{"id":47,"date":"2014-08-12T10:22:01","date_gmt":"2014-08-12T10:22:01","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/digitalhistorylab.com\/?p=47"},"modified":"2014-08-12T10:22:01","modified_gmt":"2014-08-12T10:22:01","slug":"where-is-the-digital","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/digitalhistorylab.com\/?p=47","title":{"rendered":"Where is the Digital?"},"content":{"rendered":"

One question that comes up frequently is “where is the the digital history lab?” This is a natural enough question, but what is it really asking?<\/p>\n

If the question is: “where is the server that hosts this site?” then the answer is: in an IIT server lab.<\/p>\n

If the question is: “where is the work done that’s showcased on this website?” then the answer is: in classes and libraries across campus.<\/p>\n

If the question is: “where are the video recorders, audio tools, etc. that I can use to produce films and podcasts?” then the answer is: in Galvin library, available for checkout at the circulation desk.<\/p>\n

If the question is: “where are the faculty and staff involved with the project?” then the answer is: in the Humanities Department (Siegel Hall) as well as in Galvin Library.<\/p>\n

The short answer might be to say that the Digital Humanities Lab doesn’t have a dedicated physical lab space, but that’s not quite right: as you can see from the questions and answers above, there is physical space and physical resources devoted to the lab. The question is essentially a form of asking: “where is the digital?” And, what do we expect in terms of the tangibility of digital projects and products?<\/p>\n

Trying to answer this question is, in fact, one of the most important things that a digital humanist can do. Because in so doing, one creates the very space for digital humanistic inquiry and production that one is asking after.<\/p>\n

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This lab is primarily a teaching resource that focuses on enabling students to create humanistic digital products and projects both inside and outside of class, by using history as a tool to understand contemporary social and technological issues.<\/p>\n

The lab\u2019s digital resources are collected on this website, and its physical resources, for the most part, are in Galvin Library for check-out. But the actual “where” of the lab is campus-wide, and hopefully growing, as it exists most fruitfully in the projects of students in history and humanities classes who use these tools to shape new historical inquiries.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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