Digital Developments in Scottish Studies
DOI:
https://doi.org/10.2218/ss.v40.9290Keywords:
Finn McCool, Fenian folklore, Irish folktale, Scottish folktale, digital humanities, computational humanities, Scottish Gaelic, language learningAbstract
Beyond the intricacies of audio recording equipment and the electric typewriter, technology hasn’t always been a big part of Scottish Studies. The past few decades, however, have witnessed the growing impact that digital technologies are having on our field. To get a sense of what lies ahead, this essay examines the efforts of three scholars involved in transforming access to source materials and reshaping the terms of scholarly enquiry