The Digital Humanities as a Framework for Refining and Retooling the Humanities in Africa: A Case Study of the University of Lagos, Nigeria.

This study argues that, potentially, digital humanities (DH), though an emerging research and disciplinary orientation, has the capacity to refine and retool the humanities and liberal arts. Beginning with some theoretical issues in DH, still in its infancy in Africa, the study focuses on the activi...

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Publicado en:International Journal of Humanities & Arts Computing: A Journal of Digital Humanities Vol. 16; no. 2; pp. 116 - 138
Autor principal: Ope-Davies, Tunde
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Publicado: Edinburgh University Press Oct2022
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