The Resistance to Digital Humanities
The Resistance to Digital Humanities
This chapter considers whether the institutional prejudice against bibliographical and editorial work has been overcome or whether it has been compounded by a newer dismissive attitude, this time toward digital and electronic “publications.” It suggests that there is little sign of the old prejudices against textual study have been lifted, based on the critical dismissal of Ngrams and culturomics, the devaluing of digital-based research, the institutional unwillingness to regard work conducted in an electronic medium as on a par with print, and the fact that the critical hardback monograph remains the gold standard by which scholarly and intellectual achievement is measured in tenure and promotion decisions.
Keywords: institutional prejudice, electronic publications, digital humanities, bibliography, textual study, editorial work, tenure
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