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Computation and the Humanities : Towards an Oral History of Digital Humanities.

Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Nyhan, Julianne.
Other Authors: Flinn, Andrew.
Format: eBook
Language:English
Published: Cham : Springer International Publishing AG, 2016.
Edition:1st ed.
Series:Springer Series on Cultural Computing Series
Subjects:
Electronic books.
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Table of Contents:
  • Intro
  • Dedication
  • Acknowledgements
  • Contents
  • Chapter 1: Introduction
  • Introduction to Digital Humanities
  • Humanities Computing (c.1949-2006)
  • DH (c.2006-Present)
  • Is DH a Discipline?
  • The State of the Art: Histories of DH
  • Why Do We Not Have Histories of DH?
  • The Approach Taken in This Book
  • Why Do We Need Histories of DH?
  • References
  • Chapter 2: Why Oral History?
  • Introduction
  • A Brief History of Modern Oral History
  • Challenges to Oral History: Valuing Difference
  • Studying Communities
  • A Conclusion. Oral History and Communities: To Whom Does This History Belong?
  • References
  • Chapter 3: Individuation Is There in All the Different Strata: John Burrows, Hugh Craig and Willard McCarty
  • Biographies
  • Interview
  • References
  • Chapter 4: The University Was Still Taking Account of universitas scientiarum: Wilhelm Ott and Julianne Nyhan
  • Biography
  • Interview
  • References
  • Chapter 5: hic Rhodus, hic salta: Tito Orlandi and Julianne Nyhan
  • Biography
  • Interview
  • References
  • Chapter 6: They Took a Chance: Susan Hockey and Julianne Nyhan
  • Biography
  • Interview
  • References
  • Chapter 7: The Influence of Algorithmic Thinking: Judy Malloy and Julianne Nyhan
  • Biography
  • Interview
  • References
  • Chapter 8: I Would Think of Myself as Sitting Inside the Computer: Mary Dee Harris and Julianne Nyhan
  • Biography
  • Interview
  • References
  • Chapter 9: There Had to Be a Better Way: John Nitti and Julianne Nyhan
  • Biography
  • Interview
  • References
  • Chapter 10: It's a Little Mind-Boggling: Helen Agüera and Julianne Nyhan
  • Biography
  • Interview
  • References
  • Chapter 11: I Heard About the Arrival of the Computer: Hans Rutimann and Julianne Nyhan
  • Biography
  • Interview
  • References
  • Chapter 12: I Mourned the University for a Long Time: Michael Sperberg-McQueen and Julianne Nyhan.
  • Biography
  • Interview
  • References
  • Chapter 13: It's Probably the only Modestly Widely Used System with a Command Language in Latin: Manfred Thaller and Julianne Nyhan
  • Biography
  • Interview
  • References
  • Chapter 14: Getting Computers into Humanists' Thinking: John Bradley and Julianne Nyhan
  • Biography
  • Interview
  • References
  • Chapter 15: Moderate Expectations, Tolerable Disappointments: Claus Huitfeldt and Julianne Nyhan
  • Biography
  • Interview
  • References
  • Chapter 16: So, Into the Chopper It Went: Gabriel Egan and Julianne Nyhan
  • Biography
  • Interview
  • References
  • Chapter 17: Revolutionaries and Underdogs
  • Introduction
  • The Motif of the Underdog
  • Interview Perspectives
  • Cross-Referencing the Evidence
  • Questioning the Motif
  • Revolutionaries
  • Origins of the Term Revolutionary
  • Narratives and Groups
  • Conclusion
  • References
  • Chapter 18: Conclusion
  • Reference
  • Index.

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