Data, Collaboration, Laboratory
Bringing Concepts from Science into Humanities Practice
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 8863618 |
|---|---|
| Authors | U Pawlicka-Deger (0000-0002-2626-4675, corresponding author), Urszula Pawlicka (Aalto University) |
| Year | 2017 |
| Volume | 98 |
| Issue | 5 |
| Pages | 526-541 |
| Publication date | 2017-06-30 |
| Peer Reviewed | Yes |
| Open Access | No |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | English Studies (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 0013-838X • E-ISSN: 1744-4217 |
| Publisher | Routledge (PUBLISHER • GB) |
| DOI | 10.1080/0013838x.2017.1332022 |
| OpenAlex | W2726902314 |
| Language | EN |
| Citations received | 5 |
| References cited | 26 |
Humanities researchers have been looking for new tools and strategies to overcome what has been called, in recent years, a “crisis” in the humanities. These efforts maintain that it is possible to change the widespread view that humanities fields are arcane or irrelevant by changing conceptual frames in ways that show the humanities to be useful, accessible and actionable. Specifically, researchers have been claiming for the humanities frames and concepts from the sciences, such as the humanities “labs” that signal (in both name and design) quantifiability, verifiability and functionality. This tactic of borrowing categories from the sciences is part of a larger tactical turn that we may call “the scientification of the humanities”. The new field of the digital humanities, in particular, is a central site for this turn. With a focus on digital humanities practices, this article aims to describe the tactical meanings, in the humanities, of the borrowed concepts data, collaboration and laboratory, all of which strategically frame the humanities as a practical, innovative and profitable field. Ultimately, I show that the trajectory of scientification in the humanities follows a path from concepts to transformation
Art · Digital humanities · Field (mathematics · Focus (optics · Frame (networking · Humanities · Sociology · Computer Science · Digital Humanities and Scholarship · Research Data Management Practices · Semantic Web and Ontologies
How We Think
The Three Cultures
Scholarship in the Digital Age
The practice turn in contemporary theory
University rankings and the scientification of social sciences and humanities
The Science of Culture
Working the Digital Humanities
The future of the humanities- in the present & in public
Digital Humanities for the Next Five Minutes
Laboratory Design and the Aim of Science
The Mangle of Practice
| Unique citing works | 5 |
|---|---|
| Citations per year | 0.56 |
| Citation span | 2017 - 2025 (9) |
| Citation velocity | recent |
| Highly cited | No |
| Citation types | Neutral: 4 |