Computation and the Humanities : Towards an Oral History of Digital Humanities.
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Intro -- Dedication -- Acknowledgements -- Contents -- Chapter 1: Introduction -- Introduction to Digital Humanities -- Humanities Computing (c.1949-2006) -- DH (c.2006-Present) -- Is DH a Discipline? -- The State of the Art: Histories of DH -- Why Do We Not Have Histories of DH? -- The Approach Taken in This Book -- Why Do We Need Histories of DH? -- References -- Chapter 2: Why Oral History? -- Introduction -- A Brief History of Modern Oral History -- Challenges to Oral History: Valuing Difference -- Studying Communities -- A Conclusion. Oral History and Communities: To Whom Does This History Belong? -- References -- Chapter 3: Individuation Is There in All the Different Strata: John Burrows, Hugh Craig and Willard McCarty -- Biographies -- Interview -- References -- Chapter 4: The University Was Still Taking Account of universitas scientiarum: Wilhelm Ott and Julianne Nyhan -- Biography -- Interview -- References -- Chapter 5: hic Rhodus, hic salta: Tito Orlandi and Julianne Nyhan -- Biography -- Interview -- References -- Chapter 6: They Took a Chance: Susan Hockey and Julianne Nyhan -- Biography -- Interview -- References -- Chapter 7: The Influence of Algorithmic Thinking: Judy Malloy and Julianne Nyhan -- Biography -- Interview -- References -- Chapter 8: I Would Think of Myself as Sitting Inside the Computer: Mary Dee Harris and Julianne Nyhan -- Biography -- Interview -- References -- Chapter 9: There Had to Be a Better Way: John Nitti and Julianne Nyhan -- Biography -- Interview -- References -- Chapter 10: It's a Little Mind-Boggling: Helen Ag�uera and Julianne Nyhan -- Biography -- Interview -- References -- Chapter 11: I Heard About the Arrival of the Computer: Hans Rutimann and Julianne Nyhan -- Biography -- Interview -- References -- Chapter 12: I Mourned the University for a Long Time: Michael Sperberg-McQueen and Julianne Nyhan. Biography -- Interview -- References -- Chapter 13: It's Probably the only Modestly Widely Used System with a Command Language in Latin: Manfred Thaller and Julianne Nyhan -- Biography -- Interview -- References -- Chapter 14: Getting Computers into Humanists' Thinking: John Bradley and Julianne Nyhan -- Biography -- Interview -- References -- Chapter 15: Moderate Expectations, Tolerable Disappointments: Claus Huitfeldt and Julianne Nyhan -- Biography -- Interview -- References -- Chapter 16: So, Into the Chopper It Went: Gabriel Egan and Julianne Nyhan -- Biography -- Interview -- References -- Chapter 17: Revolutionaries and Underdogs -- Introduction -- The Motif of the Underdog -- Interview Perspectives -- Cross-Referencing the Evidence -- Questioning the Motif -- Revolutionaries -- Origins of the Term Revolutionary -- Narratives and Groups -- Conclusion -- References -- Chapter 18: Conclusion -- Reference -- Index.