Hi all, long time no see. i’m looking forward to the discussion ina few hours. One of the chapters we are reading for this second meeting is Alan Liu’s “Where is cultural criticism in the digital humanities?”. Some great points abouthaving to think not only how to reach society, but the impacts in the new modes of life and discourse were very well put, but I think we could elaborate on that in the discussion. Again, as in many texts, the question of someone having to be able to code to be considered a digital humanist arises (in this text in form of an anecdote). I’m still undecided about this. i like to think of myself as a humanist that has a huge interest on the digital impact in my field of study, which is certainly changing, and therefore i have take part on discussions on digital humanities. If I am going digital? Well, who isn’t? (even though Blackboard is not the best platform ever created…).
And now, for the digital humanists that can code: could a critical, analytical scholarly work come in digital form? (not Pdfs etc), really use tha tools to enhance the knowledge being presented. My question, besides of coming from the readings for this session, has been in my mind for a while now. I’m in the process of creating a magazine/ journal in my Home Dep. And we’ve had three meetings and can not come to a conclusion if a innovative digital form taht brings academic knowledge will be as seriously-taken as a old-fashioned journal (open-access, thank god, was unanimous).