Tell your friends about this item:
Roberto Busa, S. J., and the Emergence of Humanities Computing: The Priest and the Punched Cards Steven E. Jones 1st edition
Ordered from remote warehouse
Our customers say:
Roberto Busa, S. J., and the Emergence of Humanities Computing: The Priest and the Punched Cards
Steven E. Jones
It?s the founding myth of humanities computing and digital humanities: In 1949, the Italian Jesuit scholar, Roberto Busa, S. J., persuaded IBM to offer technical and financial support for the mechanized creation of a massive lemmatized concordance to the works of St. Thomas Aquinas. Using Busa?s own papers, recently accessioned in Milan, as well as IBM archives and other sources, Jones illuminates this DH origin story. He examines relationships between the layers of hardware, software, human agents, culture, and history, and answers the question of how specific technologies afford and even constrain cultural practices, including in this case the academic research agendas of humanities computing and, later, digital humanities.
186 pages, 11 Illustrations, black and white
| Media | Books Paperback Book (Book with soft cover and glued back) |
| Released | April 4, 2018 |
| ISBN13 | 9781138587250 |
| Publishers | Taylor & Francis Ltd |
| Pages | 196 |
| Dimensions | 228 × 152 × 18 mm · 302 g |
| Language | English |
| Editor | Jones, Steven E. |
More by Steven E. Jones
Show all
Mere med samme udgiver
See all of Steven E. Jones ( e.g. Hardcover Book and Paperback Book )