Digital Humanities auf dem Weg zu einer Wissenschaftsmethodik: Transparenz und Fehlerkultur

Abstract

The methods of the Digital Humanities have been subject to massive criticism for quite some time. There are two main accusations that are made again and again: On the one hand, the Digital Humanities do not lead to new results, but present the familiar in a different guise. On the other hand, the methods of the Digital Humanities even lead to false results. Furthermore, it is concluded that the reproducibility/replication and thus the scientific soundness of the results is questionable. This article deals with this issue of (assumed or actual) incorrectness by analyzing this accusation and presents a proposal for a critical approach to errors that can secure the Digital Humanities their place in scientific methodology.