09-26
The two readings for today were easier to comprehend and get through than the others of this semester. Smith’s article gave a summary of the climate surrounding Technology in the Humanities, even though it was written in 2002. Since she was writing from the perspective if a professor, it is difficult to tell if these same feelings and ideas persist in current day, but from what we have discussed in class, I would guess that they do. Smith discusses the reluctance that professors and scholars of the Humanities have when it comes to using technology to further develop the field. Smith believes that technology has the potential to expand the reach of the humanities in general and create a more collaborative/team-oriented culture within the field. She states, “humanities computing will continue to change the way humanities scholarship is practiced, expanding objects of study and lines of critical inquiry, thereby making more expansive, responsible critical histories” (854). She argues tha