https://studiegids.vu.nl/en/courses/2024-2025/L_AABAALG076Upon successful completion of this course, students will be able to:Understand and articulate the key issues and debates in digital humanities, especially concerning cultural heritage, digital methods, and the reliability of digital research;Critically evaluate digital tools, data, and methodologies used in DH and Social Analytics research;Apply digital tools to analyze humanities and social data, acknowledging the potential for bias and error;Demonstrate an ability to manage digital projects and create a digital humanities workflow, from data acquisition to dissemination of results;Collaborate effectively in interdisciplinary teams to conduct digital humanities research.This course gets students acquainted with Digital Humanities (DH), a field that explores the intersection of digital technology and the humanities, and Social Analytics, a field that interprets digital interactions and relationships of people, topics, ideas, and content. The course provides students with the theory, tools, and methods needed to analyze and interpret digital data of interest to the humanities and social sciences. It focuses on three main themes:Debates in Digital Humanities and Social AnalyticsComputation & the Humanities: components and workflowsDigital methodsStudents will engage in critical discussions and hands-on projects that expose them to the practical challenges and opportunities of building a digital humanities workflow as well as theoretical questions within the field of Digital Humanities and Social Analytics. In this course, students’ diversity is a resource that gives them a chance to learn from and with each other. Students mostly work in groups; in this way, they develop understanding of the value of collaboration in a DH research setting whilst becoming acquainted with DH professional practices where collaboration is the norm. This is added to the intrinsic highly multi-disciplinary nature of the Minor which can be chosen by students from any discipline.Classes will consist of a combination of bi-weekly lectures, discussion, interdisciplinary group work and hands-on practicals. Students are required to attend at least 80% of the classes. Students who fail to do so without a valid reason will be excluded from the course.Project portfolio (70%) and engagement in discussion and practical activities (30%)Readings will be announced through CANVASStudents who take the University Minor ‘Digital Humanities and SocialAnalytics’. As long as there are available places, we welcome other students of all disciplines, including international exchange students.Students from all disciplines are welcome; no prior knowledge is required.