Reinhart Koselleck, Vom Sinn und Unsinn der Geschichte, Berlin 2010
A short cut and a remark for the Digital Humanities
The historical sciences since quite a long time have been in crisis, Reinhart Koselleck, the famous German historian, writes in his essay “Wozu noch Geschichte?”. He asks about the theoretical possibilities of history – questions that can be used also for the Digital Humanities. Continue reading
Yvonne Spielmann, Hybridkultur, Berlin 2010
A brief summary and a few theories for the Digital Humanities
Hybrid culture correlates and fuses elements from different media, cultural contexts and discourses. The decisive factor here: Networks change the direction and speed of communication and information. They allow the creation of a public sphere simultaneously anywhere (to that, see my posts about the question of place and time in the Digital Humanities). What criteria should be used to identify and evaluate the medial construction of reality in its constant variability? Continue reading
