Monthly Archives: May 2012

The Book in the Digital Information Age


Michael Giesecke, Von den Mythen der Buchkultur zu den Visionen der Informationsgesellschaft, Frankfurt a.M., 2002 Review for the Digital Humanities What happens to the book in the digital information era? If there is one to know, it is Michael Giesecke, Professor … Continue reading

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Jean-François Lyotard, Delegitimization and Digital Humanities


Jean-François Lyotard, „Die Delegitimierung“, in : Geschichte schreiben in der Postmoderne, Stuttgart 1994 Review with respect to digital humanities (avant la lettre) In the post-industrial society, in postmodern culture, knowledge becomes legitimized in a new way. Great, speculative and emancipating narratives … Continue reading

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Foucault revisited for the Digital Humanities


Michel Foucault, L’archéologie du savoir, Gallimard, 1969 Review with respect to digital humanities (avant la lettre) Also historians have succumbed to the temptations of structuralism. For quite some time now, they have not been working with events anymore, but with … Continue reading

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WikiLeaks: Documents, Journalism and History


WikiLeaks und die Folgen, Die Hintergründe. Die Konsequenzen, Berlin 2011 Review with respect to Digital Humanities The scenario could be that of a spy novel: Hackers publish hundreds of thousands of secret and confidential documents of the US and other … Continue reading

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