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Introduction to the Special issue: The sum of its parts, what a platform of digital humanities courses says about digital humanities

Published:2023-06-15 Issue:2 Volume:39 Page:91-104
ISSN:0167-8329
Container-title:Education for Information
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Short-container-title:EFI

Author:

Kamal Ahmad M.

Abstract

This paper discusses a newly created platform of online courses covering a range of digital humanities methods and asks what the assortment of courses demonstrate about the nature of digital humanities (DH). The role of methods in defining the field of “digital humanities” is reviewed, followed by description of the educational platform itself – Digital Methods Platform for Arts and Humanities (DiMPAH) – before reflecting on what the ensemble of courses reveal about digital humanities in practice. Themes emerging from this reflection include: the division between research-driven and collection-driven initiative; the situatedness of methods; and the persistent role of disciplinary knowledge matters. The paper concludes by what the platform – produced by scholars from across Europe – along with the methods and use cases presented therein suggest about future stories for the continent through DH.

Publisher

IOS Press

Subject

Library and Information Sciences,Education,Information Systems

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