Digital Heritage and Humanities

Established: April 21, 2011

Digital Heritage and HumanitiesDigital Humanities is a broad collection of scholarly activities that apply new technologies to humanities research. Some of its many facets include enhancing the scholarly lifecycle, preserving and illuminating collections that are otherwise difficult to access, encouraging new creative expression by using digital media, studying the impact of technology in the humanities, and providing cultural commentary. Digital Heritage is a subset of Digital Humanities that focuses on preserving and exploring our combined cultural heritage.