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- | 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. | + | 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 links to just a few of the projects currently associated with the Maryland Institute of Technology in the Humanities. |
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Revision as of 17:07, 28 September 2011
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History
- 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 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
- 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
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 links to just a few of the projects currently associated with the Maryland Institute of Technology in the Humanities.
Literary Projects:
Archival Projects:
Theatre & Dance Projects:
Be sure to explore the MITH site for other current and archived projects.