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This guide was created by Heidi Madden and Arianne Hartsell-Gundy.
It was updated and revised by Julia Glauberman in spring 2016.
It was updated by Arianne Hartsell-Gundy, Heidi Madden, Liz Milewicz, and Will Shaw in 2021.
It was revised in 2025 by Hannah Jacobs.
Digital humanities (DH or dh) are a collective of theories, practices, and communities concerned with studying and applying technologies in humanities research and teaching. Debates about how to define digital humanities were ubiquitous across the field in the early 2000s-2010s. This research guide offers some history and introduces concepts, methods, resources, and ways to get involved.
Word cloud generated using Voyant Tools. Data from whatisdigitalhumanities.com. The larger the word, the more frequently is appears in digital humanists' descriptions of digital humanities.
How do you get started with Digital Humanities at Duke? Where do you go for training or mentoring? How do you join or start a digital humanities project? How do you incorporate digital humanities into your teaching? Along with reading this guide, here are a few places to begin:
If you want to learn more about what digital humanities are, we suggest starting with these journals and books. Head to our Research on DH tab to find even more relevant resources.
Alternative Historiographies of the Digital Humanities
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Doing Black Digital Humanities with Radical Intentionality
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Introduction to Digital Humanities
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The Routledge Companion to Digital Humanities and Art History
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