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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 USA Imprint: Palgrave Macmillan Dimensions: Width: 14.00cm , Height: 2.20cm , Length: 21.60cm Weight: 0.566kg ISBN: 9781403935045ISBN 10: 1403935041 Pages: 311 Publication Date: 20 September 2005 Audience: College/higher education , Professional and scholarly , Tertiary & Higher Education , Professional & Vocational Format: Hardback 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 ContentsReviewsThis 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 '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 '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 Author InformationWILLARD MCCARTY is a senior lecturer in Humanities Computing, King's College London, and founding editor of the online seminar Humanist. Since the mid 1980s he has lectured and published widely on the intellectual foundations for humanities computing and taught courses on the subject at Toronto, Princeton and London. Tab Content 6Author Website:Countries AvailableAll regions |
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