Toward a model for digital tool criticism: Reflection as integrative practice.
In the past decade, an increasing set of digital tools has been developed with which digital sources can be selected, analyzed, and presented. Many tools go beyond key word search and perform different types of analysis, aggregation, mapping, and linking of data selections, which transforms material...
| Published in: | Digital Scholarship in the Humanities Vol. 34; no. 2; pp. 368 - 386 |
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Jun2019
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| fields | @attributes: recordID: 1 pdfLink: plink: https://search.ebscohost.com/login.aspx?direct=true&db=hlh&AN=136673309&site=ehost-live header: @attributes: shortDbName: hlh uiTerm: 136673309 longDbName: Humanities International Complete uiTag: AN controlInfo: bkinfo: jinfo: jid: 2055768X JEO9 jtl: Digital Scholarship in the Humanities issn: 2055768X maglogo: N pubinfo: dt: Jun2019 vid: 34 iid: 2 pid: 622 pub: Oxford University Press / USA artinfo: ui: 136673309 10.1093/llc/fqy048 ppf: 368 ppct: 18 formats: fmt: – @attributes: type: T – @attributes: type: P size: 539KB tig: atl: Toward a model for digital tool criticism: Reflection as integrative practice. aug: au: Koolen, Marijn Gorp, Jasmijn van Ossenbruggen, Jacco van affil: Royal Netherlands Academy of Arts and Sciences - Humanities Cluster, The Netherlands Department of Media and Culture Studies, Utrecht University, The Netherlands Centrum Wiskunde & Informatica, VU University Amsterdam - Network Institute, The Netherlands su: Humanities research Scholars Digital technology Data Research sug: subj: Humanities research Scholars Digital technology Data Research ab: In the past decade, an increasing set of digital tools has been developed with which digital sources can be selected, analyzed, and presented. Many tools go beyond key word search and perform different types of analysis, aggregation, mapping, and linking of data selections, which transforms materials and creates new perspectives, thereby changing the way scholars interact with and perceive their materials. These tools, together with the massive amount of digital and digitized data available for humanities research, put a strain on traditional humanities research methods. Currently, there is no established method of assessing the role of digital tools in the research trajectory of humanities scholars. There is no consensus on what questions researchers should ask themselves to evaluate digital sources beyond those of traditional analogue source criticism. This article aims to contribute to a better understanding of digital tools and the discussion of how to evaluate and incorporate them in research, based on findings from a digital tool criticism workshop held at the 2017 Digital Humanities Benelux conference. The overall goal of this article is to provide insight in the actual use and practice of digital tool criticism, offer a ready-made format for a workshop on digital tool criticism, give insight in aspects that play a role in digital tool criticism, propose an elaborate model for digital tool criticism that can be used as common ground for further conversations in the field, and finally, provide recommendations for future workshops, researchers, data custodians, and tool builders. pubtype: Academic Journal doctype: Article src: R language: English refInfo: copyright: @attributes: flag: Y custom: © 2019 EADH: The European Association for Digital Humanities. item: Digital Scholarship in the Humanities holder: Oxford University Press / USA dt: @attributes: year: 2019 holdings: @attributes: islocal: N |
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