Global Debates in the Digital Humanities

The Debates in the Digital Humanities series aims to decolonize the field by showcasing alternative histories and perspectives from the Global South and other "invisible" contexts. The volume challenges the field to undertake innovation and reform to advance a vision of the digital humanities as a space where we can reimagine basic questions about our cultural and historical development.

Format: Hardback
Length: 400 pages
Publication date: 12 April 2022
Publisher: University of Minnesota Press

The digital humanities, often seen as a broad and inclusive "big tent," has faced challenges due to a lack of perspectives beyond Westernized and Anglophone contexts and assumptions. This latest collection in the Debates in the Digital Humanities series aims to address this gap by showcasing alternative histories and perspectives that highlight the rise of the digital humanities in the Global South and other "invisible" contexts. Contributors explore the implications of a globally diverse digital humanities, challenging the field to innovate and reform.

The volume contributors include Maria José Afanador-Llach from the U de los Andes in Bogotá, Maira E. Álvarez from the U of Houston, Purbasha Auddy from Jadavpur U, Diana Barreto Ávila from the U of British Columbia, Deepti Bharthur from IT for Change, Sayan Bhattacharyya from the Singapore U of Technology and Design, Anastasia Bonch-Osmolovskaya from the National Research U Higher School of Economics, Jing Chen from Nanjing U, Carlton Clark from Kazimieras Simonavičius U in Vilnius, Carolina Dalla Chiesa from Erasmus U in Rotterdam, Gimena del Rio Riande from the Institute of Bibliographic Research and Textual Criticism, Leonardo Foletto from the U of São Paulo, Rahul K. Gairola from Murdoch U, Sofia Gavrilova from the Leibniz Institute for Regional Geography, Andre Goodrich from the North-West U, Anita Gurumurthy from IT for Change, Aliz Horvath from Eötvös Loránd U, Igor Kim from the Russian Academy of Sciences, Inna Kizhner from the Siberian Federal U, Cédric Leterme from the Tricontinental Center, and Andres Lombana-B.

The digital humanities offer a unique opportunity to reimagine fundamental questions about our cultural and historical development. By expanding our horizons beyond Westernized and Anglophone perspectives, we can gain a deeper understanding of the world and our place in it. This volume encourages the field to embrace innovation and reform, fostering a more inclusive and diverse digital humanities that can benefit scholars and communities worldwide.

Dimension: 254 x 178 x 51 (mm)
ISBN-13: 9781517913250