September 28th, 2017
Response to Johanson, Samuels, "Manifesto," and "Manifesto 2.0"
I thought Johanson's piece was interesting because it was formatted into a whitepaper. I created a whitepaper in my Intro to Professional Writing course, and it's a lot different than a piece you would just write normally. Specifically, it has to pay attention to language as it is something that is meant to propose an ideas of positive change and how, specifically, those changes can come to fruition. If you want those ideas to be accepted, you've got to make sure you don't accidentally insult the person or group you're proposing them to in the process. Johanson is a strong advocate of digital humanities, and goes into great detail about methods in which they can be more utilized.
Samuels seems to be hugely against the idea of moving most classes online for a type of "lectureless" class. After reading his critical response to the UCLA Humanities Task Force, I kind of agree with him. As much as I like the idea of taking a class in my pjs at my own leisure, I know I get more out of getting up and going to class and receiving a lecture from my professor. Why is that? Well, I think it has to do with how you learn. For me personally, I need most of my senses to be engaged for my brain to process the information that is being presented to me. I need to not only see it but hear it, practice it, actively take notes, etc. Following along an online course takes away from learning in some aspects because I feel like at that point you're kind of teaching yourself.
I wasn't really sure what to make of the purpose of the two manifestos; it seemed like they only consisted of detailed descriptions or definitions of digital humanities terms. Hopefully we will discuss this more in class.
I thought Johanson's piece was interesting because it was formatted into a whitepaper. I created a whitepaper in my Intro to Professional Writing course, and it's a lot different than a piece you would just write normally. Specifically, it has to pay attention to language as it is something that is meant to propose an ideas of positive change and how, specifically, those changes can come to fruition. If you want those ideas to be accepted, you've got to make sure you don't accidentally insult the person or group you're proposing them to in the process. Johanson is a strong advocate of digital humanities, and goes into great detail about methods in which they can be more utilized.
Samuels seems to be hugely against the idea of moving most classes online for a type of "lectureless" class. After reading his critical response to the UCLA Humanities Task Force, I kind of agree with him. As much as I like the idea of taking a class in my pjs at my own leisure, I know I get more out of getting up and going to class and receiving a lecture from my professor. Why is that? Well, I think it has to do with how you learn. For me personally, I need most of my senses to be engaged for my brain to process the information that is being presented to me. I need to not only see it but hear it, practice it, actively take notes, etc. Following along an online course takes away from learning in some aspects because I feel like at that point you're kind of teaching yourself.
I wasn't really sure what to make of the purpose of the two manifestos; it seemed like they only consisted of detailed descriptions or definitions of digital humanities terms. Hopefully we will discuss this more in class.
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