Linscheid Library Blog

Digital Humanities Lab

Main take-away: The new Digital Humanities Lab offers opportunities for ECU students and faculty to explore interdisciplinary research questions.

If you would like your research or creative work to be featured in a blog post, please contact Marla at mlobley@ecok.edu (opens a new tab).

Accessibility

The Digital Humanities Lab is now available on the 2nd floor of Linscheid Library. It is provided by a NASNTI HERITAGE grant.

Digital Humanities is a field that uses technology or computational techniques to study any field concerning human culture, including: literature, art, music, communication, history and more. It is important because it opens possibilities to study new questions that can lead to discovery, it brings together researchers and knowledge from different fields and it provides students with opportunities to learn marketable skills. 

Students can use the lab when it is not reserved for a class. Instructors can talk to their liaison librarian about having a class in the lab. The lab includes 12 Apple computers with media editing software such as Adobe Creative Suite and Final Cut Pro. Users can register with the HERC office to access Native American language learning software. The lab includes a 3D printer and a large format printer that can be used by students working on Digital Humanities projects. Talk to a lab assistant to learn more.

Some current research projects in Digital Humanities include: 

• ECU student Tyler Rodgers is studying the best methods to teach children the Chickasaw language. Methods he will test include using technology and traditional storytelling.
• music21, a project from MIT, allows music scholars to explore questions such as, "I wonder how often Bach uses that chord progression". From: web.mit.edu/music21 (opens a new tab).
• Enchanting the Desert brings together artists and geographers through Henry Peabody's Grand Canyon slideshow made between 1899 and 1930. From enchantingthedesert.com/home (opens a new tab). 

Learn more about what you can do in the Digital Humanities. Contact the library at refdesk@ecok.edu (opens a new tab) or 580-559-5369. Contact HERC (Humanities Education Research Center) at 580-559-5366 or jindmcc@ecok.edu (opens a new tab).