@article{aup:/content/journals/10.5117/2016.021.001.002, author = "van Dijck, José", title = "Big data, grand challenges: On digitization and humanities researchThis article is an original translation of José van Dijck’s Ketelaarlezing: ‘Big Data, Grand Challenges. Over digitalisering en het geesteswetenschappelijk onderzoek’, organized by the Nationaal Archief and the Koninklijke Vereniging van Archivarissen in Nederland at December 10, 2014. www.kvan.nl/files/Ketelaarlezing/Ketelaar12_2014-DEF.pdf.", journal= "KWALON", year = "2016", volume = "21", number = "1", pages = "", doi = "https://doi.org/10.5117/2016.021.001.002", url = "https://www.aup-online.com/content/journals/10.5117/2016.021.001.002", publisher = "Amsterdam University Press", issn = "1875-7324", type = "Journal Article", keywords = "digital turn", keywords = "research methodologies", keywords = "humanities", keywords = "qualitative approaches", keywords = "digitization", abstract = "Summary Due to the digitization of sources, humanities scholars have to develop new research questions and methodologies. This article theorizes the ‘digital turn’ by looking at three challenges: the necessity of combining qualitative and quantitative methods; the dilemma of multidisciplinary cooperation; and the ideological question of why and how the humanities should be concerned with a new digital materiality. We need the expertise of humanities scholars – their critical insights, analytical acuity, and knowledge of ambiguity and diversity – to make sense of a digital culture that permeates and directs our daily life.", }