Digital Humanities an der Heidelberg University
The spectrum of the young discipline of digital humanities ranges from corpus linguistics through computer philology to applied computer sciences. This film introduces Dr. Armin Volkmann who leads a junior research group on Digital Humanities with focus on „Archaeological Information Systems“ and „Digital Cultural heritage“. The group is establishing a body of knowledge for digital methods and standards in the humanities. It is located at Heilberg University and part of the University’s Field of Focus 3, the Interdisciplinary Center for Scientific Computing and the Cluster of Excellence „Asia and Europe“.