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Digital Humanities in the India Rim: Contemporary Scholarship in Australia and India
- Hart Cohen(editor)
- Ujjwal Jana(editor)
- Myra Gurney(editor)
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| Title | Digital Humanities in the India Rim |
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| Subtitle | Contemporary Scholarship in Australia and India |
| Contributor | Hart Cohen(editor) |
| Ujjwal Jana(editor) | |
| Myra Gurney(editor) | |
| DOI | https://doi.org/10.11647/OBP.0423 |
| Landing page | https://www.openbookpublishers.com/books/10.11647/OBP.0423 |
| License | https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/4.0/ |
| Copyright | Hart Cohen; Myra Gurney; Ujjwal Jana. Copyright of individual chapters are maintained by the chapter author(s). |
| Publisher | Open Book Publishers |
| Publication place | Cambridge, UK |
| Published on | 2024-11-06 |
| ISBN | 978-1-80511-387-4 (Paperback) |
| 978-1-80511-388-1 (Hardback) | |
| 978-1-80511-297-6 (PDF) | |
| 978-1-80511-390-4 (HTML) | |
| 978-1-80511-389-8 (EPUB) | |
| Short abstract | This varied collection delves into illuminating examples of Digital Humanities research and practice currently being undertaken by academics in India and Australia, and seeks to understand the shared challenges as well as the points of similarity and difference between them. From the influence of Netflix on International Relations to contemporary digital adaptations of Mary Shelley’s Frankenstein, via detours into erobotics (empathic robots) and the cultural specificity of online dating, these essays convey the distinctive breadth and imagination of research in this field. Digital Humanities is a relatively new discipline in the India Rim, and this novelty has created space for innovative research ideas, as well as the use of traditional methodologies and software in different ways within these unique cultural spaces that could potentially influence how Digital Humanities is conceptualised internationally. |
| Long abstract | This varied collection delves into illuminating examples of Digital Humanities research and practice currently being undertaken by academics in India and Australia, and seeks to understand the shared challenges as well as the points of similarity and difference between them. From the influence of Netflix on International Relations to contemporary digital adaptations of Mary Shelley’s Frankenstein, via detours into erobotics (empathic robots) and the cultural specificity of online dating, these essays convey the distinctive breadth and imagination of research in this field. Digital Humanities is a relatively new discipline in the India Rim, and this novelty has created space for innovative research ideas, as well as the use of traditional methodologies and software in different ways within these unique cultural spaces that could potentially influence how Digital Humanities is conceptualised internationally. For example, drawing on Indian classical logic leads to novel designs and applications of computation. This lively volume offers a fresh look at the Digital Humanities and an important overview of the work taking place in a region other than the Western countries that typically dominate the field. It has much to offer both experienced researchers and those new to the Digital Humanities. |
| Print length | 372 pages (xviii+354) |
| Language | English (Original) |
| Dimensions | 156 x 26 x 234 mm | 6.14" x 1.02" x 9.21" (Paperback) |
| 156 x 31 x 234 mm | 6.14" x 1.22" x 9.21" (Hardback) | |
| Weight | 706g | 24.90oz (Paperback) |
| 886g | 31.25oz (Hardback) | |
| Media | 30 illustrations |
| OCLC Number | 1467055229 |
| LCCN | 2023513490 |
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Contents
1. Introduction
(pp. 5–16)- Hart Cohen
- Ujjwal Jana
- Simon Burrows
- Diane Colman
- David Tait
- Meredith Rossner
5. Artificial Intelligence, ethics and empathy: How empathic AI applications impact humanity
(pp. 83–98)- Linda Aulbach
- P. Prayer Elmo Raj
- Gopa Nayak
- Navreet Kaur Rana
8. Building a book history database: A novice voice
(pp. 147–172)- Rebekah Ward
9. Are we ready to ‘screw around’ together? Barriers to institutionalisation of DH pedagogy in literature departments
(pp. 173–190)- Ritam Dutta
