The Bloomsbury Handbook to the Digital Humanities

The Bloomsbury Handbook to the Digital Humanities offers a timely interrogation of the present and future of the arts and humanities in the digital age, covering key debates, methods, possibilities, and failings. It comprises 43 essays from leading scholars and practitioners, examining the emergence and ongoing development of DH, postcolonial digital humanities, feminist digital humanities, race and DH, multilingual digital humanities, media studies as DH, the failings of DH, critical digital humanities, the future of text encoding, cultural analytics, natural language processing, open access and digital publishing, digital cultural heritage, archiving and editing, sustainability, DH pedagogy, labour, artificial intelligence, the cultural economy, and the role of the digital humanities in climate change. The book is divided into five sections: "Perspectives & Polemics", "Methods, Tools & Techniques", "Public Digital Humanities", "Institutional Contexts", and "DH Futures". It is essential reading for students, scholars, and practitioners working across the digital humanities.

Format: Paperback / softback
Length: 512 pages
Publication date: 13 June 2024
Publisher: Bloomsbury Publishing PLC

The Bloomsbury Handbook to the Digital Humanities is a comprehensive and timely examination of the present and future of the arts and humanities in the digital age. Comprising 43 essays from leading scholars and practitioners, the book explores a wide range of topics, including the emergence and development of DH, postcolonial digital humanities, feminist digital humanities, race and DH, multilingual digital humanities, media studies as DH, the failings of DH, critical digital humanities, the future of text encoding, cultural analytics, natural language processing, open access and digital publishing, digital cultural heritage, archiving and editing, sustainability, DH pedagogy, labour, artificial intelligence, the cultural economy, and the role of the digital humanities in climate change. The book is divided into five sections: "Perspectives & Polemics", "Methods, Tools & Techniques", "Public Digital Humanities", "Institutional Contexts", and "DH Futures". It provides a comprehensive and accessible overview of the digital humanities, making it essential reading for students, scholars, and practitioners working across the field. The book features contributions from pre-eminent scholars and radical thinkers, both established and emerging, and should long serve as a roadmap through the myriad formulations, methods, and possibilities of the digital humanities.

Weight: 1006g
Dimension: 246 x 190 x 34 (mm)
ISBN-13: 9781350452572