Companion to Digital Humanities

Name: Companion to Digital Humanities
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ISBN: 9781405168069

ISBN-10: 1405168064

ISBN-13: 9781405168069

Edition: 2008

Authors: Susan Schreibman, Ray Siemens, John Unsworth, Susan Schreibman, Ray Siemens

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A Companion to Digital Humanities provides a complete yet concise overview of this emerging discipline. The volume contains 37 original articles written by leaders in the field, addressing the central concerns of those interested in the subject. The articles are grouped into topical sections focusing on the experience of particular disciplines in applying computational methods to humanities research problems; the basic principles of humanities computing across applications and disciplines; specific applications and methods; and production, dissemination, and archiving. The Companion is accompanied by a website that will evolve with its readership, featuring useful supplementary materials,…

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List price: $71.95
Copyright year: 2008
Publisher: John Wiley & Sons, Incorporated
Publication date: 3/3/2008
Binding: Paperback
Pages: 640
Size: 6.80" wide x 9.70" long x 1.82" tall
Weight: 2.486
Language: English



Notes on Contributors


Foreword: Perspectives on the Digital Humanities



The Digital Humanities and Humanities Computing: An Introduction




History



The History of Humanities Computing




Computing for Archaeologists




Art History




Classics and the Computer: An End of the History




Computing and the Historical Imagination




Lexicography




Linguistics Meets Exact Sciences




Literary Studies




Music




Multimedia




Performing Arts




"Revolution? What Revolution?" Successes and Limits of Computing Technologies in Philosophy and Religion




Principles



How the Computer Works




Classification and its Structures




Databases




Marking Texts of Many Dimensions




Text Encoding




Electronic Texts: Audiences and Purposes




Modeling: A Study in Words and Meanings




Applications



Stylistic 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



Designing Sustainable Projects and Publications




Conversion of Primary Sources




Text Tools




"So the Colors Cover the Wires": Interface, Aesthetics, and Usability




Intermediation and its Malcontents: Validating Professionalism in the Age of Raw Dissemination




The Past, Present, and Future of Digital Libraries




Preservation



Index