Digital Humanities

Knowledge and Critique in a Digital Age
1. Auflage 2017
ISBN: 978-0-7456-9765-9
Verlag: Polity Press

Buch, Englisch, 248 Seiten, Format (B × H): 150 mm x 231 mm, Gewicht: 454 g

As the twenty-first century unfolds, computers challenge the way in which we think about culture, society and what it is to be human: areas traditionally explored by the humanities.

In a world of automation, Big Data, algorithms, Google searches, digital archives, real-time streams and social networks, our use of culture has been changing dramatically. The digital humanities give us powerful theories, methods and tools for exploring new ways of being in a digital age. Berry and Fagerjord provide a compelling guide, exploring the history, intellectual work, key arguments and ideas of this emerging discipline. They also offer an important critique, suggesting ways in which the humanities can be enriched through computing, but also how cultural critique can transform the digital humanities.

Digital Humanities will be an essential book for students and researchers in this new field but also related areas, such as media and communications, digital media, sociology, informatics, and the humanities more broadly.

Autoren/Hrsg.

Berry, David M

Fagerjord, Anders

Fachgebiete

• Sozialwissenschaften Soziologie | Soziale Arbeit Spezielle Soziologie Mediensoziologie
• Sozialwissenschaften Medien- und Kommunikationswissenschaften Kommunikationswissenschaften
• Sozialwissenschaften Medien- und Kommunikationswissenschaften Medienwissenschaften
• Interdisziplinäres Wissenschaften Wissenschaft und Gesellschaft | Kulturwissenschaften Kulturwissenschaften

Inhaltsverzeichnis

Acknowledgements

1. Introduction

2. Genealogies of the Digital Humanities

3. Computational Thinking

4. Knowledge Representation and Archives

5. Research Infrastructures

6. Digital Methods and Tools

7. Digital Scholarship and Interface Criticism

8. Towards a Critical Digital Humanities

Notes

References

Index

Über Autor(innen)

David M. Berry is Professor of Digital Humanities at the University of Sussex.

Anders Fagerjord is Associate Professor of Media and Communication at the University of Oslo.