Application and Reflection of Methodology in Digital Humanities——Analysis of"Best DH Response to COVID-19"Winners
Establishing academic norms for digital humanities from a methodological perspective is conducive to the development of academic disciplines and complements the existing research methods in the humanities.Focusing on the specific application scenarios of digital humanities methodology,this paper examines 39"Best DH Response to COVID-19"award-winning projects using case study and content analysis methods.Based on the WSR system methodology,the methodological units are extracted under the framework of"Wuli-Shili-Renli";the samples are coded,categorized and analyzed in order to reveal the main characteristics of digital humanities methodology.This study finds that these projects make good use of methodology in digital humanities to solve humanistic problems:in the Wuli dimension,they focus on the practical issues regarding COVID pandemic and provide digital space services;in the Shili dimension,they break the quantitative research thinking and emphasize both interpretation and empirical study;in the Renli dimension,with the diversified participants as a prominent feature,they return to the humanistic observation and demonstration.It is recommended that when researchers apply digital humanities methodology in a way that promotes reflection on the use of digital resources,i.e.,facing up to the nature of humanistic questions with humanistic attributes at the center and computational attributes as auxiliary.
digital humanitiesmethodology in digital humanitiesWSR system methodologyinternational digital humanities awards
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