Morgan's Notes:Digital Humanities

Morgan's Notes

ENGL2930Spring2017
ENGL2930S2017Statement
ENGL2930S2017Syllabus

for ENGL 4706

TheBookAsInterfacePart2

MorgansNotesOnReadingTheScreen

for week of 19 Sep: ReadingTheScreen

[[http://www.yhchang.com | YHChang] Heavy Industries

and by islands ..., Carpenter

Two Kinds of Readings

one set addressing the cultural history of writing and printing to the present. Including scholarly practices and apparatus: bookwheels, commonplace books, note taking, journaling, and digital work with Annotate, TBX, and others. Videos where applicable.

another set of contemporary published works that address the practices digital wreading. eg this from J. R. Carpenter

..."and by islands I mean paragraphs" casts a reader a drift in a sea of white space extending far beyond the horizon of the browser window, to the north, south, east and west. Navigating (with mouse, track pad, or arrow keys) reveals that this sea is dotted with islands ...and by islands I mean paragraphs. These paragraphs are computer-generated. Their fluid compositions draw upon variable strings containing fragments of text harvested from a larger literary corpus. Individually, each of these textual islands is a topic - from the Greek topos, meaning place. Collectively they constitute a topographical map of a sustained practice of reading and re-reading and writing and re-writing islands. In this constantly shifting sea of variable texts one never finds the same islands twice... and by islands, I do mean paragraphs.

This set might include Composition#1, S, maps, other constructions for reading and writing.

Variables

If we were creating a Glossary for Digital Lit Crit

ProblemsOfDigitalLitCrit

Digital Humanities Syllabus 2012
DAKOTA transcript - translation
Canto 1

lanham:
what's next for text: http://proftgreene.pbworks.com/f/Lanham%20Next%20For%20Text.pdf
textbooks and university structures: http://www.clemson.edu/cedp/colloq/pres/images/lanham2.PDF

Books: Recommended

Anyone serious about DH will be interested in these but they are not required for the course.

Phillips, Tom. A Humument: A Treated Victorian Novel. Paper on Amazon, but also available as an iPad app.

Saporta, Marc. Composition No.1. 1962, 2011. Available from the publisher at <http://www.visual-editions.com/our-books/composition-no-1> Also available as an iPad app.

White, Alex. The Elements of Graphic Design. 2002; 2nd ed. 2011. I prefer the first edition.

Games: Recommended

Like The Path, these are slow moving, narrative-based games that skirt the digital edge of literature. Lots of walking. No shooting or puzzles.

Dear Esther. The Chinese Room, 2008, 2010. http://dear-esther.com/# $10.00 Windows or Mac.

BIENTÔT L'ÉTÉ. Tale of Tales, 2012. <http://tale-of-tales.com/bientotlete/> or Steam. $10.00. Windows or Mac.

Apps: Recommended

As with books, those interested in DH will want to look and play with these and others. All on iPad through the App Store. Some might be available for Android. Check the store.