Digital and Religious Histories
One of my favorite mantras/quotes from a historian comes from Milton V. Backman. In the preface of his American Religions and the Rise of Mormonism, he states that “to simplify history is to falsify history.” I read this well before my venture into graduate
I love maps. This statement may prompt chuckles and eye rolls but it is not meant to be facetious or make light of the topic. Maps and mapping have become an important part of my life. This is strange considering
This weeks topic (Visualization) and next weeks (Mapping) are areas that I have a much stronger background in. As Dr. Mullen has articulated that out of these five topics (Text Analysis, Networks, Visualization, Mapping, Humanities Computing), we need to be
This weeks readings on network analysis represent the second week of readings on specific methodologies. Out of all five weeks (text analysis, network analysis, visualization, mapping, humanities computing) on methodologies, I have the least amount of experience with networks. Yet,
My first encounter with text analysis was the summer between finishing my undergraduate degree and starting the PhD program at GMU. Wanting to be studious and proactive before entering the program I chose for its digital humanities specialty, I started
