Abstract
| Original language | English |
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| 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 |
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| Publication status | Published - 2016 |
Publication series
| Name | IFIP Advances in Information and Communication Technology |
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| Publisher | Springer |
| Volume | 482 |
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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
TY - GEN
T1 - Digital History: Towards New Methodologies
AU - ter Braake, S.
AU - Fokkens, A.S.
AU - Ockeloen, C.J.
AU - van Son, C.M.
PY - 2016
Y1 - 2016
N2 - 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.
AB - 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.
U2 - 10.1007/978-3-319-46224-0_3
DO - 10.1007/978-3-319-46224-0_3
M3 - Conference contribution
T3 - IFIP Advances in Information and Communication Technology
SP - 23
EP - 32
BT - Computational History and Data-Driven Humanities - Second IFIP WG 12.7 International Workshop, CHDDH 2016, Dublin, Ireland, May 25, 2016, Revised Selected Papers
A2 - Bozic, B.
A2 - Mendel-Gleason, G.
A2 - Debruyne, C.
A2 - O'Sullivan, D.
PB - Springer
ER -