Digital humanities : knowledge and critique in a digital age / David M. Berry and Anders Fagerjord.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Berry, David M. (David Michael), author.

Fagerjord, Anders, author.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Digital humanities.

Physical Description:

ix, 189 pages ; 24 cm

Place of Publication:

Cambridge, UK ; Malden, MA : Polity Press, 2017.

Summary:

As the twenty-first century unfolds, computers continue to change the way we think about culture, society and what it is to be human: areas traditionally explored by the humanities. In a world of Big Data, Google Books, digital archives, real-time streaming systems and smart phones, our use of culture has been changing dramatically. The digital humanities give us powerful tools and methods for thinking about culture and history in the contemporary world, through the use of sophisticated computing techniques and methods. Berry and Fagerjord provide a comprehensive guide, exploring the history, intellectual work, key arguments and ideas of this emerging discipline. They also undertake a substantive critique, suggesting ways in which the humanities can be enriched through computing, but also how cultural critique can transform the digital humanities.

Contents:

Genealogies of the digital humanities

Computational thinking

Knowledge representation and archives

Research infrastructures

Digital methods and tools

Digital scholarship and interface criticism

Towards a critical digital humanities.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Other Format:

Online version: Digital humanities.

ISBN:

9780745697659

0745697658

9780745697666

0745697666

OCLC:

969981480