Last month marked the launch of Digital Humanities Questions & Answers, a joint venture of the Association for Computers and the Humanities (ACH) and ProfHacker. (See Julie’s announcement and followup posts.) Digital Humanities Questions and Answers (@DHAnswers) is designed to be a free resource where anyone with an interest in the digital humanities can pose a question to the community of folks working in the field.
There have been many great threads over the first month; in this post, I wanted to highlight a few that have “best answers”:
- “Good examples of ‘image-based’ humanities computing scholarship or projects?” (Link to thread / direct link to the best answer)
- “Oral History Metadata Standards and Schemes” (Thread / Answer)
- “Command-line tool to generate report on large number of XML files” (Thread / Answer)
- “How do I get started learning how to write a successful grant?” (Thread / Answer)
- “Web application for visualisation of variance across multiple witnesses?” (Thread / Answer)
- Here’s a thread that has TWO best answers (DH is a big tent!): “Best DH project-management system?” (Thread / Answer 1 / Answer 2)
- “Open-source historical GIS tools” (Thread / Answer)
- “How would I begin creating a museum cell phone tour?” (Thread / Answer)
There are plenty of other questions with best answers, too, but this list should give you a sense of the variety of topics that might be addressed at DHAnswers.
With so many topics already in circulation, the site may be a little confusing to newcomers, who might be concerned their question’s already been asked, but Bethany and Julie have thought of that, with a thread entitled “How can I find answers, get my questions answered, and help DHAnswers Grow?”
If you are DH-curious, or someone working in the field with either a question to ask or expertise to lend (or both!), why not give DHAnswers a try?
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2 Responses to Checking in with Digital Humanities Questions & Answers
hank_devereaux_jr - June 7, 2012 at 10:40 pm
As Ms. Mentor has noted, if you don’t have tenure — remember that your teaching and research is viewed through a filter of what your senior colleagues think of you. Committee work and service work that puts you in contact with senior colleagues who will make your tenure decision and which gives you chance to form a favorable impression is worth considering — especially those committees that are high profile/low time commitment.
profe1 - June 8, 2012 at 7:07 am
Untenured faculty not only need experience on committees, they need exposure to the faculty across the college or institution. Our colleagues may have a habit of calling on those they already know, so passing on the opportunity may be a good thing. But senior faculty should also protect junior faculty by taking care with the kind of opportunities passed on.