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Digital Humanities in the German-Speaking World

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Digital Humanities and New Ways of Teaching

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The topic of digital humanities provokes widely varying views in the German-speaking world. In Germany digitalization efforts are often limited to a regional scale. This paper presents several examples of digitalization in the humanities: the use of audio sources, weblogs, big data, and simulations. The paper also examines the dissemination of practices of digitalization in the German-speaking world. Some experts note structural problems for digital innovation in Germany. Others make a plea for the realization of achievable tasks. The third part of the paper focuses on the general discussion of digitalization in Germany. Several authors see Germany in a “digital hibernation.” Prominent intellectuals such as Hans Magnus Enzensberger, Frank Schirrmacher, and Harald Welzer have on the other hand become harsh critics of digitalization.

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    See also Kurz (2015), p. XI

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    Although not developed in the German-speaking world, a nice example of digitalized teaching material in the field of Chinese studies – the author’s own background – is the philosophical book of Zhuangzi: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OM6kdJ6xq2A

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    See, for example, Graham (2017).

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Gänßbauer, M. (2019). Digital Humanities in the German-Speaking World. In: Tso, A.Wb. (eds) Digital Humanities and New Ways of Teaching. Digital Culture and Humanities, vol 1. Springer, Singapore. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-981-13-1277-9_1

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