# Revisiting Connotations of Digital Humanists: Exploratory Interviews

arXiv: https://arxiv.org/abs/2210.05025 · HTML: https://mlsanity.com/paper/2210.05025/

## Key facts

- Cited by 2 papers in the map (data through 14 Oct 2026).
- First posted on arXiv 10 Oct 2022.

## Built on by (most cited first, 2 of 2)

- [A dancing bear, a colleague, or a sharpened toolbox? The cautious adoption of generative AI technologies in digital humanities research](https://mlsanity.com/paper/2404.12458/) (2024)
- [Disclosing Generative AI Use in Digital Humanities Research](https://mlsanity.com/paper/2507.03216/) (2025)

## Abstract (arXiv)

This ongoing study revisits the connotations of "digital humanists" and explores the reasons why a researcher does or does not self-identify as a digital humanist. Building on semi-structured interview data collected from fourteen researchers and practitioners engaging in digital humanities (DH) projects, this poster illustrates researchers' various understandings of "digital humanist" as a term and research identity and highlights the complexity of "digital humanists" as a research community. This study contributes to DH scholarship with insights into the collective imaginations of the digital humanist as a research community one decade after the early attempts. Findings of this research study also facilitate a more thorough, timely, and dynamic discussion of the major workforce in digital humanities, potentially paving the way for future research on labor and collaboration in the DH research domain.