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digital humanities
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an area of scholarly activity at the intersection of computing or digital technologies and the disciplines of the humanities
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Encyclopedic overview
Example of a textual analysis program being used to study a novel, with Jane Austen's Pride and Prejudice in Voyant Tools
Digital humanities (DH) is an area of scholarly activity at the intersection of computing or digital technologies and the disciplines of the humanities. It includes the systematic use of digital resources in the humanities, as well as the analysis of their application. DH can be defined as new ways of doing scholarship that involve collaborative, transdisciplinary, and computationally engaged research, teaching, and publishing. It brings digital tools and methods to the study of the humanities with the recognition that the printed word is no longer the main medium for knowledge production and distribution.
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