What is Digital History?
Digital History, as the name suggests, is the subfield of the Digital Humanities that corresponds with the academic field of History, its study, its research, and its presentation. Different historians engage the field differently. Most are “end-users” who utilize the growing number of digital archives, online libraries, and web projects to supplement their physical efforts in the stacks. However, an increasing number of historians are “producers,” creating online portals for digital collections, developing computer-aided tools to expand research, or utilizing digital media forms (audio and visual) to publish to mass audiences. Although at its core, digital history retains the primary hallmarks of historical research, it is made distinct by an additional body of analytical tools, technical skills and forms of presentation. Considered a trend by some and the way of the future by others, digital history is nevertheless proving itself a useful addition to the historian’s toolbox and one all current students should be prepared to engage with or risk falling behind.
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