Digital History: Towards New Methodologies

S. ter Braake; A.S. Fokkens; C.J. Ockeloen; C.M. van Son

doi:10.1007/978-3-319-46224-0_3

Digital History: Towards New Methodologies

S. ter Braake, A.S. Fokkens, C.J. Ockeloen, C.M. van Son

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Abstract

The field of Digital Humanities is changing the way historians do their research. Historians use tools to query larger data sets and they apply a different methodology to tackle certain research questions. In this paper we will discuss two propositions on the necessity of adapting to and taking advantage of the technological changes: (1) Digital Humanities tools are not the enemy of the historian, but they need to be used in a proper way. This requires historians to make ‘tool criticism’ part of their methodological toolkit; (2) Digital Humanities tools allow for a more data-driven and bottom-up approach to historical research. This eliminates some of the historian’s preconceptions that are inevitably part of more traditional historical research.

Original language	English
Title of host publication	Computational History and Data-Driven Humanities - Second IFIP WG 12.7 International Workshop, CHDDH 2016, Dublin, Ireland, May 25, 2016, Revised Selected Papers
Editors	B. Bozic, G. Mendel-Gleason, C. Debruyne, D. O'Sullivan
Publisher	Springer
Pages	23-32
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-46224-0_3
Publication status	Published - 2016

Publication series

Name	IFIP Advances in Information and Communication Technology
Publisher	Springer
Volume	482

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ter Braake, S., Fokkens, A. S., Ockeloen, C. J., & van Son, C. M. (2016). Digital History: Towards New Methodologies. In B. Bozic, G. Mendel-Gleason, C. Debruyne, & D. O'Sullivan (Eds.), Computational History and Data-Driven Humanities - Second IFIP WG 12.7 International Workshop, CHDDH 2016, Dublin, Ireland, May 25, 2016, Revised Selected Papers (pp. 23-32). (IFIP Advances in Information and Communication Technology; Vol. 482). Springer. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-46224-0_3

ter Braake, S. ; Fokkens, A.S. ; Ockeloen, C.J. ; van Son, C.M. / Digital History: Towards New Methodologies. Computational History and Data-Driven Humanities - Second IFIP WG 12.7 International Workshop, CHDDH 2016, Dublin, Ireland, May 25, 2016, Revised Selected Papers. editor / B. Bozic ; G. Mendel-Gleason ; C. Debruyne ; D. O'Sullivan. Springer, 2016. pp. 23-32 (IFIP Advances in Information and Communication Technology).

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ter Braake, S, Fokkens, AS , Ockeloen, CJ & van Son, CM 2016, Digital History: Towards New Methodologies. in B Bozic, G Mendel-Gleason, C Debruyne & D O'Sullivan (eds), Computational History and Data-Driven Humanities - Second IFIP WG 12.7 International Workshop, CHDDH 2016, Dublin, Ireland, May 25, 2016, Revised Selected Papers. IFIP Advances in Information and Communication Technology, vol. 482, Springer, pp. 23-32. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-46224-0_3

Digital History: Towards New Methodologies. / ter Braake, S.; Fokkens, A.S.; Ockeloen, C.J.; van Son, C.M.

Computational History and Data-Driven Humanities - Second IFIP WG 12.7 International Workshop, CHDDH 2016, Dublin, Ireland, May 25, 2016, Revised Selected Papers. ed. / B. Bozic; G. Mendel-Gleason; C. Debruyne; D. O'Sullivan. Springer, 2016. p. 23-32 (IFIP Advances in Information and Communication Technology; Vol. 482).

Research output: Chapter in Book / Report / Conference proceeding › Conference contribution › Academic › peer-review

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ter Braake S, Fokkens AS , Ockeloen CJ , van Son CM. Digital History: Towards New Methodologies. In Bozic B, Mendel-Gleason G, Debruyne C, O'Sullivan D, editors, Computational History and Data-Driven Humanities - Second IFIP WG 12.7 International Workshop, CHDDH 2016, Dublin, Ireland, May 25, 2016, Revised Selected Papers. Springer. 2016. p. 23-32. (IFIP Advances in Information and Communication Technology). https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-46224-0_3