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Brittany Bartasco posted a new activity comment on Humanities Commons 5 years ago
Perhaps I used the wrong term. Public humanists should care about the public’s opinion? This well help them gain support from the public for their work?
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Brittany Bartasco posted a new activity comment on Humanities Commons 5 years ago
Right now, based on what I currently know, I would define digital public humanities as an interconnection among the public, digital world, and most importantly humans. Digital humanities emphasize engagements with different communities to help promote improved teaching and understanding by listening to what individuals need/want and providing the…[Read more]
Open access, open source, open to all
I totally agreed that public humanists should be focused. Public humanities also give benefits to publics because public humanities not only make knowledge available to people who are outside of the ivory tower, but also support other disciplines develop, such as science and arts. It can broaden the range of audience, and then increase support or…[Read more]
I agree with both of you. I focused my concluding sentences about what it actually means to be available versus accessible. More information needs to be available to the public rather than special focus groups. In Lubar’s article he mentions communities define community. This is a great representation that we as a society are interacting with…[Read more]
Brittany,
Thanks for sharing these thoughts!
It may not be surprising, but I agree- making academic work open and not behind a pay-wall is very important. We’ll talk even more about this issue in our next module.
You note the importance of gaining the public’s support near the end of your post. I found this interesting! What sort of…[Read more]
Perhaps I used the wrong term. Public humanists should care about the public’s opinion? This well help them gain support from the public for their work?
Hello Brittany! I agree with the definition you generated in regard to digital public humanities. I love your use of the word “interconnection” because it shows the importance of the relationship among the public, digital world, and humans. The definition you created helped me better understand the different aspects that make up digital public hum…[Read more]
Hi Brittany! Your definition for DPH is great and I agree that it is a network for the collective to come together with ideas to add and expand, which is of value to humans because “Humans are social creatures.” (A statement I read somewhere in a general psychology textbook freshmen year.) and with DPH comes stimulating academic conversation that…[Read more]
I love the word “interconnection” here. This idea is at the core of the definition and is emphasized in all readings- this main blog post, Stommel’s blog post (in both his definitions), and throughout Lubar’s rules. I think paywalls are a problem- especially within the topic of news media today, where these companies need to make money but in doin…[Read more]
Hey Raj!
Well said! I love the “interconnection” of the digital publuc humaities as well especially at this time where we’ve kind of lost touch with one another physically we can still connect virtually. I think you make a great point with the paywalls in media today. It is so easy for the media to focus on what they see as profitable instead…[Read more]
Hey Brittany!
I completely agree with your definition and I wouldn’t have been able to put it in as good of words as you did haha. I think that in this time during the pandemic the digital public humanities is so important to have to keep us all in touch and stay sane. It s nice having a network where we have our own platform to communicate on…[Read more]