Monthly Archives: March 2012

Swiss Academy of Humanities and Social Sciences: Digital Humanities and Web 2.0


Swiss Academy of Humanities and Social Sciences, Digital Humanities and Web 2.0, Dossier, in: Bulletin, 1/2012, S. 29ff Review with respect to digital humanities The Swiss Academy of Humanities and Social Sciences dedicates the first issue of its Bulletin 2012 … Continue reading

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Digital Humanities and Google: Ngram-Statistics


Google has digitized around 15 million books  and supports researchers in their analysis 15 million books - that is around 10 percent of all books that have been published since Gutenberg. This large data collection is facing the same problem as other … Continue reading

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Contemporary History in Digital Era: The Concerns of Kiran Klaus Patel


Kiran Klaus Patel, Zeitgeschichte im Digitalen Zeitalter, in: Vierteljahreshefte für Zeitgeschichte, Heft 3, Juli 2011, Page 331ff. Review with respect to digital humanities Who is going to archive the text messages from German Chancellor Angela Merkel? The sources and their availability … Continue reading

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We think: Charles Leadbeater and the Digital Humanities


Charles Leadbeater, We-think, Mass innovation, not mass production: The Power of Mass Creativity, London, 2009 (Updated Version) Review with respect to digital humanities Charles Leadbeater is an authority on creativity in organizations in the English-speaking world. In particular he worked … Continue reading

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We think History


We think History is about the creativity of communities and discusses participatory approaches for innovations in the humanities. The web seems to be the ideal platform to combine ideas and knowledge and thus create new things. Guido KollerMore Posts

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