Key Themes in Digitizing Cultural Heritage: An Analysis of Core Competencies, Topics, and Methods in Digital Humanities Higher Education Offers

James Alexander Gordon on 15th October 2024



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Katrin Fritsche, Friedrich Schiller University Jena, Germany
Sander Münster, Friedrich Schiller University Jena, Germany

Abstract

This article, that is part of the Horizon Europe-funded project DIGICHer, provides insights into structures, offerings, and content dedicated to digitization and humanities topics within study programs at the European level. Structures in the broad field of university-based Digital Humanities (DH) training are defined before competence-theoretical and curricular components based on current literature research are examined in detail. A descriptive analysis of the DH study program descriptions from studyportals.com shows that at the European level, it is mainly Master's programs (followed by Bachelor's and PhD programs) that are dedicated to DH in higher education. The quantitative evaluation of key terms from the course descriptions shows that different thematic focuses exist at the various study program levels, ranging from more basic-oriented competencies to organizational and method-oriented aspects to research-oriented topics. Finally, a recent survey of experts in the field of cultural heritage and Digital Humanities shows current and desired content and topics of DH training and reveals related needs that include technical-infrastructural, financial, personnel, time and cooperative aspects. The contribution concludes with the derivation of thematic and organizational focal points of the given and potentially possible design of DH study courses and programs at the European level as well as a proposal for a further research design to investigate the precise curricular differentiation of specific DH study offers.


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Conference: PCE2025
Stream: Educational Research

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To cite this article:
Fritsche K., & Münster S. (2025) Key Themes in Digitizing Cultural Heritage: An Analysis of Core Competencies, Topics, and Methods in Digital Humanities Higher Education Offers ISSN: 2758-0962 The Paris Conference on Education 2025: Official Conference Proceedings (pp. 11-30) https://doi.org/10.22492/issn.2758-0962.2025.2
To link to this article: https://doi.org/10.22492/issn.2758-0962.2025.2

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