McGann\u2019s essay on the digital humanities consists on the evolution of what the digital humanities will consist of. Mcgann\u2019s idea of digital humanities is represented in different ways. On page 56, McGann goes on to explain how the digital humanities is hard because it is always changing and with it always changing, it is hard to maintain. I believe that McGann\u2019s argument about the humanities being hard to maintain intertwines with subjects and objects as these objects in the digital humanities will always have to change to keep surviving.<\/p>\n
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In order to keep surviving, McGann states, \u201c\u2026 the entirety of our culture inheritance will be transformed and re-edited in digital forms\u201d (McGann 53). This correlates the ever-changing evolution to mankind. If we are to keep surviving, our culture will have to keep changing in order to survive; it\u2019s like what we have to do with our digital humanities to keep the humanities from going extinct. McGann\u2019s trying to create a clear distinction between the humanities now and what it will be like in one hundred years. He used the example of language, \u201cYou don\u2019t learn a language by talking about it or reading books. You learn by speaking it and writing it\u201d (McGann 52). Digital humanities, in this scenario, would be the object in which we need to keep learning in order to understand it, but in order to understand it, we have to interact with it. It is something you, as an individual, can learn by studying. It is best learned through trial and error.<\/p>\n
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I think this is what McGann is trying to state throughout his article. In order to keep the humanities alive and surviving, we must continuously be changing or editing what we can to keep it from becoming a part of the past. If we are able to change it while we learn it, this will be the best solution from making humanities extinct, like the Praxis theory that McGann uses on page 51. McGann uses the praxis theory in correspondence to the learning and changing of humanities, \u201cWe must learn by going where we have to go\u201d (McGann 51). Though we are learning what it takes to keep this form of education alive, it is a necessity. The world of digital humanities must keep changing to keep from losing its scholarships and educational muse, while also transforming the definition of what the humanities actually is.<\/p>\n
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McGann\u2019s argument of the evolution of the digital humanities is vital to keep it from going extinct. By Creating new ideas or editing past technologies, the digital humanities will have to be going through this demand of high-change all the time. In order to understand the high demand of digital humanities, you will always have to be learning about the new topics and changes that humanities must face. By intertwining the education of digital humanities and the future, McGann creates an essay of interchanging topics that must always be changing and what problems this can create to those that are not informed.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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