Reconceptualizing the Digital Humanities in Asia, 1st ed. 2020 New Representations of Art, History and Culture Digital Culture and Humanities Series, Vol. 2

This book examines new forms of representation that have changed our perception and interpretation of the humanities in an Asian, and digital, context. In analyzing written and visual texts, such as the use of digital technology and animation in different works of art originating from Asia, the authors demonstrate how literature, history, and culture are being redefined in spatialized relations amid the trend of digitization. Research studies on Asian animation are in short supply, and so this volume provides new and much needed insights into how art, literature, history, and culture can be presented in innovative ways in the Asian digital world. The first section of this volume focuses on the new conceptualization of the digital humanities in art and film studies, looking at the integration of digital technologies in museum narration and cinematic production. The second section of the volume addresses the importance of framing these discussions within the context of gender issues in the digital world, discussing how women are represented in different forms of social media.  The third and final section of the book explores the digital world?s impacts on people?s lives through different forms of digital media, from the electromagnetic unconscious to digital storytelling and digital online games. This book presents a novel contribution to the burgeoning field of the digital humanities by informing new forms of representation and interpretations, and demonstrating how digitization can influence and change cultural practices in Asia, and globally. It will be of interest to students and scholars interested in digitization from the full spectrum of humanities disciplines, including art, literature, film, music, visual culture, media, and animation, gaming, and Internet culture.

Chapter 1. Museum Narration: a Memory-Driven Storyscape.- Chapter 2. Gazing of the Wuxia Body: Digital Visual Effects, Looking Relations, and Peter Chan’s Wu Xia (2011).- Chapter 3. Cinematic Contemplation Online: The Art and Philosophy of Life-world Series (2017).- Chapter 4. Surrealism in 4D.-Part 2. Gender in the Digital Age.- Chapter 5. Ana Clara Oliveira Santos Garner Selfies: Putting  The “Me” Into Media.- Chapter 6. Discussion of Web Literature: Feminist and Post-Feminist Ideas on Hong Ying’s Blog.- Chapter 7. Visual Manipulation of East Asian Women in American Pop Female Performances.- Part 3. Media Engagement in the Digital Age.- Chapter 8. Electromagnetic Unconscious.-Chapter 9. The Digital Entanglement of Humanities, Literary and Storytelling.- Chapter 10. Dimensional Game Design: Perceptions of Character Design Appeal beyond Pixel Art.- Chapter 11. Reconceptualization of Historic Reality: Dōjin Game San Guo Zhi Jiang Wei zhuan as the Case Study.

Dr Kaby Wing-Sze Kung obtained her Doctoral Degree from School of Oriental and African Studies, University of London. She is currently an Assistant Professor of English and Comparative Literature at the School of Arts and Social Sciences, The Open University of Hong Kong. Her research interests are Chinese Feminism, Chinese-Western Comparative Literature, Modern and Contemporary Chinese Literature and Film, as well as Chinese Diasporic Writing and Film.