Digital Humanities and the (Unsurprising?) Tenacity of the Print Mind

This ACDH lecture by Toma Tasovac examines the continuing influence of print culture on how we conceptualise and work with digital texts. Despite the flexibility offered by electronic textuality, digital resources are often still treated as static objects modelled on printed books. The lecture considers how this affects digital editions, linguistic corpora, interface design, metadata and annotation workflows, and asks whether Digital Humanities can develop approaches to textuality that make fuller use of the possibilities of digital media.

Learning Outcomes

After watching this video, learners will be able to:

• explain how conventions inherited from print culture continue to influence digital research practices
• identify the effects of the “print mind” on digital editions, corpora, metadata and annotation
• critically reflect on alternative ways of conceptualising and working with digital texts

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