presented by Matthew Wilson and Jentery Sayers, 11+21+2008
for the information school research conversation series @ the UW
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What's the Digital Humanities?
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Tends to be interdisciplinary, looking specifically at the intersections of computing with humanities research and pedagogy.
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Often collaborative in character, using the space of digital media to network, share, and revise information.
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Practitioners tend to be versed in technical skills in computing, as well as in digital media and forms of humanistic inquiry (e.g., literary studies or studying the production of space).
- Heavy emphasis on how humanities work is done, or on its methodology.
Relevant sites of interest:
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Humanities, Arts, Science and Technology Advanced Collaboratory
- Digital Humanities Initiatives at the Simpson Center for the Humanities at the UW
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