Bernard Wilcox

Digital Humanities: A Knowledge Perspective Bernard Wilcox

The field of study concerned with the interaction of humanities and digital technologies is referred to as digital humanities. The systematic use of humanities related digital resources and their applications are included in this field. It uses computing tools like text mining, data mining, data visualization, hypertext, digital mapping, statistics, information retrieval and hypermedia, among many others. Fields related to digital humanities are software studies, critical code studies and platform studies. The diverse methods in this discipline include enhanced critical curation, cultural analytics, aggregation, the animated archive, database documentaries, augmented editions, etc. This book attempts to understand the multiple branches that fall under the discipline of digital humanities and how such concepts have practical applications. It strives to provide a fair idea about this discipline and to help develop a better understanding of the latest advances within this field. The topics covered in this book offer the readers new insights in the field of digital humanities.