Theory of Digital Humanities
About this session
Date: 19th January 2022
Presenters: Bryan BrazeauLink opens in a new window (Liberal Arts)
Main follow-up contact: Bryan Brazeau
Overview: This session explires some of the key debates in the digital humanities over the past twenty years. We explore how the digital humanities are defined, questions about the role and function of DH in literary studies departments, and the debates between different modes of “reading” and whether we can now “put the reading wars behind us.”
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Resources and further readings
- Reading 1 - Jin, "Problems of Scale in 'Close' and 'Distant' Reading"Link opens in a new window
- Reading 2 - Kirschenbaum "What Is Digital Humanities"Link opens in a new window
- Follow-on Reading 1: The "Dark Side" of Digital HumanitiesLink opens in a new window
- Follow-on Reading 2: Fractal Reading (Dimock)Link opens in a new window
Record and reflect
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