I greatly enjoy the section on database by Hayles in chapter 2. It pointed to a strong fact that databases could provide a lot of new things. Lloyd does point out that although some elements would be lost in the process of transformation, from print to database but you also gain a lot through this process. It also seem like there is a lot more one artist could do if their work is in a database format. I enjoy the idea of restriction and freedom created by Kristen. The limitation or warning she provided with her image would not have been possible if they were in a print format. In the print format it will be wether you choose to read it or not, not having the option to choose to just read the text and not the image.
"The emphasis on databases in Digital Humanities projects shifts the emphasis from argumentation— a rhetorical form that historically has foregrounded context, crafted prose, logical relationships, and audience response— to data elements embedded in forms in which the structure and parameters embody significant implications."
Databases in Digital Humanities have changed the world of humanities. Everything seem to have more freedom, freedom to alter, freedom of interface, freedom of interaction, freedom of access, freedom of interpretation, etc. There seem to be a bigger world. Maybe there are cons to databases, but for sure it opened a great door for possibilities.
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