- The foundations of the humanities have changed fundamentally over the decades due to digitization and networking. Since its emergence, the humanities have collected, preserved, analyzed, interpreted the numerous testimonies of human culture, be it texts, images, music, spoken language, films, objects of everyday culture and much more, and so they are always available to the present posed.
- With the digitization of culture and especially cultural heritage, these certificates are now accessible in digital form, which enables completely new methods of presentation, analysis and interpretation. Networking creates new opportunities for merging data, but also innovative forms of social knowledge work.