{"id":623,"date":"2016-10-11T14:55:18","date_gmt":"2016-10-11T14:55:18","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/sheilaliming.com\/428DH\/?p=623"},"modified":"2016-10-11T14:55:18","modified_gmt":"2016-10-11T14:55:18","slug":"defining-dh-definitions-response","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/sheilaliming.com\/428DH\/uncategorized\/defining-dh-definitions-response\/","title":{"rendered":"Defining DH: Definitions Response"},"content":{"rendered":"

Even though Stephen Ramsay is a DH428 certified crank, I found myself drawn to his definition.\u00a0 He pictures DH [in this snapshot moment] as people and scholars with broad ranging interests.\u00a0 \u201cPractitioners are as likely to be adept at Java as they are post-structuralism; as drawn to the iPhone as they are Moby Dick; as committed to a kind of optimistic futurism as they are deeply skeptical of posthuman condition\u201d (281).\u00a0 In this quotation Ramsay both balances and juxtaposes what might be \u201ctraditional\u201d humanist subjects and DH subjects.\u00a0 But really, I think, those DH subjects are just people subjects.\u00a0 Any <\/em>person is as likely to be adept at Java as they are interested in the iPhone, it\u2019s only convenient in this moment to make those comparisons to literary subjects.\u00a0 Critical of the someone arbitrary picks Ramsay outlines, I still see a benefit in thinking of DH in this way.\u00a0 The way that gives scholars permission to be literate in both literature and technology.\u00a0 Anyone at this point in their education can attest that we get a lot better at a subject, field, whatever, once we decide what we like <\/em>about it.\u00a0 The things Ramsay lists are, sure, scholastic endeavors, but also just things people like.<\/em>\u00a0 In the way nerds like things, you know?\u00a0 Moby Dick? <\/em>Apple fans?\u00a0 Creating a space for bridges to form between interests and research interests, hobbies and work, is what DH can offer in this space Ramsay opens.<\/p>\n

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The first part of Ramsay\u2019s quotation is very inclusive still.\u00a0 I like that aspect too: \u201cDigital humanities attempts to bring humanistic inquiry and the artifacts of human experience into useful dialogue with digital technology…\u201d\u00a0 Then of course, there is building, \u201c[DH is] a matter of building and theorizing the built.\u201d\u00a0 (281)\u00a0 We could argue about what this last part means for the DH spectrum.\u00a0 It is building and <\/em>theorizing.\u00a0 Does that allow you to be one or the other, or must you do both?\u00a0 The final part of Ramsay\u2019s definition continues to warm up DH in a rosy light, \u201cDH is also one of the most exciting fields in the humanities today, with a burgeoning community of enthusiasts ranging from undergraduate to senior scholars\u201d (281).\u00a0 At first glance Ramsay is still being ever so inclusive, but he says \u201centhusiasts\u201d.\u00a0 Enthusiasts are what we call cute old people who bird watch, not usually what we call experts in a field.\u00a0 We know Ramsay\u2019s other comments on DH.\u00a0 This all seems out of character for him.\u00a0 Yet, we can still gleen something helpful here.\u00a0 DHers have broad interests, hopefully which allow them to be better scholars.\u00a0 They are \u201cin dialogue\u201d with technology, which is better than just using technology, I suppose.\u00a0 And then, DHers can potentially come from any standing in academics.\u00a0 Maybe all this DH has changed Ramsay as a person, just like Cody was wondering.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Even though Stephen Ramsay is a DH428 certified crank, I found myself drawn to his definition.\u00a0 He pictures DH [in this snapshot moment] as people and scholars with broad ranging interests.\u00a0 \u201cPractitioners are as likely to be adept at Java as they are post-structuralism; as drawn to the iPhone as they are Moby Dick; as […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":13,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-623","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-uncategorized"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/sheilaliming.com\/428DH\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/623","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/sheilaliming.com\/428DH\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/sheilaliming.com\/428DH\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sheilaliming.com\/428DH\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/13"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sheilaliming.com\/428DH\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=623"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/sheilaliming.com\/428DH\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/623\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":624,"href":"https:\/\/sheilaliming.com\/428DH\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/623\/revisions\/624"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/sheilaliming.com\/428DH\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=623"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sheilaliming.com\/428DH\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=623"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sheilaliming.com\/428DH\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=623"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}