- Aditya Ghosh
- Ujjwal Jana
11. Hypertext as a ‘palimpsestuous’ construct: Analysing Shelley Jackson’s Patchwork Girl
(pp. 209–224)- Lopamudra Saha
- Ujjwal Jana
- Rimi Nandy
- Cameron Edmond
- Tomasz Bednarz
14. Digital Humanities for a different purpose
(pp. 273–290)- Julian Walker
- Miyuki Hughes
- Madeleine Leehy
- Peter Mauch
- Asha Chand
- Hart Cohen
Afterword
(pp. 333–344)- Michael Falk
Contributors
Hart Cohen
(editor)Professor in Media Arts in the School of Humanities and Communication Arts at Western Sydney University
Dr Hart Cohen is Professor in Media Arts in the School of Humanities and Communication Arts and a member of the Institute for Culture and Society at Western Sydney University. He is currently the university’s Discipline Leader for Communication and Media. Dr Cohen has published widely in the field of visual anthropology, communications, f ilm and media studies and directed three Australian Research Council Projects related to the Strehlow Collection. Three films have been made in relation to these projects: Mr. Strehlow’s Films (SBSi 2001), Cantata Journey (ABC TV 2006), and Ntaria Heroes (2016). Dr Cohen is co-author of the award-winning book, Screen Media Arts: An Introduction to Concepts and Practices (2009) and editor of the Global Media Journal (Australian Edition (2007–present) (https://www.hca.westernsydney.edu.au/ gmjau/). His most recent book is The Strehlow Archive: Explorations in Old and New Media (2018).
Ujjwal Jana
(editor)Professor in the Department of English, Faculty of Arts at University of Delhi
Dr Ujjwal Jana is Professor in the Department of English, Faculty of Arts, University of Delhi, Delhi, India. Professor Jana’s areas of academic and research interest include Digital Humanities, Translation Studies, Disability Studies and Literary Studies with interdisciplinary orientation. Professor Jana was a Fulbright Scholar in Indiana University, Bloomington, USA in 2007–2008. He was a visiting faculty member in the Departments of English, Leipzig University, Germany and University of Johannesburg, South Africa in 2014 and 2017 respectively. He received Hungarian State scholarship awards in the academic year 2021–2022 and 2022–2023 funded by the Tempus Foundation of the Government of Hungary to carry out collaborative research projects. He was the Indian Principal Investigator of the SPARC (Scheme for Promotion of Academic and Research Collaboration) sponsored International collaborative Project (2019–2023) on “Digital Humanities in the Indian Rim” in collaboration with Western Sydney University, Australia, funded by the Ministry of Education, Government of India. Professor Jana’s Bengali translation of Amit Chaudhuri’s Sahitya-Akademi-Award-winning English novel, A New World (2000) by the Sahitya Akademi, India’s national academy of letters, was published in 2021. Presently he is the Indian Principal Investigator of another SPARC-sponsored International Project (2023–2025) on “Indian-European entanglements: exploring trans-cultural relationships through Digital Humanities”, to collaborate with Ghent Centre for Digital Humanities. Ghent University, Belgium funded by the Ministry of Education, Government of India. He is currently carrying out a research project funded by the Indian Council of Historical Research, India on the 19th-century poet saint of Odisha, Bhima Bhoi, during 2024–2026. Professor Jana has edited an anthology on Digital Culture in Humanities: Contemporary Trends published by a Delhi-based publishing house in January 2023.
Myra Gurney
(editor)Senior Lecturer in Professional Writing, Communication and Media in the School of Humanities and Communication Arts at Western Sydney University
Dr Myra Gurney is a Senior Lecturer in Professional Writing, Communication and Media in the School of Humanities and Communication Arts at Western Sydney University, Australia. Her PhD research into the Australian political response to climate change has been published in several books and journals including Global Crisis: Media, War, Climate, and Politics (2023). Dr Gurney has co-authored a foundational communication textbook, Communicating as Professionals (2024) and is a member of the editorial panel of the Global Media Journal (Australian Edition (2007–present) (https://www.hca.westernsydney. edu.au/gmjau/).