About the workshop

This workshop considers the what, how, and why of a digital edition. Firstly, what’s a digital textual edition and how can it work? Better yet, how do we work with digital editions? What can we do with them that can’t be done with a physical edition? Paperback and hardcover are words that may come to mind when thinking of editions. However, beyond print runs, editors produce critical editions, creating a distinct reading and interpretation of the text. Scholarly editions can take many forms (parallel, diplomatic, and hypertextual—none of these are as scary as they sound), but all act as a critical apparatus to approach the text with.

This workshop is an introductory course aimed at anyone interested in how digital editions are made, used, and the supports that are available to create an edition. By the end of this workshop, participants will combine the critical inquiry of scholarly editing with technological tools available to produce digital editions of texts.