M. H. BealsSheffield Hallam University

@mhbeals

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ABOUT ME

A PHILOSOPHY

AN OVERVIEW

Digital Pathways to Close Reading

Digital Pathways to Big Data

Incorporating Theories of the Digital into Historical Teaching

CLOSE READING 1.0

• Reading the Text

• Reading Around the Topic

• Who, What, When, Where and Why

• Bias

<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?><text>ALICE, THE NEGRO.The following Account is copied from the Salopian Journal ofDec. 15, 1802.LATELY died, at Bristol, in Pennsylvania, a female slave, named ALICE, aged 116 years. She was born in Philadelphia, of parents who came from Barbadoes, and lived in that city until she was ten years old, when her master removed her to Dunk's Ferry; in which neighbourhood she continued to the end of her days. She remembers the ground on which Philadelphia stands, when it was a wilderness, and when the Indians (its chief inhabitants) hunted wild game in the woods, while the panther, the wolf, and the beast of the forest, were prowling about the wigwams and cabins in which they lived.</text>

CLOSE READING 2.0

<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?><text>ALICE, THE NEGRO.The following Account is copied from the <attribution pub="Salopian Journal"pub_city="Shrewsbury" pub_country="United Kingdom">Salopian Journal</attribution>of Dec. 15, 1802. LATELY died, at <location coordinates="40°06′12″N 74°51′05″W" url="http://tools.wmflabs.org/geohack/geohack.php?pagename=Bristol%2C_Pennsylvania&params=40_06_12_N_74_51_05_W_type:city%289726%29_region:US-PA">Bristol, in Pennsylvania,</location> a female slave, named <individual name="Alice" born="1686" died="1802">ALICE</individual>, aged 116 years.

She was born in <location coordinates="39°57′N 75°10′W" url="http://tools.wmflabs.org/geohack/geohack.php?pagename=Philadelphia&params=39_57_N_75_10_W_type:city%281553165%29_region:US-PA"> Philadelphia</location>, of parents who came from Barbadoes, and lived inthat city until she was ten years old, when her master removed her to Dunk's Ferry;in which neighbourhood she continued to the end of her days. <claim validity="unclear" reason="born 4 years after founding">She remembers the ground on which Philadelphia stands, when it was a wilderness, and when the Indians(its chief inhabitants) hunted wild game in the woods, while the panther, the wolf, and the beast of the forest, were prowling about the wigwams and cabins in which they lived.</claim></text>

CLOSE READING 2.5

CLOSE READING 3.0

DISTANT READING

• Linguistic Trends• Topic Modelling

• Sentiment Analysis

• Publication Trends• Reprint / Edition Tracking

• Digital Collaboration

• Integration of Close Reading

DISTANT READING

DISTANT READING

DIGITAL THEORY

To What Extent Does Digitisation and Digitally Native Content Effect

Our Sources and Our Role as Historians?

DIGITIZED ARCHIVES

• A Digital Version of a Traditional Space• A Different but Recognisable Experience• In-Built Authority and Credibility• Questions Raised:• Materiality

• Curation

• Malleability

•Loss of Curation Autonomy • Digitisation Choices • Paywalls

•Software Limitations

•Digital Dependencies

•Temptation for Footnote Tableaus

DIGITISED MATERIAL

DIGITAL ARCHIVES

• Exists in Myriad Forms• Narrative Curation• Non-Linear Curation• Interactive Data Sets

• Raises Questions of• Authority• Authenticity• Versionality • Ephemerality

DIGITAL MATERIAL

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• Google is not a Research Assistant• Hidden & Inconstant Algorithms • Herd Mentality Reshapes Focus

• Unclear Distinction Between • Information Gathering• Data Processing • Scholarly Analysis

CONCLUSION

Lessons You Learn from Digital History andDigital Methods Training

You Are Not ReplaceableYou Are Not Alone

CONCLUSION

Lessons Students Learn from Digital History andDigital Methods Training

Take Pride in Your WorkDon’t Be Afraid to Re-Purpose

Try HarderSeriously, Try Harder

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