Article ID: CBB405590078

Technical Literature and the Text-Searchable: The History of Technology and the Digitized Turn (January 5, 2021)

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Manuel, Jeffrey T. (Author)


Technology's Stories
Volume: 8
Issue: 3


Publication Date: January 5, 2021
Physical Details: Digital journal
Language: English

We historians of technology are constantly assessing technology and placing it in historical context. But from time to time, it is useful to consider how the technologies we rely on shape the stories we tell about technology. Specifically, how has the so-called digitized turn within the broader discipline of history affected the history of technology? By this, I mean more than asking whether historians of technology are doing digital history. Certainly, fascinating and high-profile digital history projects challenge historians of technology to consider new ways of making and disseminating knowledge.

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Authors & Contributors
Marsh, Allison
Gross, Benjamin H.
Fleming, Lee
Harald Kleinberger-Pierer
Gwen S. Antell
Arellano Escudero, Nelson
Concepts
History of technology, as a discipline
Research methods
Digitization
Digital humanities
Collections
Research support
Time Periods
21st century
20th century, late
20th century
Modern
Places
United States
Indonesia
Colorado (U.S.)
Institutions
Linda Hall Library
American Institute of Physics
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