Building theories or theories of building? A tension at the heart of digital humanities
(2015)
Book Chapter
Warwick, C. (2016). Building theories or theories of building? A tension at the heart of digital humanities. In S. Schreibman, R. Siemens, & J. Unsworth (Eds.), A New Companion to Digital Humanities (538-552). Wiley. https://doi.org/10.1002/9781118680605.ch37
This chapter discusses the perceived opposition in digital humanities scholarship between making and theorizing, often encapsulated by the phrase “more hack less yack.” Proponents of technically driven digital humanities insist that we must be builde... Read More about Building theories or theories of building? A tension at the heart of digital humanities.