In the digital age, the humanities can afford to go on the offensive

Vincent Fella Hendricks

In the digital age, the humanities can afford to go on the offensive

Institut for Kommunikation

Abstract

Humans, as a species, are around 200,000 years old. Compared to the age of the universe we’re clearly infants but compared to the internet, we’re pretty old and compared to social media, which is still in its infancy, we’re positively ancient.

We’re definitely quite experienced when it comes to human interactions, expressions and relations and have even come up with a field of study to describe, analyse and account for this experience in the form of the humanities. In the information age, humanities is turning into a whole new beast. It’s time to stop defending the field as though it needs our help and show the world that it really can’t live without us.

Originalsprog	Engelsk
Tidsskrift	The Conversation
Status	Udgivet - 19 mar. 2014

Adgang til dokumentet

https://theconversation.com/in-the-digital-age-the-humanities-can-afford-to-go-on-the-offensive-24547

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