Digital History Projects: Design and Analysis

This lecture introduces the concept of projects in digital history, focusing on designing, conducting, and reflecting on research projects. It covers understanding digital history, examples of research projects, and the use of data processing pipelines. The lecture explores the importance of social relationships in historical research, the challenges of data preprocessing, and the visualization of networks. It also delves into the evolution of drainage technology in the U.S. and provides guidance on starting a project, selecting datasets, and utilizing tools for network analysis and text mining.