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OverviewHumanities Computing provides a rationale for a computing practice that is of and for as well as in the humanities and the interpretative social sciences. It engages philosophical, historical, ethnographic and critical perspectives to show how computing helps us fulfil the basic mandate of the humane sciences to ask ever better questions of the most challenging kind. It strengthens current practice by stimulating debate on the role of the computer in our intellectual life, and outlines an agenda for the field to which individual scholars across the humanities can contribute. Full Product DetailsAuthor: W. McCartyPublisher: Palgrave Macmillan Imprint: Palgrave Macmillan Dimensions: Width: 15.50cm , Height: 1.80cm , Length: 23.50cm Weight: 0.391kg ISBN: 9781137440426ISBN 10: 1137440422 Pages: 311 Publication Date: 20 September 2005 Audience: Professional and scholarly , Professional & Vocational Format: Paperback Publisher's Status: Active Availability: In Print  This item will be ordered in for you from one of our suppliers. Upon receipt, we will promptly dispatch it out to you. For in store availability, please contact us. Table of ContentsAcknowledgements Epigraph Preface Modelling Genre Discipline Computer Science Agenda Bibliography IndexReviewsThis landmark study is fundamental to understanding the history and future directions of the expanding field of digital humanities, written by one of its pioneers. Professor Paul Arthur, The University of Western Sydney, Australia 'Vital, energetic, engaging and more pertinent than ever! - Ray Siemens, Canada Research Chair in Humanities Computing and Distinguished Professor in the Faculty of Humanities, University of Victoria, Canada This landmark study is fundamental to understanding the history and future directions of the expanding field of digital humanities, written by one of its pioneers. - Professor Paul Arthur, The University of Western Sydney, Australia Author InformationWillard McCarty is Professor of Humanities Computing at King's College London, UK, and fractional Professor in the Digital Humanities Research Group at University of Western Sydney, Australia. He is editor of the journal, Interdisciplinary Science Reviews (2008-) and founding Editor of the online seminar Humanist (1987-). He was the recipient of the Roberto Busa Prize 2013 from the Alliance of Digital Humanities Organizations, in recognition of outstanding lifetime achievements in the application of information and communications technologies to humanistic research. Willard has also received the Canadian Award for Outstanding Achievement, Computing in the Arts and Humanities (2005) and the Richard W. Lyman Award, Rockefeller Foundation (2006). He is editor of Text and Genre in Reconstruction (2010) and author of numerous articles and book chapters in the field. Tab Content 6Author Website:Countries AvailableAll regions |
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