Integration with the digital and the traditional

Source: http://www.digitalmeetsculture.net/tag/digital-humanities/

In the digital age, the first thought is that the technologies will replace humans' minds. However, in academia the digital humanities are needed in both the digital applications and in this case, the histories. Both shape the way scholars think and reason. The integration provides new research questions and new scholarships form. 

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