New York Times contributor Nellie Bowles published an article concerning digital literacy and socioeconomic class of youngsters in the United States titled, “The Gap Between Rich and Poor Kids is Not What We Expected.” One might assume that higher...