The Digital Humanities: What It Is and Why It Matters
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Document Type
Lecture
Series/Event
Lecture
Abstract
The nexus of humanities scholarship and digital technology, the "Digital Humanities," has been alternately hailed as a scholarly revolution and denigrated a s a passing fad. But what is the Digital Humanities, really? And why should anyone care about it? This presentation will sketch a brief history and suggest some ways that its practitioners are quietly changing the humanities. The Digital Humanities i s not a traditional academic field. It is a community of scholars and technologists who share three overlapping interests: to understand the digital (in itself, and how it affects humanity), to better use the digital (in research and teaching), and to ext end the digital (by creating better tools, new resources, and new modes of inquiry). [audio has cellphone interference 'beeping']
Publication Date
4-4-2012
Recommended Citation
Gloege, Tim, "The Digital Humanities: What It Is and Why It Matters" (2012). Conferences and Lectures. 1524.
https://digitalcommons.calvin.edu/hh_av_conferences/1524