An old-fashioned view of how the humanities interact with big data: people in disciplines like English and history are on the receiving end of what technology and computing provide and aren’t themselves contributing significantly to how information gathering, analysis and visualization shape our world. Cameron Blevins, Associate Professor Clinical Teaching Track in History, hopes to bring about a different future: one where the skills and frameworks of the humanities actively shape digital and data spaces. Blevins says, “There are so many areas in technology today that desperately need the kind of critical thinking and analytical frameworks that are taught in humanities courses.”
