The internet has revolutionised humanities research. But has the development of ever-more sophisticated online resources freed up scholars to explore new ideas, or made them slaves to the digital machine?
This is the start of the Matthew Reisz article in Time Higher Education titled Surfdom which asks questions about the digital humanities. I was sufficiently annoyed when I read the article that I sent a response to the Humanist Discussion Group, Responding To Surfdom. I’ve now posted the response to my wiki here. Reisz raises questions about whether digitization is driving scholarship. He doesn’t really elaborate on the questions raised, but they are important to think through anyway.