Grants | 28 March 2012

Inside Higher Ed published a commentary on the “digital humanities” by computer scientist Noah Wardrip-Fruin

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In 2010, the National Science Foundation and National Endowment for the Arts convened a historic workshop — it was their first jointly funded project. This meeting marked the beginning of a new level of national conversation about how computer science and other STEM disciplines can work productively with arts and design in research, creation, education, and economic development. A number of projects and follow-up workshops resulted in 2011. I was lucky enough to attend three of these events and, in the midst of all the exciting follow-up conversations, I couldn’t help but wonder: What about the digital humanities?

Read more: http://www.insidehighered.com/views/2012/03/20/essay-digital-humanities-data-problem