Eintrag in der Universitätsbibliographie der TU Chemnitz
Siefkes, Martin
Fricke, Ellen (Prof. Dr.) ; Kohle, Hubertus (Prof. Dr.) ; Bateman, John A. (Prof. Dr.)
Multimodal Digital Humanities. Grounding digital research methods in multimodal linguistics and semiotics
Kurzfassung in englisch
This monograph brings together multimodality research and digital humanities in an in-depth investigation of the overlapping topics and applications of two rapidly-expanding research fields. It provides a thorough overview of approaches in the digital humanities that move beyond the traditional focus on language and written text, and investigates their growing relevance and meth-odological potential. In doing so, it takes stock of developments such as image corpora, computer vision methods, virtual reconstructions, interactive visualisations, and other aspects that promise to transform the digital humanities from a field that used to be anchored in computer linguistics, into a much broader repertoire of computational and software-based methods and applications.The multimodal digital humanities cater to the needs of contemporary media studies, art history, digital archaeology, metropolitan and design studies, digital publication and editing, and many other fields where the inclusion of visual media, VR reconstructions, viewing modes, and interac-tive contributions can be relevant. The book argues that by becoming multimodal, the digital humanities are transformed into a broader and more inclusive set of practices that promise to transcend disciplinary boundaries, and extend access and diversity of digital culture to new con-texts and user groups.
In the second part of the book, an analysis framework is proposed that covers many aspects of digital humanities projects, including design, curation, standards and best practices, with the aim of strengthening the foundations and methodology of the young field, and with practical applica-tions in the specification and evaluation of projects. The framework is then applied to a corpus of 25 projects, covering areas such as digital editions, online exhibitions, interactive visualisations, urban studies projects, and digital archives. The framework can be gainfully applied during the planning process of new projects, or in the evaluation of existing websites and established for-mats.
This monograph presents and combines innovative approaches in linguistics, semiotics, media studies, digital humanities, and data science. It considers a largely unknown side of the digital humanities, as a field of methodological experimentation and innovation whose potential impact, theoretical innovation, and practical benefits are still not fully realised.
| Universität: | Technische Universität Chemnitz | |
| Förderung: | DFG | |
| Institut: | Professur Germanistische Sprachwissenschaft, Semiotik und Multimodale Kommunikation | |
| Fakultät: | Philosophische Fakultät | |
| Dokumentart: | Habilitation | |
| Betreuer: | Fricke, Ellen (Prof. Dr.) ; Bateman, John A. (Prof. Dr.) | |
| Quelle: | 2021. - 326 S. | |
| Freie Schlagwörter (Deutsch): | Digital humanities , digitale Editionen , Multimodalität , kulturelles Erbe , digitales Archiv , Bildkorpora , Visualisierung , Museumsforschung | |
| Freie Schlagwörter (Englisch): | digital humanities , digital editions , multimodality , cultural heritage , digital archives , image corpora , visualisation , museum studies | |
| Sprache: | englisch | |
| Tag der mündlichen Prüfung | 23.06.2021 |
