Digital history is an emerging field that draws on digital technology and computational methods. A global enterprise that invites scholars worldwide to join forces, it presents exciting and novel ways we might explore, understand and represent the past.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Hannu Salmi provides the most compelling introduction to digital history to date. Beginning with an examination of the origins of the digital study of history, he goes on to discuss the question of how history exists in a digitized form. He introduces basic concepts and ideas in digital history, including databases and archives, interdisciplinarity and public engagement. Outlining the problems and methods in the study of big data, both textual and visual, particular attention is paid to the born-digital era: the contemporary age that exists primarily in digital form.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
What is Digital History?<\/em> is essential reading for students of history and other humanities fields, as well as anyone interested in how digitization and digital cultures are transforming the study of history.<\/p>\n\n\n\n About the Author<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n Hannu Salmi is Professor of Cultural History at the University of Turku.<\/p>\n\n\n\n Table of Contents<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n Introduction<\/p>\n\n\n\n Notes<\/p>\n\n\n\n 1 The Digital Past: Sources and Problems<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n Digitization of cultural heritage<\/p>\n\n\n\n Biases of the digital past<\/p>\n\n\n\n Born-digital era<\/p>\n\n\n\n Virality<\/p>\n\n\n\n Toward the epistemology of the born digital<\/p>\n\n\n\n Notes<\/p>\n\n\n\n 2 Reading and Textuality in Digital History<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n Reading as a research method<\/p>\n\n\n\n Reading with machines<\/p>\n\n\n\n Distant reading<\/p>\n\n\n\n The challenge of big data<\/p>\n\n\n\n Texts for historical research<\/p>\n\n\n\n Distant reading techniques<\/p>\n\n\n\n Notes<\/p>\n\n\n\n 3 Mapping and Viewing History<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n Maps as digital sources<\/p>\n\n\n\n Maps as historical interpretations<\/p>\n\n\n\n From visual evidence to distant viewing<\/p>\n\n\n\n Sound and vision<\/p>\n\n\n\n Visuality, textuality and metadata<\/p>\n\n\n\n Notes<\/p>\n\n\n\n 4 Interdisciplinarity: Challenges for Research<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n Beyond disciplinarity<\/p>\n\n\n\n Trading across borders<\/p>\n\n\n\n Towards interdisciplinary practices<\/p>\n\n\n\n Notes<\/p>\n\n\n\n 5 Presenting the Past in the Digital Age<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n Digital history for the public<\/p>\n\n\n\n Visualizing data<\/p>\n\n\n\n Presenting change over time<\/p>\n\n\n\n Augmented and mixed realities<\/p>\n\n\n\n Travelling in time<\/p>\n\n\n\n Notes<\/p>\n\n\n\n Conclusion<\/p>\n\n\n\n Notes<\/p>\n\n\n\n Further Reading<\/p>\n\n\n\n Index<\/p>\n\n\n\n
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