The project follows many Digital Humanities best practices. It uses a digital platform (Scalar) to organize and present cultural analysis in an accessible way. It also clearly connects its content to meaningful themes like race, power, and identity.
Strengths
- Clear creative goal
- Analyzing Jay Z’s music and proving it can be used as a academic topic
- Purpose and audience
- Aimed at students and professors interested in hip hop and culture
- Good communication of data
- Visualizations and text
- Good use of data to support analysis
Weaknesses
- Doesn’t explain how data is collected
- Methods not very well explained
- No data set included
- Weak documentation
- Doesn’t document methods or workflow
- Limited information of collaborators
- Doesn’t include much information about collaborators
Overall, the project is a strong example of Digital Humanities work because it combines culture, analysis, and digital tools in an organized way.
