In “Zonas de Contacto: A Digital Humanities Ecology of Knowledges,” Élika Ortega considers the field of digital humanities and its concentration of English-language work and output. She argues that the purposeful facilitation of zones of contact between practitioners from different regions who work in different languages would support a more diverse ecology of knowledges for the field. Ortega examines the efforts made by groups like the Alliance of Digital Humanities Organisations to encourage multilingual engagement but concludes that these efforts have not, so far, been successful in diversifying the output and interaction of the field in a major way. For Ortega, this work is critical for the ongoing sustenance and evolution of digital humanities as a field and community.

 

Work cited

Ortega, Élika. 2019. “Zonas de Contacto: A Digital Humanities Ecology of Knowledges.” In Debates in the Digital Humanities 2019, edited by Matthew K. Gold and Lauren F. Klein, 179-88. Minnesota: U Minneapolis P. https://dhdebates.gc.cuny.edu/read/untitled-f2acf72c-a469-49d8-be35-67f9ac1e3a60/section/aeee46e3-dddc-4668-a1b3-c8983ba4d70a