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    "# Course schedule\n",
    "``` {div} full-width\n",
    "| Week | Date        | Topic  | Technical Reading                                       | Critical/Cultural Reading                               | Tasks                                                    | Assignment                 |\n",
    "| :------- | :-------------- | :------------------------------------------------- | :----------------------------------------------------------- | :----------------------------------------------------------- | :----------------------------------------------------------- | :----------------------------- |\n",
    "| Week 1   |                | Introductions                                      |                                                              |                                                              |                                                              |                                |\n",
    "|          |              | Command Line & Files, Files, Files                 | *Read [The Command Line](https://melaniewalsh.github.io/Intro-Cultural-Analytics/01-Command-Line/01-The-Command-Line.html) | *Read and annotate [“The Yellow Wallpaper,”](https://www.nlm.nih.gov/exhibition/theliteratureofprescription/exhibitionAssets/digitalDocs/The-Yellow-Wall-Paper.pdf) Charlotte Perkins Gilman (Perusall) | *Fill out intro survey |                                |\n",
    "|          |              | Introduction to Python & GitHub                    | *Read [How To Use Jupyter Notebooks](https://melaniewalsh.github.io/Intro-Cultural-Analytics/02-Python/02-How-to-Use-Jupyter-Notebooks.html) |                                                              | *Download and install [Anaconda](https://melaniewalsh.github.io/Intro-Cultural-Analytics/02-Python/01-Install-Python.html) *Make a [GitHub account](https://github.com/join) *Download [GitHub Desktop](https://desktop.github.com/) *Download [VSCode](https://code.visualstudio.com/) | HW 1 Due                       |\n",
    "| Week 2   |              | Python — Variables & Data Types                    | *Read [Variables](https://melaniewalsh.github.io/Intro-Cultural-Analytics/02-Python/04-Variables.html), [Data Types](https://melaniewalsh.github.io/Intro-Cultural-Analytics/02-Python/04-Data-Types.html) | *Read and annotate “Introduction,” *Data Feminism,* Catherine D’Ignazio and Lauren Klein (Perusall) | *[Install Jupyter Variable Inspector](https://melaniewalsh.github.io/Intro-Cultural-Analytics/02-Python/01-Install-Python#installing-variable-inspector.html) |                                |\n",
    "|          |              | Python — Files, Character Encoding, String Methods | *Read [Files and Character Encoding](https://melaniewalsh.github.io/Intro-Cultural-Analytics/Python/Files-Character-Encoding.html) | *Read and annotate [“I Can Text You A Pile of Poo, But I Can’t Write My Name,”](https://modelviewculture.com/pieces/i-can-text-you-a-pile-of-poo-but-i-cant-write-my-name) Aditya Mukerjee (Perusall) |                                                              |                                |\n",
    "|          |              | Python — String Methods                            | *Read [String Methods](https://melaniewalsh.github.io/Intro-Cultural-Analytics/Python/String-Methods.html) |                                                              |                                                              | HW 2 Due                       |\n",
    "| Week 3   |              | Python — Conditionals & Comparisons                | *Read [Conditionals & Comparisons](https://melaniewalsh.github.io/Intro-Cultural-Analytics/Python/Comparisons-Conditionals.html) | *Read and annotate [“(Re)Humanizing Data: Digitally Navigating the Bellevue Almshouse”](http://crdh.rrchnm.org/essays/v01-10-(re)-humanizing-data/) Anelise Hanson Shrout (Perusall) |                                                              |                                |\n",
    "|          |             | Python — Lists & Loops                             | *Read [Lists & Loops](https://melaniewalsh.github.io/Intro-Cultural-Analytics/Python/Lists-Loops-Part1.html) |                                                              |                                                              |                                |\n",
    "|          |              | Python — Lists & Loops                             | *Read [Lists & Loops](https://melaniewalsh.github.io/Intro-Cultural-Analytics/Python/Lists-Loops-Part2.html) Part 2 | *Read and annotate [\"What Gets Counted Counts,\"](https://data-feminism.mitpress.mit.edu/pub/h1w0nbqp/release/2) *Data Feminism*, Catherine D’Ignazio and Lauren Klein (Perusall) |                                                              | Homework 3 Due                 |\n",
    "| Week 4   |               | Python — Dictionaries, Functions                   | *Read [Dictionaries](https://melaniewalsh.github.io/Intro-Cultural-Analytics/Python/Dictionaries.html), [Functions](https://melaniewalsh.github.io/Intro-Cultural-Analytics/Python/Functions.html) | *Read and annotate [\"Unicorns, Janitors, Ninjas, Wizards, and Rock Stars,\"](https://data-feminism.mitpress.mit.edu/pub/2wu7aft8/release/2) *Data Feminism*, Catherine D’Ignazio and Lauren Klein (Perusall) |                                                              |                                |\n",
