Interdisciplining Digital Humanities: Boundary Work in an Emerging Field

Synopsis

Interdisciplining Digital Humanities Sorts Through Definitions And Patterns Of Practice Over Roughly Sixty-five Years Of Work, Providing An Overview For Specialists And A General Audience Alike. It Is The Only Book That Tests The Widespread Claim That Digital Humanities Is Interdisciplinary. By Examining The Boundary Work Of Constructing, Expanding, And Sustaining A New Field, It Depicts Both The Ways This New Field Is Being Situated Within Individual Domains And Dynamic Cross-fertilizations That Are Fostering New Relationships Across Academic Boundaries. It Also Accounts For Digital Reinvigorations Of Public Humanities In Cultural Heritage Institutions Of Museums, Archives, Libraries, And Community Forums.-- Introduction: Emerging -- Interdisciplining -- Defining -- Institutionalizing -- Professionalizing -- Educating -- Collaborating And Rewarding -- Resourcing (by Andy Engel). Julie Thompson Klein. Includes Bibliographical References And Index.