3. “DH is not a "disruption"—it is
an enhancement of the core
methods of an ideal liberal-
arts education.”
-William Pannapacker
“Stop Calling itDigital Humanities”
4. So, How is Digital Liberal Arts Different?
• Small and interdisciplinary
• Focus less on research, more on undergraduate education
• Promote faculty-student collaboration
• Foster engagement with local histories and communities
6. Survey: Digital Liberal Arts
• Selected eight schools with digital humanities programs
• Less than 5,000 students
• Liberal arts mission
• Primary focus on undergraduate education
• No multi-school consortiums
7. DLA Programs
• Carleton College
• Digital Humanities Initiative
• Dickinson College
• Digital Humanities Program
• Hamilton College
• Digital Humanities Initiative
(Dhi)
• Middlebury College
• Digital Liberal Arts Initiative
(DLA)
• Occidental College
• Center for Digital Liberal Arts
(CDLA)
• University of Richmond
• Digital Scholarship Lab
• Washington & Lee University
• Digital Humanities Program
• Whittier College
• DigLibArts
9. Program Missions/Goals
• Develop curriculum
• Promote faculty-student collaboration
• Increase research opportunities for faculty
• Expand available technologies
10. Program Development
• Most college were practicing a form of digital humanities
before receiving any grant funding
• A few developed out of other programs and initiatives
• VIZ (Visualizing the Liberal Arts) at Carleton
• 7/8 Received grants
11. Case Study: Washington & Lee
2012
Informal discussions
2013
Digital Humanities Working
Group (DHWG) and the Digital
Humanities Action Team (DHAT).
2015
Mellon grant for $800,000
12. Faculty and Staff
Almost entirely comprised of existing faculty, and individuals
from the IT and Library departments.
• Some programs have dedicated staff positions
• Working groups and administrative committees
• Student work positions
13. Students
• Work positions
• Assistantships
• Hybrid programs
• Culture, Liberal Arts, and Society Scholars (CLASS) at Hamilton
• Digital Humanities Associates (DHA’s) at Carleton
• DH courses
• Digital Humanities classes
• Classes with innovative digital methods
Four primary types of student involvement:
14. Physical Spaces
Physically “Centerless”
model
• 6/8 have dedicated
spaces
• Located in libraries or
other college centers
• Spaces are designed
for collaboration
Varelas Innovation Lab@ Occidental
15. Virtual Presence
• Supplement lack of
physical center
• Dedicated webpages
• Large presence on social
media
Digital Liberal Arts Page @ Middlebury
17. Projects, Funding, and Resources
Project Funding
• Faculty apply for funding
• Some requirements
Resources
• Workshops
• Project support
• Drop-in hours
• Speakers
• Presentations
Schedule
10am Lightning Round of current projects from
Carleton, St. Olaf, and Macalester
followed by digital poster sessions
11:45 Buffet lunch served
buffet for first 50 attendees
Noon Lunch Keynote: Evan Roberts and Andrea Simenstad
Minnesota Population Center - University of Minnesota
1:30 Optional informal project consultations
Day of DH 201610am – 2pm, Great Hall
May 2nd
Celebrating the Digital Humanities at Carleton College
Sponsored by the Humanities Center and the Gould Library
18. Local Engagement
“Northfield Flood Project”
(Carleton College)
“Carlisle Indian Industrial
School”
(Dickinson College)
“Redlining Richmond”
(University of Richmond)
”Stonewall Jackson
Cemetery Project”
(Washington & Lee)
“Civil War Letters”
(Hamilton College)
19. Key Findings
• Develop digital humanities programs with the overall
liberal arts mission front and center.
• Drawn on existing resources, faculty and staff
• Involve students in numerous ways
• Lack a physical center, but possess large virtual presence
20. Issues and Challenges
• Visibility
• Working locally
• Sustainability
• Grant-funded programs
21. “We must think locally, and create
versions of DH that make sense not
at some ideal, universal level, but at
specific schools, in specific curricula,
and with specific institutional
partners.”
- Ryan Cordell
“How Not to Teach Digital Humanities”