The Humanist Programming Novice as Novice

TL;DR

This paper discusses the challenges and considerations of integrating programming courses into humanities education, emphasizing the need for future research on curriculum design and student learning difficulties.

Contribution

It raises critical questions about the effectiveness and role of specialized programming courses in humanities, guiding future discourse and research.

Findings

Highlights potential fragility of programming knowledge in humanities students

Identifies difficulties faced by humanistic students in learning programming

Questions the placement of algorithmics in humanities curricula

Abstract

The primary aim of this paper is to suggest questions for future discourse and research of specialized programming courses in the Humanities. Specifically I ask whether specialized courses promote the production of fragile programming knowledge, what are the difficulties encountered by humanistic students in their learning of programming, and what may be the proper place of algorithmics in the curriculum of specialized studies.