Digital Humanities incorporate the methods and issues inherited by the human and social sciences, while mobilizing the tools and perspectives opened by digital technology. From this general conception, the paper presents a panoramic glance of some of the Digital Humanities initiatives in Brazil, pointing to their potential for development. It highlights certain guiding principles for the area, in addition to relating important challenges and opportunities for the establishment of the field in the country. In support of the analysis, the article reports on the experience of the I International Congress on Digital HumanitiesI, held in Rio de Janeiro, in April 2018.
Ribeiro et al. (Fri,) studied this question.