Digital and Distant Histories: Emergent Approaches within the New Digital History
Oiva Mila; Fridlund Mats; Paju Petri
https://urn.fi/URN:NBN:fi-fe2021042821326
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The chapter introduces the main themes of “Digital Histories”. It
shortly discusses the histories of digital history and the various
research projects that resulted in this volume, as well as the main
contributions of the individual chapters. Focusing on the most recent
periods of development of digital and computational history, the
introduction explains how this book contributes to advancing the larger
field of history in two primary ways: firstly through conceptual
explorations of the central issues characterizing the past, present and
future of digital history research, and secondly by providing new
empirical historical knowledge coming out of research using digital
methods. The chapter surveys a number of key challenges and criticisms
facing contemporary and future historians, including the digitisation of
sources, metadata creation for digital source materials, digital source
and resource criticism, and the various salient questions involved in
organising digital history research.
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- Rinnakkaistallenteet [19206]