Where will the digital humanities be in 100 years?

The humanities as a hope for the digital

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  • José Calvo Tello image/svg+xml Niedersächsische Staats-und Universitätsbibliothek Göttingen

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.7203/metode.15.27672

Keywords:

digital humanities, preservation, FAIR principles, repositories, data

Abstract

The acceleration of technological development raises certain challenges and doubts about the maintenance of tools and data. Must we accept that digital data will be useless in a few decades? This article presents some concrete solutions, such as the use of repositories, the application of FAIR principles, or the use of standard formats such as XML-TEI. More generally, it argues for the maintenance of a historical view both of the humanities and of libraries, and for a humanistic and quantitative critique of digital aspects.

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Author Biography

José Calvo Tello, Niedersächsische Staats-und Universitätsbibliothek Göttingen

Librarian specialised in research and development at the State and University Library Göttingen, Georg-August-Universität Göttingen (Germany). He received his doctorate from the University of Würzburg in 2020 with a thesis entitled The novel in the Spanish Silver Age: A digital analysis of genre using machine learning (transcript, 2021). His interests focus on the development and application of quantitative methods to Romance literature and library collections and the preservation of data from literature studies.

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Published

2024-09-30

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Calvo Tello, J. (2024). Where will the digital humanities be in 100 years? The humanities as a hope for the digital. Metode Science Studies Journal, (15). https://doi.org/10.7203/metode.15.27672
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