Ramsay and Rockwell embark on the process of trying to categorize the Digital Humanities in their article.\u00a0 While I found it interesting and thought-provoking, I thought it was lacking in persuasiveness and somewhat in relevance.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

First of all, we must define the term “scholarship” that they refer to constantly in the article.\u00a0Cambridge dictionary defines scholarship as “the qualities, methods, or achievement of a scholar”.\u00a0 In an article mainly focused on semantics and categorization, I find it extremely important to be precise about meanings and relevance.\u00a0 I agree with tbarb in that the article is “awfully concerned with generalities”.\u00a0 I couldn’t help but think, “Why does it matter?” in response to “Is building scholarship?”\u00a0 I wish the author had been more clear about this (they might have, I just couldn’t tell).\u00a0 However, I do agree that these conversations will be more and more important as DH continues to grow in our world.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Overall, I thought the article made some interesting hypotheticals, but I fail to see its relevance outside DH professors trying to secure grants\/funding (in which case it might be very important!).<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Ramsay and Rockwell embark on the process of trying to categorize the Digital Humanities in their article.  While I found it interesting and thought-provoking, I thought it was lacking in persuasiveness and somewhat in relevance. First of all, we must define the term “scholarship” that they refer to constantly in the article. Cambridge dictionary defines scholarship … <\/p>\n

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