    "|          |                | Dictionaries, Functions                            | *Read [Dictionaries](https://melaniewalsh.github.io/Intro-Cultural-Analytics/Python/Dictionaries.html), [Functions](https://melaniewalsh.github.io/Intro-Cultural-Analytics/Python/Functions.html) |                                                              |                                                              |                                |\n",
    "|          |                 | Object-Oriented Programming                        |                                                              |                                                              |                                                              |                                |\n",
    "| Week 5   |               | Python Review                                      |                                                              | *Read and annotate [\"The Numbers Don't Speak For Themselves\"](https://data-feminism.mitpress.mit.edu/pub/czq9dfs5/release/2) *Data Feminism*, Catherine D’Ignazio and Lauren Klein (Perusall) |                                                              | Homework 4 Due                 |\n",
    "|          |                | Wellness Day                                       |                                                              |                                                              |                                                              |                                |\n",
    "|          |                | Data Analysis — Pandas                             | *Read [Pandas Basics](https://melaniewalsh.github.io/Intro-Cultural-Analytics/Data-Analysis/Pandas-Basics-Part1.html) | *Read [“Data Biographies,”](https://gijn.org/2017/03/27/data-biographies-getting-to-know-your-data/) Heather Krause | [Fill out midterm project preferences](https://forms.gle/pDcSXcPm8PLEuyjAA) |                                |\n",
    "| Week 6   |                 | Data Analysis — Pandas                             |                                                              | *Read and annotate [“Markup Bodies: Black [Life] Studies and Slavery [Death] Studies at the Digital Crossroads”](https://read.dukeupress.edu/social-text/article-abstract/36/4%20(137)/57/137032/Markup-BodiesBlack-Life-Studies-and-Slavery-Death?redirectedFrom=fulltext) Jessica Marie Johnson (Perusall) |                                                              |                                |\n",
    "|          |                | Data Analysis — Pandas                             |                                                              | *Read and annotate [“Film Dialogue from 2,000 screenplays, Broken Down by Gender and Age,”](https://pudding.cool/2017/03/film-dialogue/) Hannah Anderson and Matt Daniels (Perusall)  <br></br> * Read [Film Dialogue FAQ](https://medium.com/@matthew_daniels/faq-for-the-film-dialogue-by-gender-project-40078209f751) |                                                              |                                |\n",
    "|          |                 | Data Analysis — Pandas                             | * Review [Pandas Basics](https://melaniewalsh.github.io/Intro-Cultural-Analytics/Data-Analysis/Pandas-Basics-Part1.html) Parts 1-3 | * Watch [\"From Story-time to Send Off: Inside The Pudding’s Process,\"](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nFImiNE4ZZg&ab_channel=Encode_info) Caitlyn Ralph <br> * Recommended Reading: [\"Why the Pandemic Experts Failed,\"](https://www.theatlantic.com/science/archive/2021/03/americas-coronavirus-catastrophe-began-with-data/618287/) Robinson Meyer and Alexis C. Madrigal | Gather process ideas for your group's midterm project        |                                |\n",
    "| Week 7   |                 | Data Analysis — Pandas                             | * Review [Pandas Basics](https://melaniewalsh.github.io/Intro-Cultural-Analytics/Data-Analysis/Pandas-Basics-Part1.html) Parts 1-3 | * Read [\"Datasheets for Datasets,\"](https://arxiv.org/pdf/1803.09010.pdf) Timnit Gebru, et al. <br/></br>* Recommended Reading: [\"Timnit Gebru’s Exit From Google Exposes a Crisis in AI,\"](https://www.wired.com/story/timnit-gebru-exit-google-exposes-crisis-in-a) Alex Hanna and Meredith Whitaker | Pick a question that interests you from \"Datasheets for Datasets\" and be prepared to talk about it |                                |\n",
    "|          |                    | Data Analysis — Pandas Review                      |                                                              |                                                              |                                                              |                                |\n",
    "|          |                 | Data Collection — Web Scraping                     | * Review [\"Web Scraping Part 1\"](https://melaniewalsh.github.io/Intro-Cultural-Analytics/04-Data-Collection/02-Web-Scraping-Part1.html) | * Read [“The Largest Vocabulary in Hip-Hop,”](https://pudding.cool/projects/vocabulary/index.html) Matt Daniels <br/>* Listen to Missy Elliott’s [Under Construction](https://open.spotify.com/album/6DeU398qrJ1bLuryetSmup?si=E7KB2LAcSLyWfkTt9IONrA) (at least a few songs) |                                                              | **Midterm Project Due**        |\n",
