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by Susan Schreibman (Editor), Ray Siemens (Editor), John Unsworth (Editor)
A Companion to Digital Humanities
Chichester: Wiley-Blackwell, 2004
This Companion offers a thorough, concise overview of the emerging field of humanities computing.
* Contains 37 original articles written by leaders in the field.
* Addresses the central concerns shared by those interested in the subject.
* Major sections focus on the experience of particular disciplines in applying computational methods to research problems; the basic principles of humanities computing; specific applications and methods; and production, dissemination and archiving.
* Accompanied by a website featuring supplementary materials, standard readings in the field and essays to be included in future editions of the Companion.
Vedi indiceNotes on Contributors.
Foreword: Roberto Busa.
Introduction: Susan Schreibman, Ray Siemens and John Unsworth.
Part I: History:.
1. The History of Humanities Computing: Susan Hockey (University College London).
2. Archaeology: Nick Eiteljorg.
3. Art History: Michael Greenhalgh (Australian National University).
4. Classics: Greg Crane.
5. History: Will Thomas (University of Virginia).
6. Lexicography: Russ Wooldridge (University of Toronto).
7. Linguistics: Jan Hajic (Charles University).
8. Literary Studies: Thomas Rommel (International University Bremen).
9. Music: Ichiro Fujinaga (McGill University) & Susan Weiss (Johns Hopkins University).
10. New Media: Geoff Rockwell (McMaster University) and Andrew Mactavish (McMaster University).
11. Performing Arts: David Saltz, UGA.
12. Philosophy and Religion: Charles Ess (Drury University).
Part II: Principles:.
13. How Computers Work: Andrea Laue (University of Virginia).
14. Classification and its structures: Michael Sperberg McQueen.
15. Databases: Steve Ramsay (University of Georgia).
16. What is Already Encoded by the Text: Jerry McGann (University of Virginia).
17. Text Encoding: Allen Renear.
18. Perspectives and Communities: Perry Willett (Indiana University).
19. Models: Willard McCarty (King's College London).
Part III: Applications:.
20. Analysis and Authorship Studies: Hugh Craig (University of Newcastle, NSW).
21. Preparation and Analysis of Linguistic Corpora: Nancy Ide (Vassar College).
22. Electronic Scholarly Editing: Martha Nell Smith (Maryland Institute for Technology in the Humanities).
23. Textual Analysis: John Burrows.
24. Thematic Research Collections: Carole Palmer (University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign).
25. Print Scholarship and Digital Resources: Claire Warwick (University College London).
26. Digital Media and the Analysis of Film: Bob Kolker.
27. Cognitive Stylistics and the Literary Imagination: Ian Lancashire (University of Toronto).
28. Multivariant Narratives: Marie-Laure Ryan.
29. Speculative Computing: Aesthetic Provocations in Humanities Computing: Johanna Drucker (University of Virginia) & Bethany Nowviskie (University of Virginia).
30. Robotic Poetics: Bill Winder (University of British Columbia).
Part IV: Production, Dissemination, Archiving:.
31. Project Design: Daniel Pitti (University of Virginia).
32. Conversion of Primary Sources: Marilyn Deegan (Oxford University) & Simon Tanner (Kings College London).
33. Text Tools: John Bradley (Kings College London).
34. Interface, Aesthetics, and Usability: Matt Kirschenbaum (University of Maryland, College Park).
35. Electronic Publishing: Michael Jensen.
36. Digital Libraries in the Humanities: Howard Besser (New York University).
37. Preservation: Abby Smith.
Index