The use of new media in digital humanities

Understanding the uses of new media in the digital humanities methodology. Understanding the basic principles of the language of the new media, with an emphasis on the transformations of literature within the new media. Ability to analyze communication in the new media and an appropriate use of the new media language for purposes of planning new forms of communication. Ability to conceptualize the analysis of large datasets in humanities and the ability to design the visual arguments in the digital humanities research. Knowledge of and understanding the relationship of the computer media towards the older technical media: photography, film and video, and an ability to reflect on the integration of traditional media into the new media communication. Understanding and consideration of an involvement of the new media in the wider field of information technologies, and of innovations in this field. Understanding the ways in which the new media are embedded in the changes in the field of representation and mixed reality.

Knowledge of English and of at least another foreign language. Basic computer skills.

This course is the foundation for researching the relationships between cultural practices as they are developed in the so-called new media. A special emphasis will be given to the relationships between literature and other media. For a contemporary approach to literature, art and culture, it is essential to consider the transformation of the world-model by means of the new forms of telecommunication, personal mobility and algorithmic data processing. The course will link the theory and practice in the domains of literary history and theory, digital humanities, semiotics, cultural studies, theories of visual language and new media theories.

Themes:
1. Digital humanities. Methods and examples.
2. Information technologies and the understanding of computer media.
3. Information design and data visualization. Analysis and visualization of large datasets. Techniques for visual argumentation.
4. Digital video and motion graphics. Making the video abstract for a scientific paper.
5. User interfaces for the web and mobile applications.
6. Virtual reality, augmented reality, mixed reality. Layering geo-locations with humanist information, designing literary itineraries and the user experience in mixed reality.
7. Concepts from the new media theory. Vilém Flusser and techno-imagination. Lev Manovich and cultural analytics. The question of the aesthetics of artificial intelligence.

Knowledge of basic study literature, especially the key theoretical contributions, the key new media artworks, and the key examples of use of new media in digital humanities research. Knowledge of basic elements, procedures and principles of interactive communication in the new media. Knowledge of the software tools, formats and principles of assembly and composition of digitized image, sound, textual and other data material for the production of presentational applications. The ability to critically reflect on the new media forms of communication.
Understanding concepts such as: integrated media, hypertext and hypermedia, cyber-text, digital and analogous, databases, algorithms, artificial intelligence, neural networks, data visualization, information graphics, server, browser, interface, user experience, prototyping, internet textuality, interactivity, avatar, telepresence, telematics, gamification, mixed reality, virtual reality, augmented reality, social media.

seminar work 50%,
project presentation 50%

1. BOVCON, Narvika. Virtual museums : interpreting and recreating digital cultural content. Neohelicon : acta Comparationis litterarum universarum. no. 1, jun. 2021, str. 23-38. ISSN 0324-4652. https://link.springer.com/article/10.1007%2Fs11059-021-00582-1, DOI: 10.1007/s11059-021-00582-1. [COBISS.SI-ID 68759555]

2. BOVCON, Narvika. Literary aspects in new media art works. CLCWeb : comparative literature and culture. [Online ed.]. 2014, vol. 15, no. 7, str. 1-13, ilustr. ISSN 1481-4374. http://docs.lib.purdue.edu/cgi/viewcontent.cgi?article=2391&context=clcweb. [COBISS.SI-ID 10410068]

3. BOVCON, Narvika. Jezik gibljivih slik v računalniških vizualizacijah literarnozgodovinske podatkovne zbirke. V: ZORMAN, Barbara (ur.), et al. Literatura in gibljive slike : tematski sklop = Literature and moving images : thematic section. Ljubljana: Slovensko društvo za primerjalno književnost, 2014. Letn. 37, št. 2, str. 119-133, 235-242, [244], ilustr. Primerjalna književnost, letn. 37, št. 2. ISSN 0351-1189. [COBISS.SI-ID 55119202]

4. BOVCON, Narvika, VAUPOTIČ, Aleš, KLEMENC, Bojan, SOLINA, Franc. "Atlas 2012" augmented reality : a case study in the domain of fine arts. V: HOLZINGER, Andreas (ur.), et al. Human factors in computing and informatics : proceedings. First International Conference, SouthCHI 2013, Maribor, Slovenia, July 1-3, 2013. Heidelberg [etc.]: Springer, cop. 2013. Str. 477-496, ilustr. Lecture notes in computer science, 7946. ISBN 978-3-642-39061-6, ISBN 978-3-642-39062-3. ISSN 0302-9743. http://eprints.fri.uni-lj.si/2098/. [COBISS.SI-ID 2782459]

5. BOVCON, Narvika. Literarni vidiki novomedijskih del Jake Železnikarja in Sreča Dragana. Primerjalna književnost. [Tiskana izd.]. 2013, letn. 36, št. 1, str. 81-102, [308], ilustr. ISSN 0351-1189. [COBISS.SI-ID 9952084]

