Discussions and visions of the digital humanities

Abstract

This article reviews the latest controversies surrounding digital humanities in the United States and summarizes their main arguments. It discusses a set of questions that these controversies raise, starting with the lack of definition as to what criteria need to be met to qualify a project as a digital humanities project. It discusses whether the digital humanities is a methodology or a new branch of scholarship. It argues for the need to develop an infrastructure to support the pursuit of digital humanities projects. It concludes by identifying future implications of digital humanities research for scholarship in the humanities.