By: Muhammad

Muhammad — Wed, 28 Oct 2015 22:46:24 +0000

Re: I feel like I understand […] what is conisdered “DH” and what is not, yet I feel as though I am missing something You’re not on your own here. I do think this is one of the pressing questions. If we allow that there is a DH spectrum, how can we definitively draw the line between DH and not-DH, or can we? Re: [1]Isn’t DH just a subset of the humanities as a whole? [2]Isn’t technology being used to clarify the human record, to expand on the research already occurring, to mimic what is already present? [3]Isn’t it just a tool to provide more in-depth research? [4]Doesn’t the DH make what humanists are studying just more easily accessible? [5]In this view, why label the DH as a separate entity? 1. yes. 2. yes. 3. yes, more in-depth research and a new set of deliverables/outcomes as well 4. yes but, it also enables new humanities questions, new research models, and differing methodologies, so DH is more than just access creation. 5. I’m not sure we will need to define DH as distinct from humanities in the future, and I stand on the side of those who argue that we shouldn’t need to. But, I would add that, at present, we are in transition, and during this critical period of paradigm shift from humanities-past to humanities-future, exploring, analyzing, and critiquing the transitional stage that might arguably be called DH (I sometimes think of DH as a bridge between humanities-past/present and humanities-future) is imperative.

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By: Muhammad