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DHUM 491: Georeferencing London Books

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Course Description

A study of the early modern London book trade combined with curriculum from the Geographical Information Systems in the Digital Humanities course offered by the Digital Humanities Summer Institute (DHSI). Readings and assignments engage critically with GIS technology as a research tool in the digital humanities, particularly as an application for analysis for the spatial distribution and interaction of early modern printers, publishers, and booksellers.

Readings

  • Dear, Michael, James Ketchum, Sarah Luria, and Doug Richardson, eds. GeoHumanities: Art, History, Text at the Edge of Place. London: Routledge, 2011.
  • Gregory, Ian, and Cathryn Brandon. Geographical Information Systems in the Digital Humanities. Coursepack. Digital Humanities Summer Institute. 1-6 June 2014. Web. Open.
  • Jessop, Martyn. The Inhibition of Geographical Information in Digital Humanities Scholarship. Literary and Linguistic Computing 23.1 (2008): 39-50. doi:10.1093/llc/fqm041.
  • Kretzschmar, William A. Jr. GIS for Language and Literary Study. Literary Studies in the Digital Age: An Evolving Anthology. Ed. Kenneth M. Price and Ray Siemens. New York: MLA Commons, 2013. Web. Open. doi:10.1632/lsda.2013.7.
  • Martí-Henneberg, Jordi. Geographical Information Systems and the Study of History. Journal of Journal of Interdisciplinary History 42.1 (2011): 1-13. doi:10.1162/JINH_a_00202.
  • STC. Abbreviation for A Short-Title Catalogue of Books Printed in England, Scotland, and Ireland and of English books Printed Abroad, 1475–1640. Compiled. by A.W. Pollard and G.R. Redgrave. 2nd. ed. rev. and enl. 3 vols. Begun by W.A. Jackson and F.S. Ferguson; completed by Katharine F. Pantzer. London: Bibliographical Society, 1976–1991.

Assignments

Value▼ Assignment▼
0% Completion of Geographical Information Systems in the Digital Humanities course at the Digital Humanities Summer Institute (DHSI), 1-6 June 2014.
15% Annotated bibliography of sources for spatial data on printers, publishers, and booksellers’ locations in early modern London and their print output, and bibliography of any cognate digital resources.
30% Prototype XML database of printers, publishers, and booksellers in early modern London, suitable for integration into The Map of Early Modern London. A TEI template is one component of this assignment.
15% Process documentation suitable for publication in Praxis section of The Map of Early Modern London. [1000 words.]
40% Research paper dealing with space and place of booktrade in early modern London and/or an issue in digital geohumanities [3000 words]. OR Three blog posts on the same topic(s) [1000 words each].