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We have never been digital

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Reflections on the intersection of computing and the humanities.

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        cover image Communications of the ACM
        Communications of the ACM  Volume 57, Issue 9
        September 2014
        94 pages
        ISSN:0001-0782
        EISSN:1557-7317
        DOI:10.1145/2663191
        • Editor:
        • Moshe Y. Vardi
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