98937 - Digital Sources and Methods for Historical Research (1)

Academic Year 2022/2023

  • Docente: Deborah Paci
  • Credits: 6
  • SSD: M-STO/04
  • Language: Italian
  • Teaching Mode: Traditional lectures
  • Campus: Bologna
  • Corso: First cycle degree programme (L) in History (cod. 0962)

Learning outcomes

By the end of the course the student will have learned about the main methodologies and the most important publications available within the scope of digital history, with particular regard for the documents on the contemporary age. The student will be able to critically analyse projects and publications within the scope of digital history and, more in general, to move consciously within the scope of the Digital Humanities.

Course contents

The course consists of two segments.

 

The first segment will provide a general overview of the methodology of historical research by examining the most influential books in historiography.

The second part will look at the changing practice of doing history in the digital age and new ways for historians to share the results of their research with peers and with non-professionals. In addition we will explore the changing nature of historical sources in the digital age.

Readings/Bibliography

Primary Texts (for all students)

- Marc Bloch, Apologia della storia o Mestiere di storico, Torino, Einaudi, 2009

- Deborah Paci (a cura di), La storia in digitale: teorie e metodologie, Milano, Unicopli, 2019

Additonal texts for non-attending students:

- Daniel J. Cohen, Roy Rosenzweig, Digital history: a guide to gathering, preserving, and presenting the past on the Web, Philadelphia, University of Pennsylvania Press, 2005

OR

- Richard Rogers, Metodi digitali. Fare ricerca sociale con il web, Bologna, il Mulino, 2013

Teaching methods

The didactic methodology includes both lectures and seminars.

Assessment methods

All students will take a final written exam.

Teaching tools

Multimedia tools are used to illustrate the possibilities of using new sources for historiographyReference texts.

Office hours

See the website of Deborah Paci