Humanities Computing as Digital Humanities

Item Type Journal Article
Author Patrik Svensson
URL http://digitalhumanities.org/dhq/vol/3/3/000065/000065.html
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Volume 3
Issue 3
Publication Digital Humanities Quarterly
Date Summer 2009
Journal Abbr DHQ
Accessed 2010-01-13 15:36:12
Abstract This article presents an examination of how digital humanities is currently conceived and described, and examines the discursive shift from humanities computing to digital humanities. It is argued that this renaming of humanities computing as digital humanities carries with it a set of epistemic commitments that are not necessarily compatible with a broad and inclusive notion of the digital humanities. In particular, the author suggests that tensions arise from the instrumental, textual and methodological focus of humanities computing as well as its relative lack of engagement with the "digital" as a study object. This article is the first in a series of four articles attempting to describe and analyze the field of digital humanities and digital humanities as a transformative practice.
Title Humanities Computing as Digital Humanities
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Date Modified 2010-01-13 10:37