Historical Research and Evidence in the Digital Age. The Case for New Approaches in Holocaust Research

Historical Research and Evidence in the Digital Age. The Case for New Approaches in Holocaust Research

Digital approaches to Holocaust research have led to a renewed interest in how researchers in the humanities work with material and use it as evidence for their work. Creating evidence by looking for connections and making links between events, people and places is key to all historical research. Th...

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Main Authors: Konny Kristel, Tobias Blanke
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Fondazione Centro di Documentazione Ebraica Contemporanea CDEC 2018-08-01
Series:Quest. Issues in Contemporary Jewish History
Subjects:
Methodology
Archives
digital humanities
EHRI
Online Access:http://www.quest-cdecjournal.it/focus.php?id=399
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spelling doaj-e9e50fe38acb4da083438fa68be651312021-02-02T05:01:43ZengFondazione Centro di Documentazione Ebraica Contemporanea CDECQuest. Issues in Contemporary Jewish History2037-741X2018-08-0113Historical Research and Evidence in the Digital Age. The Case for New Approaches in Holocaust ResearchKonny Kristel0Tobias Blanke1NIODKing's College LondonDigital approaches to Holocaust research have led to a renewed interest in how researchers in the humanities work with material and use it as evidence for their work. Creating evidence by looking for connections and making links between events, people and places is key to all historical research. The most basic methods of generating evidence in history have changed with the digital transformation of archives and the scholarship linked to them. This paper investigates this digital transformation based on the experience of the European Holocaust Research Infrastructure (EHRI).http://www.quest-cdecjournal.it/focus.php?id=399MethodologyArchivesdigital humanitiesEHRI
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Archives
digital humanities
EHRI
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Tobias Blanke
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title Historical Research and Evidence in the Digital Age. The Case for New Approaches in Holocaust Research
title_short Historical Research and Evidence in the Digital Age. The Case for New Approaches in Holocaust Research
title_full Historical Research and Evidence in the Digital Age. The Case for New Approaches in Holocaust Research
title_fullStr Historical Research and Evidence in the Digital Age. The Case for New Approaches in Holocaust Research
title_full_unstemmed Historical Research and Evidence in the Digital Age. The Case for New Approaches in Holocaust Research
title_sort historical research and evidence in the digital age. the case for new approaches in holocaust research
publisher Fondazione Centro di Documentazione Ebraica Contemporanea CDEC
series Quest. Issues in Contemporary Jewish History
issn 2037-741X
publishDate 2018-08-01
description Digital approaches to Holocaust research have led to a renewed interest in how researchers in the humanities work with material and use it as evidence for their work. Creating evidence by looking for connections and making links between events, people and places is key to all historical research. The most basic methods of generating evidence in history have changed with the digital transformation of archives and the scholarship linked to them. This paper investigates this digital transformation based on the experience of the European Holocaust Research Infrastructure (EHRI).
topic Methodology
Archives
digital humanities
EHRI
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