The globalized rhetoric surrounding digital transformation often translates into presumptions of universalization within the field of digital history, which is then discussed in a generic sense, as if it were established on common ground. This correlates with history itself, which developed as a modern discipline in the nineteenth century under the pretense of the universalization of time and historical methods. One should notice, however, that the conditions in which forms of knowledge develop depend on multiple factors of a cultural, political, and economic nature, as has been well debated by multiple facets of anti-colonial thought, for example. When dealing with a field such as digital history, which has developed so closely attached to the need for digital infrastructure, computational skills, and innovation, one should notice that inequality plays a major role in preventing ubiquity on a global scale.
In this lecture, I explore the field of digital history in Latin America based on a survey regarding its institutional constitution in multiple countries and on a theoretical reflection that places the current debate on digital history in perspective with the development of other concepts and fields, from history itself to Marxism and decolonial thought, which in the past have also faced turbulence while developing regionally in Latin America, in relation to their pretensions in more developed and central sites of academic knowledge.
Vortrag im Rahmen des;„Digital History“-Forschungskolloquiums
Zeit: Mittwoch, 22. April 2026, 16-18 Uhr
Ort:;Zoom-Konferenz (Zugang auf;Anfrage oder via Mailingliste)
OpenEdition schlägt Ihnen vor, diesen Beitrag wie folgt zu zitieren:
Digital History Berlin (Redaktion) (16. April 2026). Ian Kisil Marino: Digital History from the Margins? Latin American Perspectives on an Emerging Field. Digital History Berlin. Abgerufen am 8. Mai 2026 von https://doi.org/10.58079/162y1

