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Digital Humanities
What is Digital Humanities? “Digital humanities is a diverse and still emerging field that
encompasses the practice of humanities research in and through information technology, and the exploration of how the humanities may evolve through their engagement with technology, media, and computational methods.” (“DHQ: Digital Humanities Quarterly: About,” n.d.)
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The humanities include… Literature of all languages Cultural Studies Gender & Sexuality Studies African Studies East Asian Studies European Studies Religious Studies Linguistics and Languages
Law Philosophy History Anthropology Geography Performing and Visual Arts Classics (Ancient Greek &
Roman Studies) And more!
In more relatable terms, DH • uses technology to research the humanities
in different ways, and • encourages scholars to explore how the
humanities can change and grow by using that technology.
• The field of DH also focuses on process just as much as product (Note, 2014).
Example #1 – Basic digitization
As many of us know, Project Gutenberg has spent the last 40+ years working to digitize tens of thousands of books in an effort to make them publicly accessible, free of charge.
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Example #2 – Children’s Lit Archive Children’s Lit Archive is part of Ryerson’s Centre for Digital Humanities and
includes an online catalogue and online exhibit space where students have expanded on their descriptions of some of the books.
Example #3 – Constructing Scientific Communities
Conscicom.org Based out of Oxford and Leicester, this project aims to bring the
public together with professional scientists. By looking through scientific journals from the 19th century,
“citizen science” volunteers hope to help professionals develop new tools and methods for scientific communication.
This is a highly collaborative project, involving conferences and other public events.
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Tools Omeka: Free, open-source content management system for
displaying collections online. AntWordProfiler: Free software that analyzes word frequency Crowdmap: $10/month, online maps focusing on a specific topic
that collaborators can contribute to.
There are TONS of resources on DiRT, both free and paid applications to help researchers make the most of their DH projects.
Why should we care? Libraries play an important role in providing resources to
humanities researchers. Digital humanists tend to complete their work in Digital
Humanities Centres, which are usually very close to, or part of, academic libraries.
Knowing about this field means knowing about potential employment opportunities for the future!
• Digitization Specialist• Digital Humanities Research
Liaison• Research special• Collections Assistant• Digital Liberal Arts Specialist
Potential Job Titles
Note, M. (2014). Digital Humanities Primer. Retrieved from
http://www.slideshare.net/margotnote/digital-humanities-primer
DHQ: Digital Humanities Quarterly: About. (n.d.). Retrieved February 11,
2015, from http://www.digitalhumanities.org/dhq/about/about.html
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