How many digital humanists does it take to change a light bulb?

Q. How many Digital Humanists does it take to change a lightbulb?
A. Two: The first to change the lightbulb using the available, existing technology. The second is to say, You’re only DH if you make the lightbulb yourself!

Q. How many Digital Humanists does it take to change a lightbulb?
A. Yay! Lets Crowdsource!

Q. How many Digital Humanists does it take to change a lightbulb?
A. One. But they must have a PhD in Byzantine Sigillography AND at least four years of XSLT experience before you let them near that bad boy.

Q. How many Digital Humanists does it take to change a lightbulb?
A. As many as you like, no REAL humanities academic will trust that light source.

Q. How many Digital Humanists does it take to change a lightbulb?
A. It depends. Does the lightbulb count as a scholarly primitive?

Q. How many Digital Humanists does it take to change a lightbulb?
A. One. But only if they can include multimedia experience in their tenure portfolio.

Q. How many Digital Humanists does it take to change a lightbulb?
A. These are such IN JOKES; only the COOL KIDS on Twitter will get them. Pout.

(These jokes are from Melissa Terras, who originally came up with them on the DayofDH2011 – re-posting them on the DayofDH2013 then on her blog…well done!.)

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