Guide to Programming for the Digital Humanities: Lessons for Introductory Python

ISBN-13: 9783319991146 / Angielski / Miękka / 2018 / 93 str.

Brian Kokensparger

Opis

As an introduction to programming for the Digital Humanities (DH), this book presents six key assignments oriented on DH topics.

Recenzje

"Guide to programming for the digital humanities: lessons for introductory Python is written in a voice that is clear, easy to read, and simple to understand. This fantastically well-organized book first gives the reader a series of progressively more detailed top-down views of its content ... and some observations regarding the author's revisions--which are based on (still ongoing) years of teaching Python for DH to future-oriented undergraduates." (Chaim Scheff, Computing Reviews, July 29, 2019)

"Kokensparger (Creighton Univ.) uses assignments for a digital humanities Python course as a guide to teaching an introductory computer science course to students with diverse interests. Kokensparger's strong background in instructional technology informs the design, rationale, and presentation of a sequence of six programming assignments." (C. Vickery, Choice, Vol. 56 (10), June, 2019)

Spis treści

Chapter 1. Introduction.- Chapter 2. Introductory Programming – Common Topics.- Chapter 3. Digital Humanities – Special Considerations for the Programmer.- Chapter 4. Introduction to the Digital Humanities Assignments.- Chapter 5. Change Over Time: Burials in an Historic Cemetery.- Chapter 6. Visualizing Change Over Time: Simple Visualization of the Burials in an Historic Cemetery.- Chapter 7. Textual Analysis: Frequencies and Stop Words in Dirty Text.- Chapter 8. Code Transformation:  From XML to Stylized HTML.- Chapter 9. Art Stylometry: Recognizing Regional Differences in Great Works of Art.- Chapter 10. Social Network Analysis:  Historic Circles of Friends and Acquaintances.- Chapter 11. Conclusion.

O autorze

Brian Kokensparger is a faculty member in Computer Science at Creighton University, where he teaches introductory programming courses, as well as courses in database design, computer organization, and software engineering.  Brian is also a faculty mentor in Creighton's Digital Maximilian–Bodmer Archive digital humanities project, and works with the Prospect Hill Cemetery board in digitization and analysis of its burial permit records.