Class1notes

A Brief History of "Digital Humanities" or "New Media" Initiatives in the UCSB English Department

• Transcriptions
• Digital Cultures Project
• Transliteracies

• Literature and Culture of Information Specialization (LCI)
  • 2001-2002 LCI undergraduate research teams
  • LCI Magazine

Idea of this course

• Research Workshop

• Theme: "New Modes of Authorship: Creativity and Collaboration"
  • The romantic "original genius" paradigm of authorship
  • The collaborative paradigm (past and present)

• Some readings and discussion in normal English dept. style (on authorship, creativity, collaboration, and Wikipedia)

• But the bulk of the course explores our theme by enacting/performing it: team-based research + individual research:
  • Assignments: Team assignments & Individual assignments
  • Class wiki

• Required Texts

• Grading Policy

• Tech Help

• [Questions]

• Assignment for next meeting:
  • Wordsworth, Two-Part Prelude
  • Mark Phillipson, "The Romantic Audience Project: A Wiki Experiment"

• Course Entrance Questionnaire