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A watercolour of a path winding a through woodland with leafy trees standing tall above it with hint of a lake towards the bottom.

Augmented Humanity

Does the Human Enhance the Machine or the Machine Enhance the Human?

Does the Human Enhance the Machine or the Machine Enhance the Human?

This Research Fellowship project explored how digital humanities research can create knowledge that has value for both the humanities and the natural sciences.

The project investigated how the scientific observations contained in Ruskin’s letters written from his home, Brantwood, in the Lake District, can assist modern ecologists in constructing more complete records of the environmental history of Britain. The project also explored how computer machine learning can establish new forms of engagement with The Ruskin Whitehouse Collection.

A letter from John Ruskin to his mother.
John Ruskin, Letter to Margaret Ruskin, 23 August 1867, MSL 1/6/67 © The Ruskin, Lancaster University

Project Lead: Dr Robert Smail, funded through an Arts and Humanities Research Council, Creative Economy Engagement Fellowship