Digital humanities: An interdisciplinary field of study that draws inspiration from the humanities and uses technological computing to expand, disseminate, and improve previous research and share these ideas with the public.

In my definition of digital humanities, there were a few key points that I wanted to reiterate. The first is that multiple definitions I read, such as those by Matthew Kirschenbaum, Trevor Owens, Alison Booth and Miriam Posner, indicated the importance of digital humanities being interdisciplinary. Drawing inspiration from the traditional field of the humanities, the digital humanities seek to study complex ideas through the fields of psychology, sociology, history, and anthropology. I describe digital humanities as a field because while it relies on the previous foundations of the humanities, it has its own identity and should be labeled as such.

As for technological computing, the early field of digital humanities was called digital computing. The definition offered by Charles Henry, John Unsworth, Willard McCarty, and various other scholars at the time describes digital computing as using previous research to create data. This is still essential to digital humanities, but computing has become a means of collaboration and tool rather than the entire field. Digitizing written documents, creating data visualizations, or even collaborating with other scholars virtually are possibilities within the field of digital humanities.  Technology has steadily increased in usefulness and importance, which means that that field has also had to adapt to the changes going forward.

The final part of my definition, to expand, disseminate, and improve previous research and share these ideas with the public, indicates the overall teaching nature of digital humanities. Through these projects, based on the definitions provided, digital humanities seek to create an environment for all people to enjoy the research. Regardless of race, gender, or class, the information provided by digital humanities scholars should provide an accessible and acceptable outlet for research on the human experience. This is indicated in the definition by Alison Booth and Miriam Posner. In the recent era, digital humanities have shifted into a form of artful expression and curiosity for all.