Brian Sarnacki

Build it and they will come

The crisis in the humanities is a well discussed topic, at least inside the humanities. The humanities are often seen as less important than departments that bring in money from the federal government or private businesses looking to turn a profit. These (like engineering and the sciences) departments produce “useful” and “practical” things while the…

Brian Sarnacki

January 31, 2011

Digital Humanities

capitalism, digital history, facebook, google, history, humanities, twitter

The Social Network of 19th Century Brit Lit

I came across this interesting project via twitter. While the exact approach does not carry over to history (the project visualized a social network using the dialogue in 19th century British novels, but, unfortunately, most of the “dialogue” of history gets lost), it makes the project I am working on for my digital history seminar…

Brian Sarnacki

January 29, 2011

Digital Humanities

dh projects, interdisciplinary, research, Social Networks, visualizations

A Change of Scenery

First, I need to thank my brother Devin and my Dad for helping me acquire and get set up at this address (www.briansarnacki.com). You will have to go back to my original wordpress blog for my initial attempts at blogging, but all my future posts will be here. As for my blogging, I think I…

Brian Sarnacki

January 25, 2011

Housekeeping

blogging