Part Deux: Exploring the Signs of Abandonment of Online Digital Humanities Projects

By Luis Meneses1, Jon Martin2, Richard Furuta3, Ray Siemens1

1. University of Victoria 2. King's College London 3. Texas A&M University

Building online research components for projects in the digital humanities is a common practice. However, not many researchers have a plan for these online components once the project halts or comes to an end. Consequently, many of these projects…

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Building online research components for projects in the digital humanities is a common practice. However, not many researchers have a plan for these online components once the project halts or comes to an end. Consequently, many of these projects become abandoned and slowly degrade over time –some more gracefully than others. Additionally, there is a certain inherent fragility associated with software and our online research tools. In turn, this fragility threatens the completeness and the sustainability of our work over time.

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Originally shared at DH 2018 in Mexico City

Date: June 21, 2018

URL: https://dh2018.adho.org/en/part-deux-exploring-the-signs-of-abandonment-of-online-digital-humanities-projects/

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