6. MIHURKO PONIŽ, Katja, BOVCON, Narvika, TRAJANOV, Aneta, SMREKAR, Tina. Digitalizacija kulturne dediščine v dveh projektih programa Študentski inovativni projekti za družbeno korist. V: FIŠER, Darja (ur.), ERJAVEC, Tomaž (ur.). Jezikovne tehnologije in digitalna humanistika : zbornik konference : 24.- 25. september 2020, Ljubljana, Slovenija = Proceedings of the Conference on Language Technologies and Digital Humanities : September 24th - 25th 2020, Ljubljana, Slovenia. 1st ed. Ljubljana: Inštitut za novejšo zgodovino: = Institute of Contemporary History, 2020. Str. 66-73, ilustr. ISBN 978-961-7104-01-1. http://nl.ijs.si/jtdh20/pdf/JT-DH_2020_Mihurko-Poniz-et-al_Digitalizacija-kulturne-dediscine-v-dveh-projektih-programa-Studentski.pdf. [COBISS.SI-ID 30294531]

7. BOVCON, Narvika, VAUPOTIČ, Aleš. Literarne pešpoti v povečani resničnosti na področju med Goriško, Tržaško pokrajino in Furlanijo : konceptualna zasnova, izvedba in trajno vzdrževanje. V: FIŠER, Darja (ur.), ERJAVEC, Tomaž (ur.). Jezikovne tehnologije in digitalna humanistika : zbornik konference : 24.- 25. september 2020, Ljubljana, Slovenija = Proceedings of the Conference on Language Technologies and Digital Humanities : September 24th - 25th 2020, Ljubljana, Slovenia. 1st ed. Ljubljana: Inštitut za novejšo zgodovino: = Institute of Contemporary History, 2020. Str. 16-23, ilustr. ISBN 978-961-7104-01-1. http://nl.ijs.si/jtdh20/pdf/JT-DH_2020_Bovcon-et-al_Literarne-pespoti-v-povecani-resnicnosti-na-podrocju-med-Gorisko-Trzasko-in-Furlanijo.pdf. [COBISS.SI-ID 30262275]

8. BOVCON, Narvika, VAUPOTIČ, Aleš. Artistic visualizations and beyond : a study of materializations of a digital database. V: FIŠER, Darja (ur.), PANČUR, Andrej (ur.). Zbornik konference Jezikovne tehnologije in digitalna humanistika, 20. september - 21. september 2018, Ljubljana, Slovenija = Proceedings of the Conference on Language Technologies & Digital Humanities, September 20th - 21st 2018, Ljubljana, Slovenia. 1st ed. Ljubljana: Znanstvena založba Filozofske fakultete: = Ljubljana University Press, Faculty of Arts, 2018. Str. 18-23, ilustr. ISBN 978-961-06-0111-1. http://nl.ijs.si/jtdh18/JTDH-2018-Proceedings.pdf. [COBISS.SI-ID 5373435]

9. VAUPOTIČ, Aleš, BUZIOL, Marco, BOVCON, Narvika. Digital video in digital humanities methodology : a case study. V: ERJAVEC, Tomaž (ur.), FIŠER, Darja (ur.). Zbornik konference Jezikovne tehnologije in digitalna humanistika, 29. september - 1. oktober 2016, Filozofska fakulteta, Univerza v Ljubljani, Ljubljana, Slovenija = Proceedings of the Conference on Language Technologies & Digital Humanities, September 29th - October 1st, 2016 Faculty of Arts, University of Ljubljana, Ljubljana, Slovenia. 1. izd. V Ljubljani: Znanstvena založba Filozofske fakultete: = Ljubljana University Press, Faculty of Arts, 2016. Str. 164-169, ilustr. ISBN 978-961-237-862-2. http://www.sdjt.si/wp/wp-content/uploads/2016/09/JTDH-2016_Vaupotic-et-al_Digital-Video-in-Digital-Humanities-Methodology.pdf. [COBISS.SI-ID 4629755]

10. VAUPOTIČ, Aleš, BOVCON, Narvika. Visualization of the WomenWriters database : interdisciplinary collaboration experiments 2012-2015. V: MIHURKO PONIŽ, Katja (ur.). Reception of foreign women writers in the Slovenian literary system of the long 19th century. Nova Gorica: University of Nova Gorica Press, 2017. Str. 72-116. ISBN 978-961-6311-99-1, ISBN 978-961-7025-00-2. http://www.ung.si/media/storage/cms/attachments/2017/04/03/14/57/48/HERA.pdf. [COBISS.SI-ID 4783099]

11. MIHURKO PONIŽ, Katja, BOVCON, Narvika, NEDREGOTTEN SØRBØ, Marie, PARENTE-ČAPKOVÁ, Viola, SANZ, Amelia, VAN DIJK, Suzan, VAUPOTIČ, Aleš. Teaching women writers with NEWW Virtual Research Environment. V: FIŠER, Darja (ur.), PANČUR, Andrej (ur.). Zbornik konference Jezikovne tehnologije in digitalna humanistika, 20. september - 21. september 2018, Ljubljana, Slovenija = Proceedings of the Conference on Language Technologies & Digital Humanities, September 20th - 21st 2018, Ljubljana, Slovenia. 1st ed. Ljubljana: Znanstvena založba Filozofske fakultete: = Ljubljana University Press, Faculty of Arts, 2018. Str. 254-255. ISBN 978-961-06-0111-1. http://nl.ijs.si/jtdh18/JTDH-2018-Proceedings.pdf. [COBISS.SI-ID 5373691]