What is Digital Humanities anyway??
https://whatisdigitalhumanities.com/ & what do you make of: The Digital Humanities Manifesto 2.0 ?
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Blog Post 1: What is Digital Humanities?
I think the most important take away from all the readings thus far is that Digital Humanities is not one thing or even a field of study. Digital Humanities is an umbrella term for a process or tool used to answer humanities research questions or present information regarding the humanities. In The Digital Humanities Coursebook the author describes the practice of digital humanities as, "...an extension of humanities methods..." (Drucker 5), as apposed to a replacement of already established methods within the field. In the first chapter of The Digital Humanities Coursebook it is also made clear that the tools of Digital Humanities are not always applicable to every research project or question because of the binary nature of the digital where something either is or isn't. In contrast humanities is a nuanced field that involves human interpretation. The first step to any Digital Humanities project is to decide if digital methods will retain, support, or aid t...
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