Art History Now

Technology, Information, and Practice

  • Emily Pugh (Author)

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Abstract

The last twenty has seen our reliance on digital technology for the practice of art history grow alongside the emergence of what is called the digital humanities. Yet the discourse around digital humanities has thus far failed to articulate, explicitly or consistently, the true stakes of technologies’ influence on the humanities, much less art history. This article therefore seeks to reframe the debate. It argues that we should focus not on the digital or the computer, but instead on the but instead on the dynamic interrelationship between the institutions and domains responsible for the management of art historical information and those of the production of art historical knowledge. More specifically, it examines how recent technological developments are shifting priorities and processes within such institutions and thus shaping and reshaping art-historical practice.

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Academic discipline and sub-disciplines
art history, information science, library science, archival science
Type, method or approach
text, image
Keywords
ed ruscha, harald szeemann, data, images
How to Cite
Pugh, Emily. 2020. “Art History Now: Technology, Information, and Practice”. International Journal for Digital Art History, no. 4 (November):3.47-3.59. https://doi.org/10.11588/dah.2019.4.63448.