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.