Interdisciplining Digital Humanities
Boundary Work in an Emerging Field
Nonfiction, Reference & Language, Education & Teaching, Higher Education, Social & Cultural Studies, Social Science
| Author: | Julie T Klein | ISBN: | 9780472120932 |
| Publisher: | University of Michigan Press | Publication: | January 5, 2015 |
| Imprint: | U OF M DIGT CULT BOOKS | Language: | English |
| Author: | Julie T Klein |
| ISBN: | 9780472120932 |
| Publisher: | University of Michigan Press |
| Publication: | January 5, 2015 |
| Imprint: | U OF M DIGT CULT BOOKS |
| Language: | English |
Interdisciplining Digital Humanities sorts through definitions and patterns of practice over roughly sixty-five years of work, providing an overview for specialists and a general audience alike. It is the only book that tests the widespread claim that Digital Humanities is interdisciplinary. By examining the boundary work of constructing, expanding, and sustaining a new field, it depicts both the ways this new field is being situated within individual domains and dynamic cross-fertilizations that are fostering new relationships across academic boundaries. It also accounts for digital reinvigorations of “public humanities” in cultural heritage institutions of museums, archives, libraries, and community forums.
Interdisciplining Digital Humanities sorts through definitions and patterns of practice over roughly sixty-five years of work, providing an overview for specialists and a general audience alike. It is the only book that tests the widespread claim that Digital Humanities is interdisciplinary. By examining the boundary work of constructing, expanding, and sustaining a new field, it depicts both the ways this new field is being situated within individual domains and dynamic cross-fertilizations that are fostering new relationships across academic boundaries. It also accounts for digital reinvigorations of “public humanities” in cultural heritage institutions of museums, archives, libraries, and community forums.
