Now that we are at the end of talking about DH, I feel a little disappointed and perhaps sad that this exciting field is being drifted in the talk about \u201cthe corporatization of the academy\u201d, but I guess since DH a part of scholarship, there is no escape from talking about the university. After reading “The Dark Side of the Digital Humanities”, I developed a feeling of sympathy towards DH because I felt that because it\u2019s considered a part of the humanities, academics included it in the attack on the humanities. As Wendy Chun said \u201cthe dark side of the digital humanities is its bright side, its alleged promise to save the humanities by making them and their graduates relevant\u201d In the light of this quote, I share the same opinion with Chun, DH doesn\u2019t have to be the rescuer of the whole humanities. I feel this is a huge burden that neither DH nor any other field can bear because it consists of many tangled issues, a couple of which are the economy and the society.<\/p>\n
Therefore, the first thing I believe scholars in DH should do to prevent increased corporatization within the university is to draw clear guidelines of what DH is, and what the relationship is like with humanities. If DH remains in the uncertain and undefined zone, there is a very small chance that it would make change in anything, let alone the university. Also, I think that when the relationship between DH and humanities is specified or determined, the field will have a new chance to prove itself as an independent and a promising field. Away from proving that humanities are worth every penny spent on it. The relationship between DH and humanities should be set on basis that scholars from both fields think are accurate, so from people inside the fields not outside them.<\/p>\n
After the DH is positioned\u00a0with a definition and a relationship with humanities, I feel the next step should be trying to connect with the other fields in the university. I think\u00a0by stating that the work done by scholars in DH is\u00a0relevant to the work done by scholars in other disciplines the DH will become reasonable and even necessary. This is very important if you want to make a change in the university because we live in a society that, generally speaking, think of science or business majors as important and necessary; therefore, these kind of fields that have influence over those in power. All the skills that are pointed by Rita Rally\u00a0should be emphasized in this\u00a0convergence approach “visual literacies, communicative competence, technological proficiency, data management”<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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