Humanist Discussion Group, Vol. 40, No. 18.
        Department of Digital Humanities, University of Cologne
                      Hosted by DH-Cologne
                       www.dhhumanist.org
                Submit to: humanist@dhhumanist.org




        Date: 2026-05-25 21:00:29+00:00
        From: Tim Smithers <tim.smithers@cantab.net>
        Subject: Re: [Humanist] 40.16: what's wrong?

Dear Willard,

You ask ...

   "For digital humanities as a field of research, what is
    the most serious intellectual limitation?"

As an outsider pushing my way in, but noticing the same thing
happening in the research areas I do work in, I would say ...

    a lack, on the part of many here, to engage with the pushy
    and provocative but needed interesting questions you post
    here.

Like your question above.

I'm off.  Back over the fence and a run for cover.

-- Tim



> On 23 May 2026, at 10:25, Humanist <humanist@dhhumanist.org> wrote:
>
>
>              Humanist Discussion Group, Vol. 40, No. 16.
>        Department of Digital Humanities, University of Cologne
>                      Hosted by DH-Cologne
>                       www.dhhumanist.org
>                Submit to: humanist@dhhumanist.org
>
>
>
>
>        Date: 2026-05-23 08:04:02+00:00
>        From: Willard McCarty <willard.mccarty@mccarty.org.uk>
>        Subject: where are the limits?
>
> For digital humanities as a field of research, what is the most serious
> intellectual limitation? Is there one overriding problem holding everyone
> back--even if they don't realise what it is? Is there a fundamental
> impediment that if removed, circumvented or better understood would
> liberate research across the disciplines which computing engages
> with?
>
> Or is there something wrong with the assumptions I am making? If so,
> is there a better way of thinking about our difficulties?
>
> All best,
> WM
> --
> Willard McCarty, Professor em., King's College London;
> Interdisciplinary Research in the Arts, Sciences and Humanities
> (tinyurl.com/Berghahn-IRASH); Humanist (dhhumanist.org);
> Science in the Forest, Science in the Past
> (www.cl.cam.ac.uk/events/sfsp/);
> www.mccarty.org.uk



_______________________________________________
Unsubscribe at: http://dhhumanist.org/Restricted
List posts to: humanist@dhhumanist.org
List info and archives at at: http://dhhumanist.org
Listmember interface at: http://dhhumanist.org/Restricted/
Subscribe at: http://dhhumanist.org/membership_form.php