One of the big questions Terras asks is if digital humanities is a real discipline and in a department all by itself. \u00a0People in all academic departments use digital technology. \u00a0Digital humanities is just a fancy way of saying that people use technology to further their research. \u00a0Terras says “That the amount of academic activity detailed above does classify this as a discipline, rather than just a ‘community of practice'” (p. 75). \u00a0Some people would say that the digital humanities is only a tool to help your skills grow in our own department. \u00a0Others refute that by saying that because digital humanities has been around so long and is so integrated within the academics, it can be classified as its own discipline. \u00a0When applying digital humanities to traditional humanities, it’s a step up. \u00a0But in order for digital humanities to have that step up they must rely on the traditional humanities. \u00a0It can be understood that digital humanities will always fall under traditional humanities (p. 76).<\/p>\n
Terras expands on what the digital humanities is as a discipline and doesn’t limit herself to literary studies. \u00a0She goes beyond that and has a list of several departments listed on page 86 that are involved in the digital humanities. A few of the previous authors to have written about digital humanities have stayed well within the borders of the English department and literary studies. \u00a0They focus on the library and how people are using computers and its software to further their education in both computer technology and literary studies.<\/p>\n
As Terras, herself, is an engineer, she has made it a point that the digital humanities doesn’t belong to just one academic department. \u00a0It can be integrated into every department. \u00a0Each department may not use the same tools and skills, but those tools and skills are the subdividers of a continuously growing field. \u00a0 Because the digital humanities is so wide spread throughout universities and other institutions, we could say that the digital humanities can be its own department. For those who do not agree, they might use the argument that the digital humanities is only based off of traditional humanities. \u00a0Digital humanities in and of itself is not a true study. \u00a0Merely a tool to help further the education and understanding of already existing studies.<\/p>\n
From what I have read so far on this topic, my own opinion would be to side with those who are against the digital humanities as a department. It seems that the digital humanities only help us grow our knowledge on our traditional studies. After all, the digital humanities will always exist because the traditional humanities exist.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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