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Digital humanities: humanities research in the digital age
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Session 1 Large scale v small scale

This session is written by David De Roure from The University of Oxford.

In this session you’ll look at working with the huge scale of available digital content, and the new research questions it raises.

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By the end of this session, you should be able to:

  • appreciate what is possible using ‘humanities big data’ and digital methods
  • be aware of approaches and tools that can help Humanities research
  • understand the need to apply critical thinking to the methods and outcomes.