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Digital History. Ready made.


Peter Haber, Digital Past, Geschichtswissenschaft im Digitalen Zeitalter, München 2011 Review “What happens to the science of history in the digital age”, Peter Haber, University of Basel, wants to know. His concern is primarily about three things: The origins of … Continue reading

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The place in the Digital Humanities


Marc Augé, Non-Lieux. Introduction à une anthropologie de la surmodernité, Paris 1992 Review with respect to the Digital Humanities We have become strangers in our own world – due to its accelerated change. This calls for the anthropological perspective, for … Continue reading

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Wolfgang Schmale: A Practice in Digital History


Wolfgang Schmale, Digitale Geschichtswissenschaft, Wien, Köln, Weimar, 2010 Review with respect to digital humanities Wolfgang Schmale, University of Vienna, wonders whether “digital media are historically powerful”. It struck him that digitization transforms space and time in “flowing, unbounded categories”. The … 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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