DIGITAL HUMANITIES Definition & Meaning

digital humanities

noun

(used with a singular verb)
1. the study of literature, philosophy, etc., as facilitated by computer technology or digital media:
  Digital humanities uses data analysis to find patterns in large bodies of text.
2. the set of methodologies used in such scholarship.
(used with a plural verb) literature, philosophy, etc., as studied with digital tools:
research in the digital humanities.

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51�Թ� History and Origins

Origin of digital humanities¹

First recorded in 1995–2000

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Nadine Zubair, a digital humanities manager and co-chair of the university's UCU branch, says students and staff are affected by the cuts "in every aspect of their experience here: their morale, their workloads - everything is taking a hit".

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Katie Muth, assistant professor in digital humanities and modern literature - and a member of Durham's UCU Committee - says colleagues are "pretty worried across the board" by the university's announcements.

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That’s what happened to Dinara Gagarina, a digital humanities researcher at a local branch of HSE.

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After analyzing Sabatini's thesis, Mark Algee-Hewitt, the director of graduate studies and associate professor of digital humanities in Stanford University's English department, determined the conservative candidate had committed "egregious" acts of plagiarism.

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Martin Clancy, a researcher at the Centre for Digital Humanities at Trinity College in Dublin and editor of “Artificial Intelligence and Music Ecosystem,” said that the difference between this wave of AI and prior transformative tech is its sheer adoptive speed.

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