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Medioneerlandistiek, millennials en het nieuwe millennium

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In this essay, I consider the past quarter century in (Middle) Dutch studies and the effects of digitization on the field’s development. The increased level of digitization has affected the scholarly practice in multiple ways, most of which positive, including the increased usability and accessibility of source materials, primary and secondary literature and instruments for quantitative analysis. Digitization, however, also presents major challenges which have not always been properly identif ied, let alone solved, yet, such as the long-term sustainability of publications, cultural biases in digitization policies or the pressure on Dutch as a scientific publication language in a digital, and thus increasingly globalized academic world. Generational theory is a fruitful framework to discuss this situation, drawing a soft distinction between digital natives and earlier generations.
Journal: Nederlandse letterkunde
ISSN: 1384-5829
Volume: 26
Pages: 240 - 255
Publication year:2021
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