LET023 - INTRODUCTION TO DIGITAL HUMANITIES

courses
ID:
LET023
Duration (hours):
42
CFU:
6
SSD:
ARCHIVISTICA, BIBLIOGRAFIA E BIBLIOTECONOMIA
Located in:
CHIETI
Url:
HUMANITIES/LETTERE MODERNE Year: 2
Year:
2025
Course Catalogue:
https://unich.coursecatalogue.cineca.it/af/2025?co...

Overview

Date/time interval

Primo Semestre (01/10/2025 - 31/01/2026)

Syllabus

Course Objectives

Providing the theoretical basis for an exploration and exploitation that will enable the humanist scholar to make the most of digital resources and tools that are currently available, encouraging the acquisition of specific professional skills and developing critical awareness in the daily use of digital resources.

Course Prerequisites

Basic IT skills. No previous courses or exams are required.

Teaching Methods

Lectures with the aid of computer and multimedia/internet resources. Some lectures will have a hands-on approach; there will also be an off-site visit for a more in-depth field study of the course content, and external speakers may be invited for specific classes and seminars.

Assessment Methods

An oral exam will ascertain knowledge and understanding of the topics presented in the classes and covered by the textbooks indicated for preparation. The test is intended to verify the knowledge and critical ability to elaborate the theoretical-practical contents of the discipline. The final assessment will also take into consideration the clarity and coherence of the exposition and the level of mastery in the use of technical language.

Exams take place in the professor’s room, first floor, third aisle, in DiLASS building.

Texts

- F. Ciotti – G. Roncaglia, Il mondo digitale, Roma-Bari, Laterza, 2006, only the following parts (including the boxes, unless differently advised): introduzione; capp. I (excluding the boxes at pp. 41-44); II; III; IV (excluding the box at pp. 106-107) up to p. 109 (‘Telecomunicazioni e computer’ included); V: only pp. 137-153 and 159-170; VI: only pp. 181-191 (up to ‘Dal reale al virtuale e ritorno’ to be excluded); VII; VIII: pp. 279-285, 288-298; IX: 321-325; X: 364-369, 373-386;

- F. Tomasi, Metodologie informatiche e discipline umanistiche, Roma, Carocci, 2008.

Additional, not mandatory reading suggestions will be provided during the course.

Other texts for the exam can be agreed upon on other on the basis of specific interests.

Contents

The course will provide a theoretical reference framework on the topics of digital humanities. Based on the historical and conceptual link between computer science and the humanities, digital resources and methodologies for work and research in several fields and of different types will be presented, to foster discussion on their issues and perspectives.

Course Language

Italian

More information

Further information might be provided both in the class and through the FAD Moodle platform; students are therefore invited to subscribe to the course channel.

Degrees

Degrees

HUMANITIES 
Bachelor’s Degree
3 years
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People

People

BRUNI FLAVIA
Altri
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