What is Digital Humanities? – A Preliminary reflection

*It’s digitally mediated humanistic inquiry. Bill Caraher

The above is one of the myriad of quotes that attempt to define the DH field. This succinct definition fixates some disciplinary boundaries by incorporating the two terms: ‘digital’ and ‘humanities,’ while not attempting to define the latter two in the process, as other definitions do. I find the terms ‘mediated’ and ‘inquiry’ particularly important as they underline the broad spectrums that mediation and research entail through the ever-growing possibilities of digital technology and the trans-disciplinary nature of the field. Ultimately, in our attempts to seek definitions, we must be cautious of lexicographical constructs that disregard the changing nature of this academic discipline.

*Definition recovered from https://whatisdigitalhumanities.com