Digitisation can be regarded as one of the most significant developments of recent decades even in the humanities and social sciences. More and more digital sources and the tools for linking and evaluating them are available, regardless of time or place. And they are revolutionizing interdisciplinary research.
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From the creation of digital editions of works and the modelling of migratory movements of people to the computer-aided reconstruction of historical buildings and installations, the combining of the humanities and computer science is opening up unprecedented, far-reaching possibilities.
The rather young scientific approach of "digital humanities" is interdisciplinary per se. It is developing new methods for the analysis and visualisation of research data and, with its constantly evolving methods, is opening up completely new, fascinating approaches to diverse issues.
But what does this meeting of the humanities, social sciences, computer science and engineering lead to? What are the implications of working with new digital sources and methods? How does this impact on the way we conduct research, and use and disseminate results?
Under the funding guidelines (Federal Gazette of 22 July 2019), the Federal Ministry for Research, Technology and Space (BMFTR) was one of the first funding bodies to support the theoretical, methodological and technical advancement of the digital humanities. The focus is on interdisciplinary research projects that consistently address a specific, challenging humanities research question using digital approaches from the digital humanities, whilst reflecting on how humanities insights are gained. In order to do justice to the wide range of humanities source material, which extends beyond texts, the BMFTR particularly supports research into non-text-focused and multimodal subjects, such as combinations of image, sound and text. The BMFTR is continuing its funding of the digital humanities under the new framework programme.
Most recently, the BMFTR funded thirteen collaborative projects for the period 2021 to 2025. Since January 2021, thirteen collaborative projects have been receiving funding. Using interdisciplinary approaches from the humanities, the digital humanities, computer science and engineering, the projects investigated a wide variety of questions in the fields of history, archaeology, cultural anthropology, film, music, language and literature.
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