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

Weitere Titel
Kern oder Randgebiet? Die Digitalen Geisteswissenschaften aus der Perspektive der Archäologie
Standort
Deutsche Nationalbibliothek Frankfurt am Main
Umfang
Online-Ressource
Sprache
Englisch

Erschienen in
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

Klassifikation
Geschichte

Urheber
Huggett, Jeremy

DOI
10.12759/hsr.37.2012.3.86-105
URN
urn:nbn:de:0168-ssoar-378333
Rechteinformation
Open Access; Open Access; Der Zugriff auf das Objekt ist unbeschränkt möglich.
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  • Huggett, Jeremy

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