Digital Humanities in Practice
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This cutting-edge and comprehensive introduction to digital humanities explains the scope of the discipline and state of the art and provides a wide-ranging insight into emerging topics and avenues of research.
Each chapter interweaves the expert commentary of leading academics with analysis of current research and practice, exploring the possibilities and challenges that occur when culture and digital technologies intersect. International case studies of projects ranging from crowdsourced manuscript transcription to computational reconstruction of frescoes are included in each chapter, providing a wealth of information and inspiration. QR codes within each chapter link to a dedicated website where additional content, such as further case studies, is located.
Key topics covered include:
studying users and readers
social media and crowdsourcing
digitization and digital resources
image processing in the digital humanities
3D recording and museums
electronic text and text encoding
book history, texts and digital editing
open access and online teaching of digital humanities
institutional models for digital humanities.
Readership: This is an essential practical guide for academics, researchers, librarians and professionals involved in the digital humanities. It will also be core reading for all humanities students and those taking courses in the digital humanities in particular.
About the Author
Claire Warwick, Melissa Terras and Julianne Nyhan are all members of the UCL Centre for Digital Humanities.
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- Contributor: Claire Warwick
- Imprint: Facet Publishing
- ISBN13: 9781856047661
- Number of Pages: 192
- Packaged Dimensions: 156x234x18mm
- Packaged Weight: 181
- Format: Paperback
- Publisher: Facet Publishing
- Release Date: 2012-10-09
- Binding: Paperback / softback
- Biography: Claire Warwick, Melissa Terras and Julianne Nyhan are all members of the UCL Centre for Digital Humanities.
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