Meanings
- pluralplural onlyAn academic field concerned with the application of computational tools and methods to traditional humanities disciplines such as literature, history, and philosophy.
The volume brings together a global team of authors who are pioneers of innovative research in the digital humanities.
2016, Susan Schreibman, Ray Siemens, John Unsworth, editors, A New Companion to Digital Humanities, →ISBN1 more example
“There is a lot of interest in digital humanities, but there is not a lot of money,” says Ilan Shimshoni, professor of computer vision and machine learning at the University of Haifa in Israel, where he works on archaeological projects that include reassembling artefacts from photos of fragments. “If you want to do an analysis of Facebook you’ll get much more money than if you want to look at ancient Greek artefacts.”
2020 July 1, Carly Minsky, quoting Ilan Shimshoni, “How AI helps historians solve ancient puzzles”, in Financial Times, retrieved 12 Apr 2021Synonyms: DH
Synonyms & antonyms
nounAn academic field concerned with the application of computational tools and methods to traditional humanities disciplines such as literature, history, and philosophy.
Translations
Chinese Mandarin 數字人文 /数字人文
- 數字人文 /数字人文 (shùzì rénwén)academic field
Dutch digitale geesteswetenschappen
- digitale geesteswetenschappenacademic field
Finnish digitaaliset ihmistieteet
- digitaaliset ihmistieteetacademic field
Hungarian digitális bölcsészet
- digitális bölcsészetacademic field
Japanese デジタル人文学
- デジタル人文学academic field
Polish humanistyka cyfrowa
- humanistyka cyfrowaacademic field
Cite this entry
digital humanities. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 2, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/digital%20humanities
“digital humanities.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/digital%20humanities. Accessed November 2, 2026.
WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “digital humanities,” accessed November 2, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/digital%20humanities.
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