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I have been involved for some time in academic initiatives that bring information technology into the humanities. In ways both wonderful and painful, I have learned that information technology (IT) opens an unusually direct conduit between the perspective of the academy and those of other sectors of society. I would like to harvest this experience by reflecting on what might be called the “technical” relation between the contemporary academy and society, a relation that serves as a test bed for broader speculations on the role of the academy today.
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Liu, A. (2006). The Humanities. In: Hanrahan, M., Madsen, D.L. (eds) Teaching, Technology, Textuality. Teaching the New English. Palgrave Macmillan, London. https://doi.org/10.1057/9780230523302_2
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