HIST4702 數位歷史學

Course Description

The use of digital methods to ask historical questions is growly rapidly. This course introduces students to the exciting world of digital history (and digital humanities more broadly), including text mining, digital mapping, visualization, digital curation, and 3-D modeling and video editing. These are skills that students will be able to apply to a range of historical problems, and will also be useful in a variety of future careers. This is an introductory course and no background is required.

Grade Descriptors

Grade A Outstanding performance on all learning outcomes.
Grade A- Generally outstanding performance on all (or almost all) learning outcomes.
Grade B Substantial performance on all learning outcomes, OR high performance on some learning outcomes which compensates for less satisfactory performance on others, resulting in overall
substantial performance.
Grade C Satisfactory performance on the majority of learning outcomes, possibly with a few weaknesses.
Grade D Barely satisfactory performance on a number of learning outcomes.
Grade F Unsatisfactory performance on a number of learning outcomes, OR failure to meet specified assessment requirements.

*If class is in person, please bring your laptop/electronic device to every class*

1. (6/9) Introduction: What is Digital History?
Reading: Watch introductory video and read the various parts of “Concepts in Digital Humanities:
https://libguides.lib.cuhk.edu.hk/Intro-DH
Browse: http://www.digital.ntu.edu.tw/

2. (13/9) What is data? Introduction to EXCEL.
Sections 1.1, 1.2,. 1.3, 2.1, 2.2, 3.1, 4.1, 4.3 of Beginning Excel
https://openoregon.pressbooks.pub/beginningexcel/front-matter/introduction/
Homework: Complete Beginning Excel 2.5 Practice Chapter

3. (20/9) Visualization with Tableau I [introduce final project]
Reading: Do Tableau tutorials:https://public.tableau.com/app/resources/learn Students might also want to browsehttps://youtu.be/-KfpkyTrrtc
Homework: Make a simple Tableau visualization that tells us something interesting about the Ming Jinshi list. Read:https://www.treccani.it/enciclopedia/matteo-ricci_%28Dizionario-Biografico%29/(use google translate)

4. (27/9) Visualization with Tableau II [create sub-groups]

Reading: Become a Tableau Jedi https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=d22A4XVoUEs

browse:https://gephi.org/users/tutorial-visualization/ . Homework:Make Tableau visualizations that show how the recipients of the Ming Jinshi changed over time and geographically. https://projects.iq.harvard.edu/cbdb/data-sets 5. (4/10) Text Mining with CText Reading: https://dsturgeon.net/ctext/ Homework: Use CText to understand how the use of 我們 changed over time in Chinese texts. 6. (11/10) Text Mining with CText Reading: https://dsturgeon.net/texttools/ Advanced Reading for Text group only: https://digitalsinology.org/classical-chinese-dh-getting-started/ ; https://digitalsinology.org/classical-chinese-dh-python-ctext-api/ ; https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Srxsw4RMToA&t=4661s Homework: How did Matteo Ricci use the Chinese classics? 7. (18/10) Creating a Web Presence WordPress.org (not .com) Reading https://wordpress.org/support/ “Basic usage & Customizing” Homework: Make a personal wordpress.org website with some basic information and a photo of you. 8. (25/10) Digital Mapping with QGIS I Reading: explore the following resources: Do QGIS Lessons 2.1-2.2 https://docs.qgis.org/3.10/en/docs/training_manual/index.html Homework: Make a map of the travels of Adam Schall. 9. (1/11) Digital Mapping with QGIS II Reading: QGIS Lessons 2.3-2.4 https://docs.qgis.org/3.10/en/docs/training_manual/index.html ; Homework: Make a map of Beijing at the time of Adam Schall 10. (8/11) 3-D Modelling I with Sketchup Register for SketchUp Free (www.app.sketchup.com) and watch tutorial: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=I_bJPNnO3HQ ; study https://research.reading.ac.uk/virtualrome/ Homework: Make a basic model of Fung King Hey Building 11. (15/11) 3-D Modelling II Watch: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nb5SpjKy44s ; Do free trial of Kubity Go https://pro.kubity.com/ Homework: Make a basic model of the Forbidden City in Beijing c. 1640. 12. (22/11) Video Creation (Openshot) Reading: Openshot tutorial: http://www.openshot.org/static/files/user-guide/introduction.html Teaching Evaluation at start of class. Homework: Make a 30 sec video about Adam Schall. 13. (29/11) Reflections & Final Project Troubleshooting. （Online）

