Innovation dynamics in digital cultures and humanities: Corpus as a source of innovation

Abstract

The article analyzes the fact that with the emergence of digital humanities, the resulting cultural heritage turns into a field of interest for disciplines and institutions that had not considered it before. Through a case study "the digitization of 5,000 hours of recorded music at a jazz festival taking place for 50 years" this article identifies how the construction of a cultural corpus results in a major resource for sustaining an innovative scientific dynamic. The argument is that cultural heritage, through its digitization, is becoming a competitive resource for computer science and engineering.