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Hi, Seeing as the list has erupted in a flurry of activity, I thought I'd ask a question :) I'm looking for material on the qualitative vs quantitative difference of the use of digital research in the classics. I'll explain with an example: Reading ancients texts on-line in, say, project Gutenberg, is a a difference of quantity compared to reading it in a Loeb book. You're seeing the same material, it's just faster/cheaper/easier to access. On the other hand, reading it on Perseus is a real difference - you are getting more context. If you add something like project Hestia for Herodotus then the difference is even more marked. I'll quote Wikipedia on "Digital Humanities" : Most researchers across the disciplines agree with Fr Roberto Busa's argument that the primary effect of computing is not to accelerate the pace of humanities research, but rather to provide new ways of approach and new paradigms for the enduring problems in the study of human cultural artifacts. I've found plenty of implicit material, but I wondered if there are any explicit articles on this subject (besides my future seminar paper, of course :) ) Robert Barron Enterprise Management Specialist - IBM Israel http://classicarete.blogspot.com On Wed, Aug 25, 2010 at 9:45 PM, Matteo Romanello <[log in to unmask]> wrote: > Dear members of the list, > As part of my PhD I'm working on a bibliography about "Classics and the > Computers". > I'm looking specifically at general surveys, studies and discussions about > the relationship between classics and the computers, also known as Digital > Classics. > I drafted a first list that I'd be happy to share with other Digital > Classicists or anyone else having an interest in this. > I'd also welcome additions to my initial list: I'm thinking in particular of > publications that I have unintentionally neglected and/or publications in > other languages that I was not aware of. Therefore I'd like to share it > using a tool that allows others to easily augment it. > Do you think that for this purpose it'd be better a group on Zotero or a > page on the DigitalClassicist wiki, or what else? > Best, > Matteo > ______________ > Matteo Romanello > PhD candidate > Centre for Computing in the Humanities (CCH) > King's College, London > http://wiki.digitalclassicist.org/User:MatteoRomanello > http://kcl.academia.edu/MatteoRomanello > http://www.linkedin.com/in/matteoromanello