South Asian Digital Humanities: An Overview

Abstract

While digital humanities is relatively new within South Asian studies, it offers methods and tools that can supplement scholarship on South Asia. This article identifies the stakes and challenges of digital humanities for South Asians. It considers projects in literary scholarship and cultural heritage that have engaged digital methods, emphasizing how digital representation negotiates the challenges of decentralized archives, unheard and subaltern voices, and diasporic histories. The article further offers advice for South Asian studies scholars who are new to digital humanities but want to learn more or develop projects of their own.