Abstract
This chapter seeks to chart the emergence of the digital humanities paradigm within the Chinese humanities, especially its more recent developments from the mid-2010s onwards. These developments include the setting up of centres devoted to digital humanities research within universities in the Greater China region, more training in the form of courses and workshops provided to interested parties, the proliferation of digital humanities platforms online for scholarly use, and increasing numbers of digital humanities studies in scholarly publications. Many mainstream scholars remain cautious towards this new research paradigm, but they have begun to reflect on its developments in writing.
This is a preview of subscription content, log in via an institution to check access.
Access this chapter
Tax calculation will be finalised at checkout
Purchases are for personal use only
References
Bao, W. 包偉民 (2018). Shuzi renwen ji qi dui lishixue de xin tiaozhan 數字人文及其對歷史學的新挑戰 [Digital humanities: New challenges for historical research]. Shixue yuekan 史學月刊 [Journal of Historical Science], 9, 5–12.
Blanke, T. (2018). Predicting the past. Digital Humanities Quarterly, 12(2).
Bol, P. K. 包弼德 (2018a). How the digital is changing research and teaching on Asia. Asia Network Exchange: A Journal for Asian Studies in the Liberal Arts, 25(2), 7–28. https://doi.org/10.16995/ane.278.
Bol, P. K. 包弼德 (2018b). Shuzi renwen yu Zhongguo yanjiu de wangluo jichu sheshi jianshe 數字人文與中國研究的網路基礎設施建設 [The digital humanities and a cyber-infrastructure for China studies]. Tushuguan zazhi 圖書館雜誌 [Library Journal], 11, 18–25.
Chen, R. (2019). Why it’s time to reform China’s academic publishing databases. Retrieved June 19, 2019, from https://www.sixthtone.com/news/1003762/why-its-time-to-reform-chinas-academic-publishing-databases
Chen, J., & Tsui, L. H. (2020). Debating and developing digital humanities in China: New or old? Manuscript submitted for publication.
Ge, J. 葛劍雄 (2019). Xin keji yu lishi yanjiu 新科技與歷史研究 [New technology and historical studies]. Huazhong guoxue 華中國學 [Huazhong National Studies], 1, 1–4.
Gold, M. (2012). Debates in the digital humanities. Minneapolis, MN: University of Minnesota Press.
Graham, S., et al. 肖恩·格雷厄姆 (2019). Tansuo lishi da shuju: lishi xue jia de hongguan shijiao 探索歷史大數據: 歷史學家的宏觀視角 [Exploring big historical data: The historian’s macroscope]. Hangzhou, China: Zhejiang daxue chubanshe 浙江大學出版社 [Zhejiang University Press].
Jin, G. 金觀濤, & Liu, Q. 劉青峰 (2008). Guannian shi yanjiu: Zhongguo xiandai zhongyao zhengzhi shuyu de xingcheng 觀念史研究: 中國現代重要政治術語的形成 [A study on the history of ideas: The formation of important political terms in modern China]. Xianggang, China: Zhongwen daxue chubanshe 中文大學出版社 [The Chinese University Press].
Jones, S. E. (2013). The emergence of the digital humanities. London: Routledge.
Kemman, M. (2019). DH failures vs findings. Retrieved June 19, 2019, from https://www.maxkemman.nl/2019/02/dh-failures-vs-findings/
Liang, C. 梁晨, Dong, H. 董浩, & Lee, J. Z. 李中清 (2018). Cong kan yifu hua dao zuo yimu xi: hulianwang shidai lishi jiaoyan xin dongxiang tanwei 從看一幅畫到做一幕戲: 互聯網時代歷史教研新動向探微 [From looking at a painting to acting in a movie scene: New directions in historical teaching and research in the internet age]. Wenshizhe 文史哲 [Journal of Literature, History and Philosophy], 6, 121–134.
Nichols, R., Slingerland, E., Nielbo, K., Bergeton, U., Logan, C., & Kleinman, S. (2018). Modeling the contested relationship between Analects, Mencius, and Xunzi: Preliminary evidence from a machine-learning approach. Journal of Asian Studies, 77(1), 19–57.
Plantin, J.-C., Lagoze, C., & Edwards, P. N. (2018). Re-integrating scholarly infrastructure: The ambiguous role of data sharing platforms. Big Data & Society, 5(1), 1–14.
Schöch, C. (2013). Big? Smart? Clean? Messy? Data in the humanities. Journal of the Digital Humanities, 2(3), 2–13.
