Relevant Books
Listed below are major publications in the field of digital humanities over the past eight years that are available to CSU students and staff (login required). These publications have been carefully selected to introduce the various research themes and technical methods available within the field of digital humanities. Click on the title or the cover image to open the resource in a new window.
The Digital Humanities:
A Primer for Students and Scholars
Eileen Gardiner, Ronald G. Musto, Publisher: Cambridge University Press, Published: 2015, ISBN: 9781139003865
From the back cover: The Digital Humanities is a comprehensive introduction and practical guide to how humanists use the digital to conduct research, organise materials, analyse, and publish findings. It summarises the turn toward the digital that is reinventing every aspect of the humanities among scholars, libraries, publishers, administrators, and the public. Beginning with some definitions and a brief historical survey of the humanities, the book examines how humanists work, what they study, and how humanists and their research have been impacted by the digital and how, in turn, they shape it.
Digital Humanities:
History and Development
Olivier Le Deuff, Publisher: Wiley, Published: 2018, ISBN: 9781119308195
From the back cover: Where do the digital humanities really come from’ Are they really news’ What are the theoretical and technical influences that participate in this scientific field that arouses interest and questions’ This book tries to show and explain the main theories and methods that have allowed their current constitution. The aim of the book is to propose a new way to understand the history of digital humanities in a broader perspective. The book tries to show the importance of other fields to humanities computing like scientometry, infometry, econometry, mathematical linguistics, geography and documentation.
Reading by Numbers:
Recalibrating the Literary Field
Katherine Bode, Publisher: Anthem Press, Published: 2012, ISBN: 9780857284563
From the back cover: This book proposes and demonstrates a new digital approach to literary history. Drawing on bibliographical information on the Australian novel in the AustLit database, the book addresses debates and issues in literary studies through a method that combines book history’s pragmatic approach to literary data with the digital humanities’ idea of computer modelling as an experimental and iterative practice. As well as showcasing this method, the case studies in ‘Reading by Numbers’ provide a revised history of the Australian novel, focusing on the nineteenth century and the decades since the end of the Second World War.
Hacking the Academy:
New Approaches to Scholarship and Teaching from Digital Humanities
Daniel J. Cohen, Tom Scheinfeldt, Publisher: University of Michigan Press, Publishers: 2013, ISBN: 9780472029471
From the back cover: Can an algorithm edit a journal? Can a library exist without books? Can students build and manage their own learning management platforms? Can a conference be held without a program? Can Twitter replace a scholarly society? As recently as the mid-2000s, questions like these would have been unthinkable. But today serious scholars are asking whether the institutions of the academy as they have existed for decades, even centuries, aren’t becoming obsolete. Every aspect of scholarly infrastructure is being questioned, and even more importantly, being hacked.
A New Companion to Digital Humanities
Susan Schreibman, Ray Siemens, John Unsworth, Publisher: Wiley, Published: 2015, ISBN: 9781118680605
From the back cover: This volume has been extensively revised to reflect changes in technology, digital humanities methods and practices, and institutional culture surrounding the valuation and publication of digital scholarship. Contains 37 original articles written by leaders in the field. Addresses the central concerns shared by those interested in the subject. Major sections focus on the experience of particular disciplines in applying computational methods to research problems; the basic principles of humanities computing; specific applications and methods; and production, dissemination and archiving.