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I must confess that I am sometimes of two minds about digital humanities. The scholarly and public benefits of humanists using computational and information technologies are obvious. But so, too, is the continuing marginal status of digital work in the mainstream of humanities disciplines. In this chapter I offer some reflections on the predicament of those of us making substantial use of digital technologies in research and communicating its outcomes, in the course of which I also share some thoughts about what the future might hold.
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Turnbull, P. (2014). Margins, Mainstreams and the Mission of Digital Humanities. In: Arthur, P.L., Bode, K. (eds) Advancing Digital Humanities. Palgrave Macmillan, London. https://doi.org/10.1057/9781137337016_17
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