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At the end of the course students are able to:
- reflect on debates in Digital Humanities concerning computational methods;
- analyze how, in Media, Arts and Performance studies research, digital tools affect the researcher, the research process and research output;
- report on this analysis in a portfolio and provide a critical evaluation of tool criticism to accompany the assignment;
- professionally communicate results from a tool criticism workshop to peers.
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Only open for students in the RMA Media, Art & Performance Studies.
In recent years an increasing amount of born-digital and digitized data have become newly available, offering rich opportunities for research with (new) computational tools. As Humanities scholars we need to raise questions about the role and influence of computational tools on the research process, the results and their presentation. In this course, students will critically investigate the role of computational tools for doing research in Media, Art and Performance Studies. In short, they will learn to conduct what is called tool criticism. Tool criticism raises questions about computational methodology, and it is an integral reflexive practice interwoven in the academic processes.
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Career orientation:
Students will develop critical skills pertaining to computational tools and computational research methodologies appropriate for current developments in the professional field and in academic research.
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