Analysing an academic field through the lenses of Internet Science : Digital Humanities as a Virtual Community

A. Akdag Salah; Andrea Scharnhorst; S. Wyatt

doi:10.1007/978-3-319-18609-2_6

Analysing an academic field through the lenses of Internet Science : Digital Humanities as a Virtual Community

A. Akdag Salah, Andrea Scharnhorst, S. Wyatt

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Abstract

Digital Humanities (DH) has been depicted as an innovative engine for humanities, as a challenge for Data Science, and as an area where libraries, archives and providers of e-research infrastructures join forces with research pioneers. However DH is defined, one thing is cer- tain: DH is a new community which manifests and identifies itself via the Internet and social media. In this paper we propose to describe DH as a virtual community (VC), and discuss the implications of such an epistemic approach. We start with a (re)inspection of the scholarly dis- course about VCs, and the analytic frameworks which have been applied to study them. We discuss the aspects that are highlighted by taking such a stance, and use the guidelines proposed by the FP7 European Network in Internet Science in our investigation.

Original language	English
Title of host publication	Internet Science
Subtitle of host publication	Proceedings of the Second International Conference, INSCI 2015, Brussels, Belgium, May 27-29, 2015
Editors	Thanassis Tiropanis, Athena Vakali, Laura Sartori, Pete Burnap
Publisher	Springer
Volume	9089
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-18609-2_6
Publication status	Accepted/In press - 2015

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Name	Lecture Notes in Computer Sciences
Publisher	Springer
Volume	9089

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COST TD1210: KNOWeSCAPE – Analyzing the dynamics of information and knowledge landscapes
Scharnhorst, A.
26/04/2013 → 25/04/2017
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Akdag Salah, A., Scharnhorst, A., & Wyatt, S. (Accepted/In press). Analysing an academic field through the lenses of Internet Science : Digital Humanities as a Virtual Community. In T. Tiropanis, A. Vakali, L. Sartori, & P. Burnap (Eds.), Internet Science: Proceedings of the Second International Conference, INSCI 2015, Brussels, Belgium, May 27-29, 2015 (Vol. 9089). (Lecture Notes in Computer Sciences; Vol. 9089). Springer. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-18609-2_6

Akdag Salah, A. ; Scharnhorst, Andrea ; Wyatt, S. / Analysing an academic field through the lenses of Internet Science : Digital Humanities as a Virtual Community. Internet Science: Proceedings of the Second International Conference, INSCI 2015, Brussels, Belgium, May 27-29, 2015. editor / Thanassis Tiropanis ; Athena Vakali ; Laura Sartori ; Pete Burnap. Vol. 9089 Springer, 2015. (Lecture Notes in Computer Sciences).

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Akdag Salah, A, Scharnhorst, A & Wyatt, S 2015, Analysing an academic field through the lenses of Internet Science : Digital Humanities as a Virtual Community. in T Tiropanis, A Vakali, L Sartori & P Burnap (eds), Internet Science: Proceedings of the Second International Conference, INSCI 2015, Brussels, Belgium, May 27-29, 2015. vol. 9089, Lecture Notes in Computer Sciences, vol. 9089, Springer. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-18609-2_6

Analysing an academic field through the lenses of Internet Science : Digital Humanities as a Virtual Community. / Akdag Salah, A.; Scharnhorst, Andrea; Wyatt, S.
Internet Science: Proceedings of the Second International Conference, INSCI 2015, Brussels, Belgium, May 27-29, 2015. ed. / Thanassis Tiropanis; Athena Vakali; Laura Sartori; Pete Burnap. Vol. 9089 Springer, 2015. (Lecture Notes in Computer Sciences; Vol. 9089).

Research output: Chapter in book/volume › Contribution to conference proceedings › Scientific › peer-review

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Akdag Salah A, Scharnhorst A, Wyatt S. Analysing an academic field through the lenses of Internet Science : Digital Humanities as a Virtual Community. In Tiropanis T, Vakali A, Sartori L, Burnap P, editors, Internet Science: Proceedings of the Second International Conference, INSCI 2015, Brussels, Belgium, May 27-29, 2015. Vol. 9089. Springer. 2015. (Lecture Notes in Computer Sciences). doi: 10.1007/978-3-319-18609-2_6

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