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oapen-20.500.12657-255042022-07-21T07:50:34Z The Digital Humanist: A Critical Inquiry Fiormonte, Domenico Numerico, Teresa Tomasi, Francesca Schmidt, Desmond Ferguson, Christopher Rockwell, Geoffrey digital humanities computing networks technology bic Book Industry Communication::U Computing & information technology::UY Computer science::UYZ Human-computer interaction This book offers a critical introduction to the core technologies underlying the Internet from a humanistic perspective. It provides a cultural critique of computing technologies, by exploring the history of computing and examining issues related to writing, representing, archiving and searching. The book raises awareness of, and calls for, the digital humanities to address the challenges posed by the linguistic and cultural divides in computing, the clash between communication and control, and the biases inherent in networked technologies. A common problem with publications in the Digital Humanities is the dominance of the Anglo-American perspective. While seeking to take a broader view, the book attempts to show how cultural bias can become an obstacle to innovation both in the methodology and practice of the Digital Humanities. Its central point is that no technological instrument is culturally unbiased, and that all too often the geography that underlies technology coincides with the social and economic interests of its producers. The alternative proposed in the book is one of a world in which variation, contamination and decentralization are essential instruments for the production and transmission of digital knowledge. It is thus necessary not only to have spaces where DH scholars can interact (such as international conferences, THATCamps, forums and mailing lists), but also a genuine sharing of technological know-how and experience. 2019-03-26 23:55 2020-01-23 14:09:07 2020-04-01T10:41:37Z 2020-04-01T10:41:37Z 2015 book 1004591 OCN: 1048117882 9780692580448 http://library.oapen.org/handle/20.500.12657/25504 eng application/pdf Attribution-NonCommercial-ShareAlike 4.0 International 1004591.pdf punctum books 10.21983/P3.0120.1.00 10.21983/P3.0120.1.00 979dc044-00ee-4ea2-affc-b08c5bd42d13 9780692580448 ScholarLed 262 Brooklyn, NY open access
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This book offers a critical introduction to the core technologies underlying the Internet from a humanistic perspective. It provides a cultural critique of computing technologies, by exploring the history of computing and examining issues related to writing, representing, archiving and searching. The book raises awareness of, and calls for, the digital humanities to address the challenges posed by the linguistic and cultural divides in computing, the clash between communication and control, and the biases inherent in networked technologies. A common problem with publications in the Digital Humanities is the dominance of the Anglo-American perspective. While seeking to take a broader view, the book attempts to show how cultural bias can become an obstacle to innovation both in the methodology and practice of the Digital Humanities. Its central point is that no technological instrument is culturally unbiased, and that all too often the geography that underlies technology coincides with the social and economic interests of its producers. The alternative proposed in the book is one of a world in which variation, contamination and decentralization are essential instruments for the production and transmission of digital knowledge. It is thus necessary not only to have spaces where DH scholars can interact (such as international conferences, THATCamps, forums and mailing lists), but also a genuine sharing of technological know-how and experience.
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