COURSE IN
DIGITAL HUMANITIES
DIPLOMA COURSE IN DIGITAL HUMANITIES
Duration: 2 terms / 1 academic year.
Objective: To provide a comprehensive introduction to digital tools and methodologies as applied to the humanities.
Contents: Digital preservation and distribution of content; Digital text editing; Digital ethics and rights; Introduction to programming for humanists (Python and R); Data visualization; Network analysis; Data mining applied to the humanities; Generative AI in DH.
Final evaluation: Workshop assignment in which students apply digital tools to a humanities research project of relevance to the institution and the academic community in their field of degree or professional activity.
POSTGRADUATE SPECIALIZATION COURSE IN DIGITAL HUMANITIES
Duration: 4 terms / 2 academic years.
Objective: To delve deeper into the use of advanced technologies applicable to research and teaching in the humanities, the first two terms corresponding to the Diploma course.
Additional content: Cultural preservation methodologies in digital environments; Big data analysis in literary and cultural studies; Interactive and multimedia digital archives; Digital paleography; AI-assisted ecdotics; Advanced programming; Analysis and mining of unstructured data; Analysis of complex networks in history; Machine learning and AI applied to the humanities.
Thesis: Original research work combining traditional and digital methods with an academic and social justification grounded on a collaborative contribution to cultural institutions or research centers.
WHAT ARE THE DIGITAL HUMANITIES?
The Digital Humanities (DH) are an interdisciplinary field that combines the use of technological tools with traditional methods and approaches in the humanities.
The central objective of DH is the analysis, interpretation, preservation and dissemination of knowledge related to the social sciences and disciplines such as literature, linguistics, philosophy and art, utilizing technologies such as artificial intelligence, data mining, network analysis, data visualization, interactive databases, among others.
This approach transforms the way we research and teach in the humanities. In addition to opening up new lines of research, it allows us to explore questions that were previously inaccessible or difficult to investigate with traditional tools.
WHY STUDYING AND TEACHING DIGITAL HUMANITIES IS IMPORTANT TODAY
The Digital Humanities have gained global relevance over the last decade for several reasons:
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New forms of research and analysis
Digital technologies enable scholars to perform large-scale analyses of texts, images and historical data. For example, social network analysis in historical contexts or the processing of large literary corpora facilitates discoveries that were impossible with manual methods.
Access to and preservation of cultural heritage
The digitization of historical archives and museum collections, together with digital preservation tools, ensures access to fragile or scattered materials. This has transformed research in areas such as art history, archaeology, and literary studies by facilitating access to and preservation of primary sources.
Democratization of knowledge
The Digital Humanities not only serve the academic community, but also provide greater access to knowledge for the general public. Digital tools such as open learning platforms and digital libraries promote free access to academic materials and historical resources.
Intersection with other disciplines
The field of DH is inherently interdisciplinary, combining the rigor of the humanities with the dynamism of computer science, artificial intelligence, software engineering and data science. This transdisciplinary approach has facilitated innovative collaborations between historians, engineers and data scientists, generating new methodologies and research projects.
The Areopagiticum Foundation’s Diploma and Postgraduate Specialization in Digital Humanities aim to train researchers and teachers able to work with digital tools on sources, texts and cultural heritage, both at the university and in museums, libraries, archives and publishing houses. The programme enriches the humanistic disciplines with new methodologies and opens paths of innovation in access to knowledge, in continuity with the digital resources the Foundation develops around the Corpus Dionysiacum.
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