Join us on Wed, March 25 from 5-6pm (Location: Beggars Banquet) for the third DH Reading Group of Spring 2015.
Matt Handelman will lead a discussion on “What is the Dark Side of DH?” based on the following articles. Please read as many of the articles as possible in advance of the discussion, but also feel welcome to attend even if you haven’t had a chance to read it all!
- Wendy Hui Kyong Chun and Lisa Marie Rhody, 2014, Working the Digital Humanities: Uncovering Shadows between the Dark and the Light, differences 25.1, http://www.lisarhody.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/04/WorkingDH_WHKChun_LMRhody.pdf
- Adam Kirsch, 2014, Technology is Taking Over English Departments: The false promise of the digital humanities, the New Republic, http://www.newrepublic.com/article/117428/limits-digital-humanities-adam-kirsch
- Jeffrey Schnapp et al, 2014, The Immense Promise of the Digital Humanities: The book as technology, The New Republic, http://www.newrepublic.com/article/117711/digital-humanities-have-immense-promise-response-adam-kirsh