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*Promotes, provides, and encourages innovative research surrounding text mining, data analysis, and visualization techniques
*Promotes, provides, and encourages innovative research surrounding text mining, data analysis, and visualization techniques
*Focused on the genesis, structure, and preservation of electronic literature, digital games, and virtual worlds
*Focused on the genesis, structure, and preservation of electronic literature, digital games, and virtual worlds
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*Provides a variety of media such as [http://mith.umd.edu/podcast/ podcasts], on-line videos, slide shows, and scholarly talks that discuss current issues within humanities computing
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*Offers free access to a variety of media such as [http://mith.umd.edu/podcast/ podcasts], on-line videos, slide shows, and scholarly talks that discuss current issues within humanities computing
*Archives and showcases projects that span various fields and are interdisciplinary by nature
*Archives and showcases projects that span various fields and are interdisciplinary by nature
*MITH is a physical and electronic home to a wide variety of [http://mith.umd.edu/research/ digital humanities projects and events]
*MITH is a physical and electronic home to a wide variety of [http://mith.umd.edu/research/ digital humanities projects and events]

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Contents

History

MITH home page
  • Founded in 1999
  • Funded by a major Challenge Grant from the National Endowment for the Humanities
  • A collaborative effort between University of Maryland’s College of Arts and Humanities, Libraries, and Office of Information Technology

Overview & Purpose

MITH podcast page
  • Operates as a meeting place and think tank for the digital humanities
  • Promotes, provides, and encourages innovative research surrounding text mining, data analysis, and visualization techniques
  • Focused on the genesis, structure, and preservation of electronic literature, digital games, and virtual worlds
  • Offers free access to a variety of media such as podcasts, on-line videos, slide shows, and scholarly talks that discuss current issues within humanities computing
  • Archives and showcases projects that span various fields and are interdisciplinary by nature
  • MITH is a physical and electronic home to a wide variety of digital humanities projects and events
  • Internationally recognized and distinguished by the cultural diversity it promotes and embodies through projects such as The Visual Accent & Dialect Archive

Audience

MITH offers a diverse set of projects that are sure to interest a broad range of audiences. Digital humanists, scholars, educators, technologists, and intellectuals will find a myriad of projects worth investigating. What follows are just a few of the projects currently associated with the Maryland Institute of Technology in the Humanities.

Literary Projects:

Archival Projects:

Theatre & Dance Projects:


Again, these projects are just a sample of the ones that can be found at the Maryland Institute for Technology in the Humanities. Be sure to check out the others, including those that are archived at MITH.

Significance

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