Roberto Busa, S. J. , and the Emergence of Humanities Computing
Jones, Steven E. • 2016 • Routledge
- Author
- Jones, Steven E.
- First published
- 2016
- Publisher
- Routledge
- Genres
- Science · History · Art
- Subjects
- Computational linguistics · Humanities, data processing · Text processing (computer science) · Index Thomisticus
- ISBN
- 9781138186774
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Published in 2016 by Routledge, this scholarly work by Steven E. Jones examines the pioneering contributions of Father Roberto Busa to the field of humanities computing. The book contextualizes Busa’s mid-20th-century development of the Index Thomisticus—an exhaustive linguistic analysis of the works of Thomas Aquinas—as the foundational catalyst for what would eventually become the digital humanities. It frames his partnership with IBM as a transformative moment where early mechanical data processing intersected with scholastic philosophy.
Jones utilizes this history to explore the evolving relationship between analog traditions and digital methodologies. The design and narrative approach of the text serve as both a biography and a technical history, tracing how Busa’s early efforts in punch-card indexing laid the conceptual groundwork for contemporary text analysis and computational literary studies. The work is widely regarded in academic circles as an essential record of the origins of the digital humanities discipline.
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