The analysis, interpretation and presentation of history using digital media and research methods. An investigation into the mechanisms by which history is produced (working title)

Digital media, along with the technologies and methods used to organise, analyse and present them, are increasingly shaping historical practices within the humanities. The term ‘Big Data of the past’, the now commonplace use of digital databases and network theories in many fields, and the increasing use of machine learning, digital mapping and data modelling all bear witness to this. Consequently, analogue knowledge systems and the associated classification and organisation systems are being superseded, whilst new ones are coming into force. However, this is not only changing the specific working processes in research; it is also to be expected that the outcome itself – the writing of history – will undergo transformation. Under the umbrella of Critical Digital Humanities, and with a particular focus on visuality, this doctoral project examines the history-producing mechanisms of these new research tools.

Research interests:

• Theory of the Digital Humanities
• Epistemology of the digital
• Knowledge production and transfer
• Digital History