The Humanities Now!

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  • Martha Powell’s Memoir: She did exist!

    Throughout the semester, we have learned how to digitally document and explore Moravian artifacts and more specifically, the Powell Diary, through different digital humanities projects. These Digital Humanities projects make certain information easy to share with users and promote new research findings. Throughout the course of the semester, we have learned  how to create and analyze seven…

  • A Deeper Understanding through Marking Up

    The process of marking up has introduced a whole new realm of close reading that I was unaware of. When analyzing almost every word and deciphering them into categories, you can gain a new and deeper understanding of the text rather than simply reading it in print, which is what Pierazzo talked about in her…

  • #tagging

    The close reading of a text can in some cases reveal much more substance than other methods. In the case of the Powell diary, close reading has enabled us to learn about the lives of Shamokin residents, both native and Moravian, in great depth. According to Pierazzo, we conducted a diplomatic edition; a transcription that is…

  • Take a Closer Look at Powell Diary

    “Determining how and whether a work got included in the database was sometimes a subjective process. some of the decisions made could, and perhaps should, be challenged.” said Matthew Jockers in his analysis Macroanalysis Digital Methods and Literary History. Through the  process of marking up my transcription of Powell Diary, I understood his statement better. I…