We are excited to announce that An Foras Feasa in collaboration with the National Centre of Geocomputation will start in the next academic year a new Master of Science (MSc) in Spatial eHumanities.
Spatial eHumanities is a fast-growing dynamic interdisciplinary field at the cutting edge of 21st century research methods. It encompasses practices and traditions from a number of disciplines: in methodological terms from computer science, and geographical information science, humanities/arts, and in the academic traditions of design, cultural and heritage studies.
The MSc in Spatial eHumanities is designed to provide both a historical background and theoretical grounding to the field while providing students with solid skills in contemporary digital methods and technologies.
Students have opportunities to:
- Learn how to use open source and proprietary geographical information systems (GIS) software such as QGIS and ArcGIS;
- Become familiar with standards and methods common to digital humanities including XML, TEI, and Dublin Core;
- Learn how to create virtual worlds and acquire an expertise in computer graphic design for cultural heritage;
- Become actively involved in current Spatial eHumanities projects;
- Learn how to encode literary and historical sources, as well as newer sources (such as social media) to identify and visualise spatial and temporal networks and patterns;
- Gain practical experience by becoming an intern in a cultural heritage institution, a commercial organisation, or a digital spatial project;
- Learn programming languages and apply these to spatial and temporal data in the various fields of the arts/humanities, archaeology, and geography.