The tool and the job: Digital humanities methods and the future of the history of the human sciences

Elizabeth Toon

doi:10.1177/0952695119834152

The tool and the job: Digital humanities methods and the future of the history of the human sciences

Elizabeth Toon

Centre for the History of Science, Technology and Medicine (CHSTM)

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This article, based on a presentation at the Future of the History of the Human Sciences workshop (2016), discusses some of the potential benefits and pitfalls of digital humanities (DH) tools and approaches for historians of the human sciences. It reviews some of the major approaches that form DH and draws on the author’s experience as part of a team creating a large DH resource to consider the complications presented by these.

Original language	English
Pages (from-to)	83
Number of pages	98
Journal	History of the Human Sciences
Volume	32
Issue number	1
Early online date	8 May 2019
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1177/0952695119834152
Publication status	Published - 2019

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