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International Journal for Digital and Public Humanities

Multilinguality in Action: Towards Linguistic Diversity and Inclusion in Digital Humanities

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Abstract

The article addresses the multilingual landscape in Digital Humanities, focusing on understanding its practitioners. We adopt the concept of user profiles from UX design to help create visibility and empathy for the unique needs of multilingual scholars. In a DH2023 workshop, using a dataset of six user profiles, participants examined multilingual DH, exploring the complex interaction between language use, identity, inclusivity, and infrastructure. Only by including multilingual perspectives, we argue, can DH promote diverse knowledge systems towards more supportive infrastructures and a more inclusive scholarly community.


Open access | Peer reviewed

Submitted: April 15, 2024 | Accepted: June 18, 2024 | Published Dec. 17, 2024 | Language: en

Keywords Multilinguality • Non‑Latin scripts • User personas • Multilingual DH • Research infrastructures

Copyright © 2024 Alíz Horváth, Cosima Wagner, David Wrisley, Joanne Bernardi, Aanya Chadha, Danielle Garcia, Till Grallert, Sharanya Ghosh, Yuri Ishida, Aleksandra Kaye, Ahac Meden, Kiyonori Nagasaki, Dylan Palmer, Hugo Scheithauer, Marta Świetlik, Jeffrey Tharsen, Yifan Wang. This is an open-access work distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution License (CC BY). The use, distribution or reproduction is permitted, provided that the original author(s) and the copyright owner(s) are credited and that the original publication is cited, in accordance with accepted academic practice. The license allows for commercial use. No use, distribution or reproduction is permitted which does not comply with these terms.

Permalink http://doi.org/10.30687/mag/2724-3923/2024/02/001