http://goatrockresearch.org/2009/07/design-and-digital-humanities/ Off Route & Out of Holds Wed, 26 Aug 2009 10:02:03 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 http://goatrockresearch.org/2009/07/design-and-digital-humanities/#comment-3 Richard Ross Thu, 23 Jul 2009 05:14:43 +0000 http://goatrockresearch.org/blog/?p=10#comment-3 Even though programming and design may seem to be overly "technical," I think they are a valuable skill and I agree with Turkel that humanists should have some knowledge of programming and design. One should be able to "roll" their own ... Even though programming and design may seem to be overly “technical,” I think they are a valuable skill and I agree with Turkel that humanists should have some knowledge of programming and design. One should be able to “roll” their own …

]]> http://goatrockresearch.org/2009/07/design-and-digital-humanities/#comment-2 Sarah Jaques-Ross Thu, 23 Jul 2009 05:00:48 +0000 http://goatrockresearch.org/blog/?p=10#comment-2 I agree that design is very important to the digital humanist field, especially after reading the article "Interchange." If web projects become as important to scholarship as traditional print books and articles are, then design is a key component. After all, book covers, illustrations, typography, etc. are important to book publishing. In a venue that is so fluid and visually-oriented as the web, design is essential both in an aesthetic sense and in terms of functionality. Do you agree with Turkel, then, that digital historians/humanists should have some knowledge of programming? I agree that design is very important to the digital humanist field, especially after reading the article “Interchange.” If web projects become as important to scholarship as traditional print books and articles are, then design is a key component. After all, book covers, illustrations, typography, etc. are important to book publishing. In a venue that is so fluid and visually-oriented as the web, design is essential both in an aesthetic sense and in terms of functionality. Do you agree with Turkel, then, that digital historians/humanists should have some knowledge of programming?

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