Revisiting Connotations of Digital Humanists: Exploratory Interviews. Issue 1 (14th October 2022)

• Record Type: Journal Article
• Authors: Ma, Rongqian
• Is Part Of: Proceedings of the Association for Information Science and Technology. Volume 59:Issue 1(2022)
• Page Start: 750
• Page End: 752
• Publication Date: 2022-10-14
• Subjects: Digital humanist -- research community -- semi‐structured interview; Information science -- Congresses; Information technology -- Congresses; Information science; Information technology; Conference papers and proceedings; 020
• DOI: 10.1002/pra2.714
• Languages: English
• ISSNs: 2373-9231

Abstract

ABSTRACT: This ongoing study revisits the connotations of "digital humanists" and explores the reasons why a researcher does or does not self‐identify as a digital humanist. Building on semi‐structured interview data collected from fourteen researchers and practitioners engaging in digital humanities (DH) projects, this poster illustrates researchers' various understandings of "digital humanist" as a term and research identity and highlights the complexity of "digital humanists" as a research community. This study contributes to DH scholarship with insights into the collective imaginations of the "digital humanist" as a research community one decade after the early attempts. Findings of this research study also facilitate a more thorough, timely, and dynamic discussion of the major workforce in digital humanities, potentially paving the way for future research on labor and collaboration in the DH research domain.