Through this course, my definition of Digital Humanities has changed significantly. Looking back at my original definition, it seems plain, almost like a basic textbook definition of the topic. There is so much that I would change in the original. One of the first things I noticed while reading through it was that I note digital tools without giving examples. In my new definition, I detail a few of the tools I learned in the course and how they are used in Digital Humanities. For instance, I would mention the text-mining tool Voyant and how historians use it to find trends and patterns within their source material. I would also include how historians have used digital analysis and research. One example would be crowdsourcing projects that encourage people to volunteer to help transcribe documents into a digital archive or podcasts that involve people in a historical story.

I would keep the original definition but tweak it slightly. My original definition was, “Digital Humanities is a field of study in which different disciplines work to analyze, archive, and preserve historical material in the digital medium.” While I still believe that to be true, I would add to it. I would include, along with different disciplines, that historians involve the public in projects and have similarities and connections to public history. I would also include using various tools to analyze, archive, and preserve in different projects. I still believe that my original definition holds. However, my view of Digital Humanities has broadened to see that there is much to offer in the field.