Core or periphery? Digital Humanities from an archaeological perspective
Abstract: "The relationship between Digital Humanities and individual humanities disciplines is difficult to define given the uncertainties surrounding the definition of Digital Humanities itself. An examination of coverage within Digital Humanities journals narrows the range but at the same time emphasizes that, while the focus of Digital Humanities might be textual, not all textually-oriented disciplines are equally represented. Trending terms also seem to suggest that Digital Humanities is more of a label of convenience, even for those disciplines most closely associated with Digital Humanities. From an archaeological perspective, a relationship between Digital Archaeology and Digital Humanities is largely absent and the evidence suggests that each is peripheral with respect to the other. Reasons for this situation are discussed, and the spatial expertise of Digital Archaeology is reviewed in relation to Digital Humanities concerns regarding the use of GIS. The conclusion is that a closer
- Alternative title
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Kern oder Randgebiet? Die Digitalen Geisteswissenschaften aus der Perspektive der Archäologie
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Deutsche Nationalbibliothek Frankfurt am Main
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Online-Ressource
- Language
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Englisch
- Bibliographic citation
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Core or periphery? Digital Humanities from an archaeological perspective ; volume:37 ; number:3 ; year:2012 ; pages:86-105
Veröffentlichungsversion
begutachtet (peer reviewed)
Historical social research ; 37, Heft 3 (2012), 86-105
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Geschichte
- Creator
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Huggett, Jeremy
- DOI
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10.12759/hsr.37.2012.3.86-105
- URN
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urn:nbn:de:0168-ssoar-378333
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Open Access; Open Access; Der Zugriff auf das Objekt ist unbeschränkt möglich.
- Last update
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14.08.2025, 10:51 AM CEST
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Associated
- Huggett, Jeremy