Digital Transformation and the Future of Social Sciences and Humanities

The digital revolution gradually affected all fields of life and touched most of the dimensions of the humanities and social sciences, and changed, or rather broadened, the horizons of epistemological visions related to these sciences. By automating the humanities and social sciences, we do not mean reducing digital to mere tools, but rather defines its importance through its ability to model complex systems and establish links between technology and the humanities in all its branches. Therefore, it is necessary to reconsider the academic and cognitive paths of the humanities, by introducing informatics and technologies into the educational curricula for students of humanities, social and media sciences, with the aim of keeping pace with changes in order for these sciences to adapt to digital change and to move to what we call digital humanities.

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The digital revolution gradually affected all fields of life and touched most of the dimensions of the humanities and social sciences, and changed, or rather broadened, the horizons of epistemological visions related to these sciences. By automating the humanities and social sciences, we do not mean reducing digital to mere tools, but rather defines its importance through its ability to model complex systems and establish links between technology and the humanities in all its branches. Therefore, it is necessary to reconsider the academic and cognitive paths of the humanities, by introducing informatics and technologies into the educational curricula for students of humanities, social and media sciences, with the aim of keeping pace with changes in order for these sciences to adapt to digital change and to move to what we call digital humanities.

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