About DH @ IIT-J

DH @ IIT-J is part of a platform for interdisciplinary research at the Indian Institute of Technology Jodhpur, created to meet the modern day technological challenges and towards a significant boost in impactful research in campus. DH @ IITJ is premised on project-oriented knowledge production on the practical application of methods and involves interdisciplinary collaboration workflows. Our endeavor at IIT Jodhpur is, in an active sense, to focus on and contribute to a composite of approaches (ideas and methods), rather than different approaches, that lay emphasis on preserving, reconstructing, transmitting, and interpreting human record historically and contemporaneously. In other words, we posit the field of DH at IIT Jodhpur on principles of interdisciplinary rather than multidisciplinary principles. This, in major ways, attends to epistemological questions on knowledge production about generating digital data from material objects, and rethinking of existing processes of knowledge production. The division primarily focuses on the intersection of several disciplines, including computer science, mathematics, and literary and cultural studies. The program's goals include:

• Interdisciplinary collaboration: The program is based on principles of collaboration and project-oriented knowledge production. 

• Technology and humanities: The program investigates the relationship between technology and the humanities, social sciences, and other areas. 

• Human records: The program aims to preserve, reconstruct, transmit, and interpret human records. 

• Digital data: The program aims to generate digital data from material objects. 

• Knowledge production: The program aims to rethink knowledge production processes.
  
  

IITJ offers both a Master of Science (M.Sc.) and a doctoral degree in DH. The M.Sc. program examines the impact of digital technologies on society and culture, and aims to provide insights into how digital technologies and economic factors have transformed the study of the humanities and social sciences. The doctoral program aims to integrate disciplinary approaches from the humanities, liberal arts, social sciences, and computer technologies. 

If you wish to know more about Digital Humanities at IIT Jodhpur please visit our website: https://iitj.ac.in/dh/ or follow us on Twitter, Instagram, Facebook, and LinkedIn.