LibGuides: Digital Humanities in Religious Studies: Breaking Through the Technical Barriers

Breaking Through the Technical Barriers: Making Sense of the Jargon

Learning the technical jargon, skills and software in the digital humanities can seem overwhelming. This section provides several sites that provide the novice or semi-novice with some quick entry points for sorting through the array of jargon, technologies, and processes.

Getting Started in the Digital Humanities
If you want to figure out how you can quickly get up to speed in the digital humanities, this site offers some great suggestions and links.
Tooling Up for the Digital Humanities
This site is great for bite-sized and understandable explanations of the technical processes involved in a variety of digital humanities projects.
Programming Tutotials (Programming Historian)
A well organized and annotated site that asks "what do you want to do" and gives you a quick overview of that technology or process.
Digital Humanities Workbench
A good site if you want to quickly have a basic knowledge of the many technical parts of the digital humanities. It covers it all in an understandable way and provides explanations of the frequently used jargon.
Python Programming for the Humanities
An introductory course for learning the basics of Python programming in a humanities context.
Digital Humanities Tutorials by Miriam Posner
This page includes tutorials on a variety of digital humanities tools, from creating maps, websites, exhibits, and visualizations.