The web article “A Report Has Come Here” by Klein (which was adapted from a presentation) is an enlightening glimpse at the positive uses that the digital humanities can have. The piece talks about the usage of computational finding connections in the documents of Thomas Jefferson to find out a man named James Hemings. Though it is pointed out that Hemings, who was a slave of Jefferson, isn’t mentioned by his full name once in the documents, through carefully making algorithm to tease out references to him in the vast array of documents, Klein was able to find parts of his life that weren’t clear before.<\/p>\n

I thought the usage of secondary social connections to better understand the way that Hemings fit into Jefferson’s life was novel, and very useful. I feel that this piece informatively shows the benefits that can be derived from the use of technology in the humanities.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

The web article “A Report Has Come Here” by Klein (which was adapted from a presentation) is an enlightening glimpse at the positive uses that the digital humanities can have.<\/p>\n

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