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In the last 25 years digital technologies have changed the humanities. The question is: by how much? Is the digital revolution transforming the humanities intellectually? Or has it just sped up processes and access in ways that are certainly faster but not essentially different? Are we asking new research questions or are we just using new tools? Furthermore, do the digital humanities require new skillsets, which could cause us to think of universities and research training in fundamentally new ways, or is it sufficient to rely on established ways? This chapter explores these questions.
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Holm, P., Jarrick, A., Scott, D. (2015). The Digital Humanities. In: Humanities World Report 2015. Palgrave Macmillan, London. https://doi.org/10.1057/9781137500281_4
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