Readings for This Class

• Focal Readings
• The Deformance Thesis
• Lisa Samuels and Jerome J. McGann, "Deformance and Interpretation" (1999)
• Stephen Ramsay, "Algorithmic Criticism" (2004) (See also his "Toward an Algorithmic Criticism" [2003])
• Mark Sample, "Notes Towards a Deformed Humanities" (2012)
• Rosa Menkman, The Glitch Moment(um) [PDF] (2001) (read pp. 7-32: "Introduction," "Glitch Manifesto," "A Technological Approach to Noise," and "The Perception of Glitch")
• See also Menkman's site: http://rosa-menkman.blogspot.com/
• Penn State Studio|Lab, Playing the Archive project (browse the "archive" and its resources)
• Douglas B. Kell and Stephen G. Oliver, "Here is the Evidence, Now What is the Hypothesis? - The Complementary Roles of Inductive and Hypothesis-driven Science in the Post-genomic Era" [PDF] (2003)
• The Transform Thesis (also see some of the readings for Class 2)
• Alan Liu, "Where is Cultural Criticism in the Digital Humanities?" (2012)
• Todd Presner, "Critical Theory and the Mangle of Digital Humanities" [draft version; PDF] (2012)
• Tara McPherson, "Why Are the Digital Humanities So White? or Thinking the Histories of Race and Computation" (2012)
• Adeline Koh and Roopika Risam, ed., #DHpoco “Open Thread: The Digital Humanities as a Historical ‘Refuge’ from Race/Class/Gender/Sexuality/Disability?” (May 10-14, 2013)
• See also Postcolonial Digital Humanities (#DHpoco) "Founding Principles"
• Anne Cong-Huyen, "Transformative Asian/American Digital Humanities" (2013)
• Michael Widner, "The Digital Humanists' (Lack of) Response to the Surveillance State" (20 Aug. 2013) (see also Widner's summary of Twitter and other debates about his post)

• Other Readings
• Deform:
• Amy Leggette, "The Digi-Flânerie Field Guide: Approaching Data as Artifact" (2013)
• Benjamin J. Robertson, "Shuffle Culture: Archive, Mashup, Apparatus, Human" (2013)
• Transform:
• Patrik Svensson, "Envisioning the Digital Humanities" (2012)
• David M. Berry, "Introduction: Understanding the Digital Humanities" [PDF] (2012)
• Todd Presner, "The Ethics of the Algorithm: Close and Distant Listening to the Shoah Foundation Visual History Archive" (2012) [draft version; PDF]
• "The Dark Side of the Digital" - browse schedule and materials:
• MLA Panel (2012)
• The Dark Side of Digital Humanities – Part 1, by Wendy Chun
  The Dark Side of Digital Humanities – Part 2, by Richard Grusin
  The Dark Side of Digital Humanities – Part 3, by Patrick Jagoda
  The Dark Side of Digital Humanities – Part 4, by Rita Raley
  Summary of Panel by Alexis Lothian
• U. Milwaukee Conference (2013)

1. Intro to Class

• Focal Question for class 1 What kind of "human" subject do the digital humanities speak from, to, for?
• Focal Question for today's class How do the digital humanities contribute to the humanities vision of interpretive and sociocultural "difference"?

    The Deformance Thesis:
          ➝    * Make it new        * Deconstruction (differénce)    * Oulipo

    The Transform Thesis:
          ➝    * Cultural studies/criticism        * Social justice criticism 

2. The "Deform" Thesis

• Lisa Samuels and Jerome J. McGann, "Deformance and Interpretation" (1999)
• cf., The Gorgeous Nothings, Emily Dickinson, edited by Marta Werner and Jen Bervin
  
• Stephen Ramsay, "Algorithmic Criticism" (2004) (See also his "Toward an Algorithmic Criticism" [2003])
• Mark Sample, "Notes Towards a Deformed Humanities" (2012)
• Rosa Menkman, The Glitch Moment(um) [PDF] (2001) (read pp. 7-32: "Introduction," "Glitch Manifesto," "A Technological Approach to Noise," and "The Perception of Glitch")
• See also Menkman's site: http://rosa-menkman.blogspot.com/
• Penn State Studio|Lab, Playing the Archive project (browse the "archive" and its resources)
• Douglas B. Kell and Stephen G. Oliver, "Here is the Evidence, Now What is the Hypothesis? - The Complementary Roles of Inductive and Hypothesis-driven Science in the Post-genomic Era" [PDF]

• Resources that may help in our discussion:
• Undergraduate DH projects from Alan's "Literature+" courses
• Romeo and Juliet: A Facebook Tragedy
• The Canterbury Blogs
• Borges: An Exploration in Modeling
• The Little Prince Project
• "Heart of Darkness" project  (screencapture of project)
• Alan's diagrams comparing modes of literary "analysis":  1  |  2 

3. The "Transform" Thesis

• Alan Liu, "Where is Cultural Criticism in the Digital Humanities?" (2012)
• Todd Presner, "Critical Theory and the Mangle of Digital Humanities" [draft version; PDF] (2012)
• Todd Presner, "The Ethics of the Algorithm: Close and Distant Listening to the Shoah Foundation Visual History Archive" (2012) [draft version; PDF]
• Patrik Svensson, "Envisioning the Digital Humanities" (2012)
• David M. Berry, "Introduction: Understanding the Digital Humanities" [PDF] (2012)
• Cf., "Bildung" concept

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• Adeline Koh and Roopika Risam, ed., #DHpoco “Open Thread: The Digital Humanities as a Historical ‘Refuge’ from Race/Class/Gender/Sexuality/Disability?” (May 10-14, 2013)
• See also Postcolonial Digital Humanities (#DHpoco) "Founding Principles"
• Tara McPherson, "Why Are the Digital Humanities So White? or Thinking the Histories of Race and Computation" (2012)
• Anne Cong-Huyen, "Transformative Asian/American Digital Humanities" (2013)
• Michael Widner, "The Digital Humanists' (Lack of) Response to the Surveillance State" (20 Aug. 2013) (see also Widner's summary of Twitter and other debates about his post)

4. Student Practicums

• Practicum Folder
• Kyle Crocco
• Tyler Shoemaker
• Lisa Han

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