The teaching intends to provide students with a basic knowledge of the theoretical foundations of the digital ecosystem, and to introduce the use of computers and digital tools in the humanities, with special reference to text encoding, analysis and representation.
The main aim of the teaching is to allow students to understand the principles underlying the digital devices they use every day, acquiring the core notions required to understand the relevance of the research and debate in the field of Digital Humanities.
At the end of the course, participants will understand the basic principles of the theory of information, as well as the main ideas allowing for the use of digital tools and information in the humanities.
The main aim of the teaching is to allow students to understand the principles underlying the digital devices they use every day, acquiring the core notions required to understand the relevance of the research and debate in the field of Digital Humanities.
At the end of the course, participants will understand the basic principles of the theory of information, as well as the main ideas allowing for the use of digital tools and information in the humanities.
teacher profile teaching materials
Module A - The digital world: fundamental notions. The concept of information and digital coding of information; Turing machine, Von Neumann machine, computer; from computers to networks; network topology; history and characteristics of the Internet; introduction to the web and marking languages; introduction to artificial intelligence: strong and weak artificial intelligence, Turing test, connectionism and neural networks; the network as a global medium and the characteristics of on-line communication.
Module B - Introduction to humanistic informatics: the concept of digital humanities and its many definitions; forms of electronic textuality; introduction to text coding; first elements of digital publishing; digital and the world of school and training
The attendance of the lessons and / or the study of the texts relating to module A are preparatory to the attendance of the lessons and / or the study of the texts relating to the module B.
Modulo B: - Fabio Ciriaci, Informatica per le scienze umane, McGraw Hill Italia 2012
- Gino Roncaglia, L'età della frammentazione, Laterza 2018
Non-attending and attending students who have not passed the written test will integrate these texts with
- Mirko Tavosanis, Lingue e intelligenza artificiale, Carocci 2018
Programme
The course is organized in two modules:Module A - The digital world: fundamental notions. The concept of information and digital coding of information; Turing machine, Von Neumann machine, computer; from computers to networks; network topology; history and characteristics of the Internet; introduction to the web and marking languages; introduction to artificial intelligence: strong and weak artificial intelligence, Turing test, connectionism and neural networks; the network as a global medium and the characteristics of on-line communication.
Module B - Introduction to humanistic informatics: the concept of digital humanities and its many definitions; forms of electronic textuality; introduction to text coding; first elements of digital publishing; digital and the world of school and training
The attendance of the lessons and / or the study of the texts relating to module A are preparatory to the attendance of the lessons and / or the study of the texts relating to the module B.
Core Documentation
Modulo A: - Fabio Ciotti e Gino Roncaglia, Il mondo digitale, cap. I-IX, Laterza 2000 (14a edizione, 2013)Modulo B: - Fabio Ciriaci, Informatica per le scienze umane, McGraw Hill Italia 2012
- Gino Roncaglia, L'età della frammentazione, Laterza 2018
Non-attending and attending students who have not passed the written test will integrate these texts with
- Mirko Tavosanis, Lingue e intelligenza artificiale, Carocci 2018
Type of delivery of the course
Distance learning until the end of the coronavirus emergency; later, if there is time, lectures integrated - according to the number of participants - by discussions / exercisesType of evaluation
The evaluation usually takes place through a written test that will take place at the end of the course (in two sessions: it is possible to freely choose whether to take the written test in the first session or in the second, if the test is not passed in the first session it is possible to take it again in the second). For those who have not passed the written test, or for non-attending students who wish to take the exam in oral form, the exam can be held in oral form: in these cases, an integration of the program is foreseen (see adopted texts).