History
HIST 2430: Digital Histories of Ethnic Boston
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- Integrates history of ethnic groups in Boston with methods from the digital humanities (DH) through a semester-long collaborative student project focused on one particular ethnic group.
- Combines learning how to use DH technology (as well as its possible misuses) with learning about the history of particular ethnic groups in Boston, such as Jews, the Irish, African-Americans, etc.
- Uses hands-on approaches to study ethnic migration and history to and within Boston by touring neighborhoods and sites.
- Examines DH technologies through workshops introducing tools such as Omeka, Story Maps, and Tableau, among other possibilities.
- Also examines different techniques for data visualization, relationship mapping, network analysis, and text analysis.
Integrates history of ethnic groups in Boston with methods from the digital humanities (DH) through a semester-long collaborative student project focused on one particular ethnic group. Show more.