Digital humanities in Spain: historical perspective and current scenario

Toscano, Murizio; Rabadán, Aroa; Ros Muñoz, Salvador; González-Blanco, Elena

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Digital humanities in Spain: historical perspective and current scenario

dc.contributor.author	Toscano, Murizio
dc.contributor.author	Rabadán, Aroa
dc.contributor.author	Ros Muñoz, Salvador
dc.contributor.author	González-Blanco, Elena
dc.date.accessioned	2025-07-10T16:10:57Z
dc.date.available	2025-07-10T16:10:57Z
dc.date.issued	2020-12-19
dc.description	This is a Submitted Manuscript of an article published by Ediciones Profesionales de la Información in "Profesional de la información, 29(6), 2019", available at: https://doi.org/10.3145/EPI.2020.NOV.01 Este es el manuscrito enviado del artículo publicado por Ediciones Profesionales de la Información en "Profesional de la información, 29(6), 2019", disponible en línea: https://doi.org/10.3145/EPI.2020.NOV.01
dc.description.abstract	The objective of this study was to provide the global community of interested scholars with an updated understanding of Digital Humanities in Spain, in terms of researchers and research centres, disciplines in- volved and research topics of interest, trends in digital resources development, main funding bodies and the evolution of their investment since the early nineties. One of the characteristics that differentiates this study from previous approaches is the information used to carry out the research. It combines large datasets of publicly available data from trusted sources with a handpicked selection of records grouping information scattered over the Web. Most of the evidence detected by other studies has been numerically confirmed. At the same time, the new metrics and values established constitute a reference base for monitoring the future evolution of the discipline and thus favour comparisons. Half of the researchers were found to be affiliated to only nine institutions, whereas the other half of them were scattered across 84 locations. Department affiliation showed a varied pattern of the different degrees of specialization in each institution. Although the major historic role played by Philology was confirmed, the rising interest of other areas of the Humanities and Social Science produces a wider picture, which helped to identify five large clusters of research topics, centred on major disciplines. The quantitative analysis of funding, a dimension almost unexplored in the Humanities, proved to be a valuable way to assess the discipline and its historical evolution. In fact, it revealed interesting trends that led to our proposal of a three-phase periodization in the consolidation of Digital Humanities in Spain. The paper concludes with a set of recommendations regarding how to successfully deal with issues that can harm the future development of this research area and the role that Spanish researchers can play in the international context.	en
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dc.identifier.citation	Toscano, M., Rabadán, A., Ros Muñoz, S., & González Blanco, E. (2020). Digital humanities in Spain: Historical perspective and current scenario. Profesional de la información, 29(6). https://doi.org/10.3145/EPI.2020.NOV.01
dc.identifier.doi	https://doi.org/10.3145/EPI.2020.NOV.01
dc.identifier.issn	1386-6710, eISSN 1699-2407
dc.identifier.uri	https://hdl.handle.net/20.500.14468/29392
dc.journal.issue	6
dc.journal.title	Profesional de la información
dc.journal.volume	29
dc.language.iso	en
dc.page.final	30
dc.page.initial	1
dc.publisher	Ediciones Profesionales de la Información
dc.relation.center	E.T.S. de Ingeniería Informática
dc.relation.department	Sistemas de Comunicación y Control
dc.rights	info:eu-repo/semantics/openAccess
dc.rights.uri	Atribución-CompartirIgual 4.0 Internacional
dc.subject	62 Ciencias de las Artes y las Letras
dc.subject	1203.17 Informática
dc.subject.keywords	Digital humanities	en
dc.subject.keywords	Humanities	en
dc.subject.keywords	Digital scholarship	en
dc.subject.keywords	Digital tools for research	en
dc.subject.keywords	Open data	en
dc.subject.keywords	Investment in research	en
dc.subject.keywords	Funding	en
dc.subject.keywords	Historical analysis	en
dc.subject.keywords	Metrics	en
dc.subject.keywords	Spain	en
dc.title	Digital humanities in Spain: historical perspective and current scenario	en
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dc.type	journal article	en
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