Defining Digital Humanities
The term “digital humanities” (DH) has been in use for a number of years, but there is continuing discussion about how to define the field. Many scholars and practitioners have proposed working definitions, while recognizing that there can be no truly fixed description that encompasses all the various methods that characterize this still protean area of scholarly theory and practice.
Below are some articles that discuss DH, and attempt to provide some perspective.
- What is Digital Humanities and What's It Doing In English DepartmentsThe author is associate professor of English and associate director of the Maryland Institute for Technology in the Humanities at the University of Maryland. A version of this article was presented at the 2010 ADE Summer Seminar East in College Park, Maryland.
- Keeping Up with... Digital HumanitiesAdams, Jennifer L. and Kevin B. Gunn. "Keeping Up with...Digital Humanities." Association of College & Research Libraries. ALA.org. Web. 28 Apr. 2016.
- ‘Digital Humanities’: Two DefinitionsFrom "uncomputing," the digital studies and theory blog of David Golumbia, Associate Professor in the Department of English and the MATX (Media, Art, and Text) PhD program at Virginia Commonwealth University.
- The Landscape of Digital HumanitiesSvenson, Patrick. "The Landscape of Digital Humanities" Digital Humanities Quarterly 4.1 (2010): n. pag. Web. 28 Apr. 2016.
- A Companion to Digital HumanitiesSchreibman, Susan, Siemens, Ray and John Unsworth, eds. A Companion to Digital Humanites. Oxford: Blackwell, 2004. Web. 28 Apr. 2016.
- Digital HistoryA guide to gathering, preserving and presenting the past on the web - from Daniel Cohen and Roy Rosenzeig at George Mason University.