A Companion to Digital Humanities

by Editor: Susan Schreibman (Digital Humanities Observatory, Dublin, Ireland ); Editor: Ray Siemens (University of Victoria, Canada); Editor: John Unsworth (University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, USA)

• ISBN13: 9780470999868
• ISBN10: 0470999861
• Format: eBook
• Copyright: 2008-04-01
• Publisher: Wiley-Blackwell

Summary

This Companion offers a thorough, concise overview of the emerging field of humanities computing. Contains 37 original articles written by leaders in the field. Addresses the central concerns shared by those interested in the subject. Major sections focus on the experience of particular disciplines in applying computational methods to research problems; the basic principles of humanities computing; specific applications and methods; and production, dissemination and archiving. Accompanied by a website featuring supplementary materials, standard readings in the field and essays to be included in future editions of the Companion.

Table of Contents

Notes on Contributors

Foreword

Introduction

History:

The History of Humanities Computing

Archaeology

Art History

Classics

History

Lexicography

Linguistics

Literary Studies

Music

New Media

Performing Arts

Philosophy and Religion

Principles:

How Computers Work

Classification and its structures

Databases

What is Already Encoded by the Text

Text Encoding

Perspectives and Communities

Models

Applications:

Analysis and Authorship Studies

Preparation and Analysis of Linguistic Corpora

Electronic Scholarly Editing

Textual Analysis

Thematic Research Collections

Print Scholarship and Digital Resources

Digital Media and the Analysis of Film

Cognitive Stylistics and the Literary Imagination

Multivariant Narratives

Speculative Computing: Aesthetic Provocations in Humanities Computing

Robotic Poetics

Production, Dissemination, Archiving:

Project Design

Conversion of Primary Sources

Text Tools

Interface, Aesthetics, and Usability

Electronic Publishing

Digital Libraries in the Humanities

Preservation

Index

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