Sturgeon, D. (2016). Crowdsourcing, APIs, and a digital library of Chinese. Retrieved June 23, 2019, from https://theasiadialogue.com/2016/06/08/crowdsourcing-apis-and-a-digital-library-of-chinese/
Sturgeon, D. (2019). Chinese text project: A dynamic digital library of premodern Chinese. Digital Scholarship in the Humanities. https://doi.org/10.1093/llc/fqz046
Svensson, P. (2012). Envisioning the digital humanities. Digital Humanities Quarterly, 6(1).
Tsui, L. H. (2016). The digital humanities as an emerging field in China. Retrieved June 23, 2019, from https://theasiadialogue.com/2016/06/13/the-digital-humanities-as-an-emerging-field-in-china/
Tsui, L. H., Zhu, B., & Chen, J. (2020). Finding flexibility to teach the “next big thing”: Digital humanities pedagogy in China. Manuscript submitted for publication.
Wang, H. 王宏甦, Tsui, L. H. 徐力恆, & Bol, P. K. 包弼德 (2020). Fuwu yu Zhongguo lishi yanjiu de wangluo jichu sheshi 服務於中國歷史研究的網絡基礎設施 [A cyber-infrastructure for historical China studies]. Manuscript submitted for publication.
Wang, R. 王瑞來 (2018). Jingti shujuku 警惕數據庫 [Beware of databases]. Shixue yuekan 史學月刊 [Journal of Historical Science], 9, 21–26.
Wang, T. 王濤 (2018a). Shuzi renwen de benke jiaoyu shijian: zongjie yu fansi 數字人文的本科教育實踐: 總結與反思 [A summary and reflection on the practice of digital humanities in undergraduate teaching]. Tushuguan luntan 圖書館論壇 [Library Forum], 6, 37–41.
Wang, T. 王濤 (2018b). Shuzi renwen kuangjia xia ‘Deyizhi renwu zhi’ de qunxiang miaohui yu leixing fenxi 數字人文框架下《德意志人物志》的群像描繪與類型分析 [An analysis of the social groups in the Allgemeine Deutsche Biographie under a digital humanities framework]. Lishi yanjiu 歷史研究 [Historical Research], 5, 148–166+192.
Wang, X. 王曉光 (2018). Jiaqiang renwen sheke shuju ziyuan jianshe yu guanli 加強人文社科數據資源建設與管理 [Enhancing the construction and maintenance of humanities and social sciences data resources]. Retrieved June 19, 2019, from http://epaper.gmw.cn/gmrb/html/2018-07/05/nw.D110000gmrb_20180705_2-11.htm
Wong, R. S. H., & Li, H. (2015). An assessment of readiness for supporting digital humanities in Hong Kong academic libraries: Evaluating the potential for program development and international collaborations. In K. L. Sacco et al. (Eds.), Supporting digital humanities for knowledge acquisition in modern libraries (pp. 157–180). IGI Global.
Xia, C., et al. (2018). Implementation of a linked data-based genealogy knowledge service platform for digital humanities. Data and Information Management, 2(1), 15–26.
Xu, Y. 許雅惠 (2018). Bei-Song wanqi jinshi shoucang de shehui wangluo fenxi 北宋晚期金石收藏的社會網絡分析 [A social network analysis of antique collectors in the late Northern Song]. Xin shixue 新史學 [New History Journal], 29(4), 71–124.
Zeng, M. (2017). Smart data for digital humanities. Journal of Data and Information Science, 2(1), 1–12.
Zhu, B. 朱本軍, & Nie, H. 聶華 (2017). Shuzi renwen: tushuguan shijian de xin fangxiang 數字人文: 圖書館實踐的新方向 [Digital humanities: The new direction of libraries]. Daxue tushuguan xuebao 大學圖書館學報 [Journal of Academic Libraries], 4, 18–22.
Author information
Authors and Affiliations
Corresponding author
Editor information
Editors and Affiliations
Rights and permissions
Copyright information
© 2020 The Editor(s) (if applicable) and The Author(s), under exclusive license to Springer Nature Singapore Pte Ltd.
About this chapter
Cite this chapter
Tsui, L.H. (2020). Charting the Emergence of the Digital Humanities in China. In: Chan, K.K.Y., Lau, C.S.G. (eds) Chinese Culture in the 21st Century and its Global Dimensions. Chinese Culture, vol 2. Springer, Singapore. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-981-15-2743-2_12
Download citation
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/978-981-15-2743-2_12
Published:
Publisher Name: Springer, Singapore
Print ISBN: 978-981-15-2742-5
Online ISBN: 978-981-15-2743-2
eBook Packages: Literature, Cultural and Media StudiesLiterature, Cultural and Media Studies (R0)