With the Spring semester getting into it’s full swing, I am excited to see what this class is about. Through the discussions in class so far I have learned the key concepts of the digital humanities field, and am ready to see where that takes us. After reading the syllabus a few things stood out to me. The fiction AI comparison is fun, I watch a lot of movies and think that a topic relating to my interests would make the assignment a breeze per-say. The field of AI is important and rapidly growing so it’s nice to have in-class discussions about it and it’s uses and shortcomings. I also think the location based concepts sound intriguing. I know little about the St. Louis / Metro East’s history and learning through a digital space could be more involving than a book or test. Last, the tools we are using in class have already proven a slight challenge to me; nonetheless I am learning them quickly and plan to have a stronger grasp on the software as time goes on. I hope the class goes well for everyone!
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I’m interested in how digital humanities are involved with digital marketing. I am a marketing major with an interest in working in digital marketing that aligns with digital humanities.
I took this class because I needed a humanities credit, but I didn’t want to choose something general and boring that had nothing to do with my major. I wanted to build a portfolio of classes so when I graduate its not just my major classes and a bunch of filler easy classes. Digital Humanities stuck out to me because, while I didn’t know what it was, I was curious to find out. I figured Digital Humanities would be a good class to accompany my marketing major and my career interests in digital marketing.
St. Louis has a famous monument known as the Gateway Arch that sits in a national park formerly known as Jefferson National Expansion Memorial, but was later renamed after the Gateway Arch. The park is located near a bridge over the Mississippi River that connect Missouri to Illinois. One important question is why was the Gateway Arch build? The arch was the chosen winning design of a nationwide competition to design the memorial. Around 1933, someone envisioned that building a memorial on the riverfront would simultaneously revive the riverfront and stimulate the economy. The national park and Gateway Arch are meant to commemorate Jefferson’s Louisiana Purchase and his vision for westward expansion. The Gateway Arch is an important and stunning piece of architecture that was a significant feat, taking three years to complete. Underneath the arch is a museum that covers more than 200 years’ worth of history regarding the westward expansion that the arch was built to represent.
My residence on the SIUE Edwardsville Campus for the past couple of days brought to mind how a place can greatly influence your daily routine. A recurring question I have is: “Why does life here feel so distant, in terms of its physical distance, from what students actually need?” For someone who has recently moved to this area, primarily for an International Student and is not from the area, it may seem as if everything that is relevant or vital to them, is located just beyond the campus borders.
To provide some context, Edwardsville is a small college town, primarily set up for the automobile and suburban environment. Edwardsville’s main campus is very walkable; however, the majority of the necessities in students’ daily lives (groceries, dining establishments, social areas) are situated away from the campus. Without personal vehicle access, students rely on limited forms of transportation, which may create the perception of living within a confined and repetitive lifestyle. If you were to compare the college town environment to the culture in my home country of Cyprus, where individuals do their daily activities within busy, compact spaces, it may create a sense of isolation.
Understanding the role that space and environment play in creating connection, independence, and well-being is an important consideration when thinking about how to help international college students adjust to life away from home. To better understand the college community and town of Edwardsville and how to continue to improve the experience for international students, it is important to understand how a design can create a better overall experience for all students in a college town environment.
This is my second year here at SIUE, & I am a business major. I am from the southside of Chicago. I am a nail technician and a beginner tattoo artist. I have been doing nails since I was 14 years old. I love to draw; I love art in every form. I also love music; I listen to music every single day; it is practically the only way I can make it through the day.
Looking through the syllabus and topics, I saw a few things that seemed interesting throughout. I think Unit 2, with Thinking (with) Machines seems interesting for a few reasons, especially because of the AI sections. I have a lot of mixed feelings about different types of AI, but that makes me more interested to learn and have more information on things like this. I’m hoping to come out of this class more informed on AI and everything surrounding it, especially in the sense of the digital humanities. I think Digitization Technologies is also an interesting topic that I haven’t thought enough about before this class. Historical archiving and stuff like that are interesting and I look forward to learning more about it and digitization and accessibility. I think accessibility in the Audience and Accessibility topic seems interesting as well. Going into computer science, things like this will likely be important in the field for me, like universal design and many aspects of audience and accessibility.
I am most interested in the section where we are going to talk about AI imaginaries and how it writes fiction. I find it interesting how it writes a varying amount of stories from different perspectives. Sometimes the stories are lighthearted and sometimes they can have deeper or darker meanings. As far as topics I would like to pursue farther, I would enjoy looking into why AI has a tendency to lie or provide false information. Is it because the learning models are not provided with proper information, or rather that they are programed to provide false or vague intel. Like different models such as ChatGPT or Grok AI provide very different answers to moral questions. So much so that there have been many jokes that have arisen because of the moral standpoints from these models. This has lead many people to ask questions regarding the safety of these programs and what we can do to prevent any issues from arising.
Hello everyone. My name is Matthew Evans and I look forward to working with you all. I am studying here at SIUE to pursue a major in business and specializing in supply chain management. I find that technology is an amazing addition to our future. Making work, school, and many other things much easier to manage in our every day lives.
At the end of the day it is up to us to determine how to use these advancements. It is in my best hope that we can use what we have to determine the pros and cons to what these tools will bring.
When looking over the syllabus for what we are going through this semester, I found some things of interest. Firstly, the history of computing. This subject seems interesting, and I wonder how deep we will go into a subject like this. Are we going into coding, or are we starting with the earliest computer developed by man? Secondly, AI imaginaries. I have gone through school knowing how AI is bad and shouldn’t be used, so I’m curious to see what we do in this section. Third, The Dredd Scott decision. I wonder how this period in history combines with Digital Humanities. This is a history subject, and that is what I find odd. Finally. Digital Storytelling. I am curious about what this means. Is this on how writers use technology to write stories, or is it on how game designers make up a story in a game to explain to the player? These are some of the things that stuck out to me on the syllabus that I found interesting in this class.
Hello, my name is Preston Beltran. I am majoring in computer science here at SIUE. Besides that, I enjoy playing video games and collecting vinyl records. Record collecting has become a hobby of mine last summer since I got a turntable setup and bought my first record. Ever since, I have bought maybe a little too many, but there are too many great albums to just say no to. Otherwise, I love gaming with my friends on my PS5. My family also likes to travel and my favorite place we traveled to was Puerto Rico. It was a great experience and had great views and food.