10% Attendance and Participation in Lecture
Students are expected to attend and contribute to lectures. Students are also expected to do the set reading ahead of class and do any set homework exercises. Although students will become experts in only one or two digital methods, they must learn the rudiments of all the methods covered.
N.B. Students will also be expected to attend at least three meetings of the digital humanities seminar (advertised on the Faculty of Arts website), as well as office hours on at least one occasion.
10% Weekly Homeworks
10x weekly homework assignments for weeks 2-12. This should be submitted in the form of a pdf with screen shots and 100-150 words of text. Due by email to the TA on Thursday 9am each week (absolute deadline).

30% Discussion in tutorial sharing sessions (7.5% each tutorial)
In each of the tutorials, each of the subgroups will collectively present their ideas/progress (in the form of a PowerPoint with relevant data/visualizations/etc.) and seek feedback from other students. Each tutorial will be devoted to a different stage of project management: planning, build-up, implementation, closeout.

50% Final Group Project
Students will complete a coherent group project on the topic of: Adam Schall’s 火攻挈要 (1643): A Holistic Approach to Science and Warfare during the Qing Conquest. Depending on numbers, students will be divided into small groups, each responsible for a different element, e.g. text mining with CText, data/visualizations, maps, video, website (+overall coordination), etc. Students should communicate regularly and I suggest you set up a Whatsapp group for this purpose.

The project will take the form of a website (hosted by the UL). Cf. last year’s project. For hosting the website, please contact Kitty at the DS Lab.

N.B.
a. The final grade will be based 50% on the project/website. Due date December 8, 5pm.
b. Many works by missionaries are already on CText, and more will be added over the summer.
c. For the 火攻挈要, please OCR the late Qing reprint (1849) in the UL, if you can’t find a digital copy of the 1643 original. All texts put onto CTEXT must be from images of original printed works from CUHK library.

In each of the 4 tutorials with the TA, each of the teams will collectively present their ideas/progress (in the form of a PowerPoint with relevant data/visualizations/etc.) and seek feedback from other students.
Each tutorial will be devoted to one stage of project management:
Planning
Build-up
Implementation
Closeout
See: https://hbr.org/2016/11/the-four-phases-of-project-management

Tutorial 1
11/Oct/2023(Wed) 16:30-18:15 LHC 106
Tutorial 2
25/Oct/2023(Wed) 16:30-18:15 LHC 106
Tutorial 3
08/Nov/2023(Wed) 16:30-18:15 LHC 106
Tutorial 4
22/Nov/2023(Wed) 16:30-18:15 LHC 106

Readings
The Programming Historian https://programminghistorian.org/en/
Digital Sinology https://digitalsinology.org/
A great YouTube Channel from Prof. Cha @HKU https://www.youtube.com/@JavierCha
On Digital Mapping: https://guides.library.ucsc.edu/DS/Resources/Class-Specific/LALS194E/MappingData

請注意大學有關學術著作誠信的政策和規則，及適用於犯規事例的紀律指引和程序。詳情可瀏覽網址：http://www.cuhk.edu.hk/policy/academichonesty/。

學生遞交作業時，必須連同已簽署的聲明一併提交，表示他們知道有關政策、規則、指引及程序。

• 如屬小組習作，則所有組員均須簽署聲明；所有組員（不論有否簽署聲明及不論有否直接或間接撰寫有問題的內容）均須負上集體責任及受到懲處。
• 如作業以電腦製作、內容以文字為主，並經由大學「維誠」系統 (VeriGuide) 提交者，學生將作業的電子檔案上載到系統後，便會獲得收據，收據上已列明有關聲明。

未有夾附簽署妥當的聲明的作業，老師將不予批閱。

學生只須提交作業的最終版本。

學生將作業或作業的一部份用於超過一個用途（例如：同時符合兩科的要求）而沒有作出聲明會被視為未有聲明重覆使用作業。學生重覆使用其著作的措辭或某一、二句句子很常見，並可以接受，惟重覆使用全部內容則構成問題。在任何情況下，須先獲得相關老師同意方可提交作業。