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- Copyright
- Copyright © 2009 Regents of the University of Colorado
- ISSN
- 0013-8282
- eISSN
- 2573-3575
- DOI
- 10.1215/00138282-47.1.17
- Publisher site
- See Article on Publisher Site
Abstract
D i g i t a l H u m a n i t i e s a n d A c a d e m i c C h a n g e A l a n L i u once w ro te , "It m ig h t be said, w ith Kafkaesque irony: I w e nt to sleep one day a c u ltu r al critic and w oke the next m etam orphosed in to a data processor."1 In retrospect, the w ro n g note in th is observa tion was the personal pro no un.T he person o f m e ta m o rp h o sis sh o u ld have been the we o f th e academ ic hu m an ities and, m ore bro ad ly still, o f the academy as a w hole. M y a rg u m e n t is th a t the new d ig ita l technologies are changing th e hum anities in the m an ner o f w h a t the U.S. Centers fo r Disease Control and Prevention m ig
Journal
English Language Notes – Duke University Press
Published: Mar 1, 2009