    "| Week 8   |                | Data Collection — Web Scraping/APIs                | * Review [\"Web Scraping Part 2\"](https://melaniewalsh.github.io/Intro-Cultural-Analytics/04-Data-Collection/02-Web-Scraping-Part2.html) | * Read and annotate [“The Secretive Company That Might End Privacy as We Know It,”](https://www.nytimes.com/2020/01/18/technology/clearview-privacy-facial-recognition.html) Kashmir Hill (Perusall) <br> |                                                              |                                |\n",
    "|          |                    | Data Collection — APIs                             |                                                              | * Read [\"An Illustrated Introudction to APIs,\"](https://medium.com/epfl-extension-school/an-illustrated-introduction-to-apis-10f8000313b9) Xavier Adam |                                                              |                                |\n",
    "|          |                     | Data Collection — APIs                             |                                                              | * Read and annotate [“Narrative Paths and Negotiation of Power in Birth Stories,”](https://maria-antoniak.github.io/resources/2019_cscw_birth_stories.pdf) Maria Antoniak, David Mimno, and Karen Levy  (Perusall) |                                                              |                                |\n",
    "| Week 9   |                    | Text Analysis                                      | * Review [TF-IDF](https://melaniewalsh.github.io/Intro-Cultural-Analytics/05-Text-Analysis/03-TF-IDF-Scikit-Learn.html) | * Read and annotate excerpts of *The House on Mango Street*, Sandra Cisneros (Perusall) |                                                              |                                |\n",
    "|          |                     | Text Analysis                                      | * Review [TF-IDF](https://melaniewalsh.github.io/Intro-Cultural-Analytics/05-Text-Analysis/03-TF-IDF-Scikit-Learn.html) | * Recommended Reading: [\"Seven Ways Humanists Are Using Computers to Understand Text,\"](https://tedunderwood.com/2015/06/04/seven-ways-humanists-are-using-computers-to-understand-text/) Ted Underwood ([older version of blog post](https://web.archive.org/web/20210124055444/https://tedunderwood.com/2015/06/04/seven-ways-humanists-are-using-computers-to-understand-text/), formatting not broken) |                                                              |                                |\n",
    "|          |                     | Text Analysis                                      | * Review [Topic Modeling Overview](https://melaniewalsh.github.io/Intro-Cultural-Analytics/05-Text-Analysis/05-Topic-Modeling-Overview.html) | * Read [“Beyond Canonical Texts: A Computational Analysis of Fanfiction,”](https://www.aclweb.org/anthology/D16-1218.pdf) Smitha Milli and David Bamman <br> * Check out the [Fan Engagement Meter](https://fanengagement.org/) |                                                              | Homework 5                     |\n",
    "| Week 10  |                    | Text Analysis                                      | * Review [Topic Modeling Text Files](https://melaniewalsh.github.io/Intro-Cultural-Analytics/05-Text-Analysis/07-Topic-Modeling-Text-Files.html) | * Read and annotate \"Dimensions of Scale: Invisible Labor, Editorial Work, and the Future of Quantitative Literary Studies,\" Lauren Klein (Perusall) |                                                              |                                |\n",
    "|          |                    | Text Analysis                                      | * Review [Named Entity Recognition](https://melaniewalsh.github.io/Intro-Cultural-Analytics/05-Text-Analysis/10-Named-Entity-Recognition.html) <br> * Play with [GPT-2](https://transformer.huggingface.co/doc/distil-gpt2/HNCmXRnCVkuUNVJHpjRGYgpv/edit) |                                                              |                                                              |                                |\n",
    "|          |                | Text/Network Analysis                              |                                                              | * Read and explore [\"Introduction,\"](https://iopn.library.illinois.edu/scalar/lost-in-the-city-a-exploration-of-edward-p-joness-short-fiction-/the-introduction-an-authors-note) [\"A Multimedia Literary Analysis,” (Sections 1-3)](https://iopn.library.illinois.edu/scalar/lost-in-the-city-a-exploration-of-edward-p-joness-short-fiction-/lost-in-the-city---section-2?path=chapter-3-lost-in-the-city), *Lost in the City: An Exploration of Edward P. Jones's Short Fiction*, Kenton Rambsy and Peace Ossom-Williamson |                                                              | Homework 6 Due                 |\n",
    "| Week 11  |                | Network Analysis                                   | * Read [\"Demystifying Networks\" (Part I)](http://journalofdigitalhumanities.org/1-1/demystifying-networks-by-scott-weingart/), Scott Weingart | * Read and annotate [“Network of Thrones,”](https://www.maa.org/sites/default/files/pdf/Mathhorizons/NetworkofThrones%20%281%29.pdf) Andrew Beveridge and Jie Shan (Perusall)  <br>* Recommended: [Game of Thrones: Beginner's Guide](https://youtu.be/6N4gEJ_ED98) (spoilers) <br/>* Recommended: [Season 1, Episode 2 of Game of Thrones](https://www.hbo.com/game-of-thrones/season-01/2-the-kingsroad) <br/> |                                                              |                                |\n",
