Debates in the Digital Humanities

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Encompassing new technologies, research methods, and opportunities for collaborative scholarship and open-source peer review, as well as innovative ways of sharing knowledge and teaching, the digital humanities promises to transform the liberal artsand perhaps the university itself. Together, the essays in Debates in the Digital Humanities suggest that the digital humanities is uniquely positioned to contribute to the revival of the humanities and academic life.

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"Is there such a thing as digital humanities From statistical crunches of texts to new forms of online collaboration and peer review, its clear something is happening. This book is an excellent primer on the arguments over just how much is changingand how much more ought toin the way scholars study the humanities." Clive Thompson, columnist for Wired and contributing writer for the New York Times Magazine

"I look forward to the day when anxieties about the disruptive nature of digital humanities fade into memory and the innovative methods, theories, and approaches championed by those who have contributed to this valuable volume are respected across academia for their rigor and utility. This book will go a long way toward clarifying the debates within and about digital humanities." Siva Vaidhyanathan, author of The Googlization of Everythingand Why We Should Worry

"Though Debates in the Digital Humanities is well over 500 pages in length, there is no fat in it; all essays contain important information and concepts relating to DH. Taken together, the book as a whole and every essay in it is a must-read for anyone who claims to be a digital humanist whether she or he works in theory, pedagogy, and/or practice."Leonardo Reviews

Author Bio

Matthew K. Gold is associate professor of English and digital humanities at the Graduate Center of the City University of New York, where he is advisor to the Provost for digital initiatives and director of the GC Digital Scholarship Lab.