Technology and the HumanitiesName:Institution:Technological Advancement and the Humanities in the Twenty-First CenturyThe study of the humanities cannot be invoked as a defense of something human in opposition to the technology that supposedly converts us into mere consumers or victims of manipulations against free human freedom. Except for those few who refuse to adapt, those who despise technology as dehumanizing continue to take advantage of the computer, fax and email to communicate better with friends, that is, for their human needs. Humanists use technology for the primary purposes of communicating via email, searching bibliography and indexes, archiving, transmitting, and analyzing primary evidence. The goals and methods of the humanities and those of technology are so different from each other that an objective conflict between them is impossible. For centuries, literature and public discourse have cast technology as indecisive, as both a curse and a cure. It remains tempting to claim that the study of the humanities in the University has undergone a huge sea change in recent decades following the large-scale implementation of digital information processing and retrieval (Berry, 2012). However, this statement can be considered historical, as it is likely to give rise to a set of hypotheses regularly questioned by scholars of humanities who study technology, technological transformation and the production of knowledge. . Without a doubt, technological progress has profoundly helped the study of the humanities. You can see the result of this reconfiguration of knowledge most vividly in the practice of teaching composition....... middle of paper.... .. effective for humanists when it comes to retrieving information. Furthermore, new technological advances take humans beyond the amount of information, to some processes of human intelligence. For example, microprocessing techniques have been used to measure and improve awareness, conceptualization, logic, and verbal communication. ReferencesBerry, D. M. (2012). Understanding digital humanities. Houndmills, Hampshire: Palgrave Macmillan.Katzen, M. (2004). Technology and Humanities: Education and Services in the UK. London: British Library.Niblett, W.R. (2005). The humanities and the threat of technology. New York: Wiley.Rahtz, S. (2007). Computer science in the humanities: tools, methods and functions. Chichester: Horwood.Restivo, S. (2005). Science, technology and society. Oxford [ua: Oxford Univ. Press.Works Cited