Introduction. Roberto Busa, S.J., and the Emergence of Humanities Computing. Chapter 1. Priest Walks Into the C.E.O.’s Office. Chapter 2. Oracle on 57th Street. Chapter 3. The Mother of All Humanities Computing Demos. Chapter 4. Centers of Activity. Chapter 5. Computing Philology.
Steven E. Jones is DeBartolo Chair of Liberal Arts and Professor of Digital Humanities at the University of South Florida. He was a Distinguished Visiting Fellow at the CUNY Graduate Center Advanced Research Consortium in 2014-2015 and a recipient of the Keats-Shelley Association Distinguished Scholar award in 2013. His most recent book, The Emergence of the Digital Humanities, highlights his specialties in textual studies and digital humanities.
"An essential investigation, covering both technological
advancement, and the lived experience of Father Busa as he
undertook his groundbreaking, and field forming, research. This
text is vital reading for those interested in the history of
computing, and the use of computing in history." –Melissa M.
Terras, University College London"Steve Jones explodes the most
oft-repeated origin story of the Digital Humanities and then puts
it back together again piece by archival piece, replacing mythology
and commonplace with scrupulous research, forensic reconstruction,
and deep media archaeology. It is a work of scholarship that is as
lively and atmospheric (and compelling) as a novel." -Matthew
Kirschenbaum, University of Maryland, College Park"This fascinating
book succeeds in both problematizing and pushing forward our
hitherto limited understandings of the complex and shifting
relationships that developed between Busa and IBM, on one side, and
the emerging field of Digital Humanities, on the other. It is a
tremendous and important contribution to scholarship on the History
of (Digital) Humanities." –Julianne Nyhan, University College
London"This book is a must-read — and a pleasure, at that — for
scholars and students of cultural theory, humanities computing and
digital humanities, intellectual history, and Jesuit contributions
to contemporary culture." -Micki McGee, Fordham University"This
book is well-written and accessible to a general audience. There is
little technical jargon. As a computer historian, I might have
wished for more technical detail, but technology is not the main
thrust of this book. I thoroughly enjoyed reading this book, and I
can recommend it to a wide audience." -Paul Ceruzzi, Smithsonian
Institution National Air and Space Museum
"An essential investigation, covering both technological
advancement, and the lived experience of Father Busa as he
undertook his groundbreaking, and field forming, research. This
text is vital reading for those interested in the history of
computing, and the use of computing in history." –Melissa M.
Terras, University College London"Steve Jones explodes the most
oft-repeated origin story of the Digital Humanities and then puts
it back together again piece by archival piece, replacing mythology
and commonplace with scrupulous research, forensic reconstruction,
and deep media archaeology. It is a work of scholarship that is as
lively and atmospheric (and compelling) as a novel." -Matthew
Kirschenbaum, University of Maryland, College Park"This fascinating
book succeeds in both problematizing and pushing forward our
hitherto limited understandings of the complex and shifting
relationships that developed between Busa and IBM, on one side, and
the emerging field of Digital Humanities, on the other. It is a
tremendous and important contribution to scholarship on the History
of (Digital) Humanities." –Julianne Nyhan, University College
London"This book is a must-read — and a pleasure, at that — for
scholars and students of cultural theory, humanities computing and
digital humanities, intellectual history, and Jesuit contributions
to contemporary culture." -Micki McGee, Fordham University"This
book is well-written and accessible to a general audience. There is
little technical jargon. As a computer historian, I might have
wished for more technical detail, but technology is not the main
thrust of this book. I thoroughly enjoyed reading this book, and I
can recommend it to a wide audience." -Paul Ceruzzi, Smithsonian
Institution National Air and Space Museum"Steven E. Jones's book is
an entertaining and profound contribution to current discussions in
the humanities." -Daniela Zetti, H-Net Reviews
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