    "|          |                | Network Analysis                                   | * Read [\"Demystifying Networks (Part II)\"](http://journalofdigitalhumanities.org/1-1/demystifying-networks-by-scott-weingart/), Scott Weingart |                                                              |                                                              | Homework 7 Due                 |\n",
    "|          |                 | Wellness Day                                       |                                                              |                                                              |                                                              |                                |\n",
    "| Week 12  |                    | Wellness Day                                       |                                                              |                                                              |                                                              |                                |\n",
    "|          |                    | Mapping                                            |                                                              | * Read and annotate [“How an internet mapping glitch turned a random Kansas farm into a digital hell,”](https://splinternews.com/how-an-internet-mapping-glitch-turned-a-random-kansas-f-1793856052) Kashmir Hill (Perusall) |                                                              |                                |\n",
    "|          |                | Mapping                                            |                                                              | * Explore [Torn Apart / Separados](http://xpmethod.plaintext.in/torn-apart/volume/2/index), Manan Ahmed, Alex Gil, Moacir P. de Sá Pereira, Roopika Risam, Maira E. Álvarez, Sylvia A. Fernández, Linda Rodriguez, and Merisa Martinez <br>* Read ['ICE Is Everywhere': Using Library Science to Map the Separation Crisis,](https://www.wired.com/story/ice-is-everywhere-using-library-science-to-map-child-separation/) Emily Dreyfuss |                                                              |                                |\n",
    "| Week 13  |                   | How to Make Arguments and Tell Stories With Data   |                                                              |   * Read [\"Trucks and Beer,\"](https://www.johnwmillr.com/trucks-and-beer/) John Miller                                               |                                                              |                                |\n",
    "|          |                   | How to Make Arguments and Tell Stories With Data   |                                                              | * Read [\"Topic Modelling Martha Ballard's Diary,\"](http://www.cameronblevins.org/posts/topic-modeling-martha-ballards-diary/) Cameron Blevins                                               |                                                              |                                |\n",
    "|          |                   | How to Make Arguments and Tell Stories With Data   |                                                              | * Re-read [“Beyond Canonical Texts: A Computational Analysis of Fanfiction,”](https://www.aclweb.org/anthology/D16-1218.pdf) Smitha Milli and David Bamman                                                 |                                                              | Final Project Proposal Due |\n",
    "| Week 14  |                  | How to Make Arguments and Tell Stories With Data   |                                                              | * Read [\"Mapping the State of the Union,\"](https://www.theatlantic.com/politics/archive/2015/01/mapping-the-state-of-the-union/384576/) Mitch Fraas and Ben Schmidt <br> * Read [How Americans Think About Climate Change, in Six Maps](https://www.nytimes.com/interactive/2017/03/21/climate/how-americans-think-about-climate-change-in-six-maps.html?amp=&smid=fb-nytimes), Nadja Popovich, John Schwartz and Tatiana Schlossberg                                                            |                                                              |                                |\n",
    "|          |                  | How to Make Arguments and Tell Stories With Data   |                                                              | * [Gendered Language in Teacher Reviews](http://benschmidt.org/profGender/), Ben Schmidt                                                               |                                                              |                                |\n",
    "|          |                  | Last Day                                           |                                                              |                                                              |                                                              | **Dataset Biography Due**                |\n",
    "| |          |                                            |                                                              |                                                              |                                                              | **Final Project Due**                |\n",
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