HHIS-292: World Hist/Digital Humanities

Digital archives and libraries across the world make available sources that have enhanced how we learn subjects and make things. In this course, students work collaboratively to build digital history exhibits on curated topics in 20th-century world history. To do digital history is to create a framework through technology for people to explore sources and follow a narrative on a historical problem. Students select exhibit topics from a list, and prepare for content development with general class readings in world history. A media designer will advise on interface concept. The final exhibits will have completed curatorial content, including texts and database of artifacts, and an interface sketch. No media production is required. This is a humanities/social sciences course with a design component.