Description
According to the philosopher Wilhelm Dilthey the scope of the humanities is the experience of the world, the expression of these experiences and the understanding of these expressions. The Information Systems (IS) discipline deals with human experiences of computer systems as much as with the expressions of the world in the digital media and, therefore, can be seen as the humanities of the digital realm. Hence, it appears to be very fruitful to promote a closer cooperation between the two evolving disciplines of IS and the Digital Humanities, which aims to include the digital world in the humanities. The only barrier to such a collaboration lies in the relative unawareness of each other. This paper wants to make a contribution to change this. It postulates that both research traditions can be innovated by moving closer to each other and by collaborating on an interdisciplinary level.
Recommended Citation
Scheuermann, Leif and Kroeze, Jan H. Hendrik, "Digital Humanities and Information Systems: Innovating Two Research Traditions" (2017). AMCIS 2017 Proceedings. 3.
https://aisel.aisnet.org/amcis2017/PhilosophyIS/Presentations/3
Digital Humanities and Information Systems: Innovating Two Research Traditions
According to the philosopher Wilhelm Dilthey the scope of the humanities is the experience of the world, the expression of these experiences and the understanding of these expressions. The Information Systems (IS) discipline deals with human experiences of computer systems as much as with the expressions of the world in the digital media and, therefore, can be seen as the humanities of the digital realm. Hence, it appears to be very fruitful to promote a closer cooperation between the two evolving disciplines of IS and the Digital Humanities, which aims to include the digital world in the humanities. The only barrier to such a collaboration lies in the relative unawareness of each other. This paper wants to make a contribution to change this. It postulates that both research traditions can be innovated by moving closer to each other and by collaborating on an interdisciplinary level.