%0 Online Multimedia %A Muftic, Sanjin %D 2019 %T Digital Humanities: a trial, many tools, some theory and a home in the library? %U https://zivahub.uct.ac.za/articles/presentation/Digital_Humanities_a_trial_many_tools_some_theory_and_a_home_in_the_library_/11335940 %R 10.25375/uct.11335940.v1 %2 https://zivahub.uct.ac.za/ndownloader/files/20097617 %2 https://zivahub.uct.ac.za/ndownloader/files/20097620 %K digital humanities %K humanities computing %K libraries %K library %K information studies %K text mining %K Africa %K South Africa %K humanities %K technology %K afropolitan %K internet %K Library and Information Studies %K Digital Humanities %X Presentation given as part of the Digital Library Services Workshop Calendar for 2019 on 04 December 2019 at the University of Cape Town

It covers some general information on what is Digital Humanities, seeking to identify its various approaches and diverse elements of practice. Using Achille Mbembe's assertion that "The Internet is Afropolitan" it also begins to contextualize Digital Humanities within the South African perspective, while also challenging the libraries to become the site of encounter between humanities and digital technologies for future projects
%I University of Cape Town