The whole experience of the Winter Institute on Digital Humanities, almost a week in, and we have phased from Studying the interactions of AI with autistic kids (just the theory) to practically learning how to use GIS in projections and comparisons of Historic Maps and transition that both educators and learners face with respect to the fast paced development of technology. These concepts are accompanied by questions such as who would constitute the next billion users of technology will be.
We have also phased through questions which revolve around the idea of this being the age to analyse the culture of the ageing population, and the evolution of media around them.
How there is a concept of ageism, as similar to racism, and other such stereotypes and prejudices. The very idea of idolizing “looking young” to a point where the lives of people revolve entirely around that concept.
The Digital Humanities also circumvents the coding and decoding of text. Texts such as the Constitutions of different countries hold weight such that their various phases of transition are notably visible to the analyst.
A specific insight onto the GIS would lead us to the myriad possibilities that, using this inter-phase would allow us to consider starting from revolutionizing the way things are taught, to enabling a faster and easier learning process, to speediness and simpler presentation of data.
I would like to end by quoting Professor Srinivasan on what is the digital humanities: it is basically studying the humanities by making use of digital tools.
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