I am about as neophyte as they get regarding DH. I assume that a session on what exactly DH is would be redundant for most attendees. In any case, I am wholly unprepared to teach one or provide a presenter.
SO, my QUESTION is, are there sources you all particularly like for gaining a sufficient foothold on concepts in preparation for THATCamp?
One that I am going to try to follow is this one recommended by a lit colleague (see below). But I may find that it isn’t basic enough.
Andrea
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Hi Andrea,
I still have real affection for Blackwell’s _Companion to Digital Humanities_, edited by Schreibman, Siemens, and Unsworth. A preview is available online at www.digitalhumanities.org/companion/. The text is a bit dated, but it’s still a relatively helpful lay of the digital landscape. I’m sure others can offer more contemporary suggestions, too. Best,
Joshua
Andrea, you will have a BLAST! I walked into my first THATCamp with zero preparation, and learned a ton, and met such wonderful people. And then I started dipping my toe into DH by (a) listening to some of the great “Digital Campus” podcasts out of George Mason University; (b) surfing digitalhumanitiesnow.org/; and (c) getting on Twitter, and following some of these folks [no joke–Twitter is probably where I have learned the most, because DH’ers are inveterate tweeters and incredibly helpful curators of other DH work]. The Chronicle’s ProfHacker blog also remains one of my favorite resources. Hope to meet you!
I’m pretty sure that a “What is DH?” talk session would be important and helpful to many people — you aren’t the only one coming who is new to THATCamp and/or DH! And, I imagine it will be interesting and helpful to veterans, too.
So, I’d suggest proposing that session. Proposing a session doesn’t mean you have the knowledge. It just means you try to get the right mix of people together and you get the conversation started.