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1 The Significance of the Frontier in Digital Scholarship Trevor Muñoz Digital Frontiers 2013 University of Maryland

2 @trevormunoz

3 The Frontier Thesis Frederick Jackson Turner, 1893

4 Dismantled as an historical explanation for the development of a distinctly American civilization

5 The most significant thing about the American frontier is, that it lies at the hither edge of free land. “ ” — Turner

6 process, Turner’s frontier was a not a place “ ” — Patricia Nelson Limerick

7 always already inhabited The frontier-as-place is

8 where we live Digital scholarship is not somewhere we’re going. Digital scholarship is

9 How to see frontier life

10 as a design opportunity

11 Digital Humanities Incubator

12 Thank You. Trevor Muñoz tmunoz@umd.edu

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