PUB - Publikationen an der Universität Bielefeld

In recent years, the digital and nondigital humanities have seen an increased need for scholarly hypertext, manifesting in innovative online publishing initiatives. This is mainly due to two reasons: first, the desire to conceptualize and convey multiperspectivity in research, and second, the aim to transparently communicate complex data-driven research. In this paper, I argue that multilinear and multimodal hypertext formats have been underestimated so far but, in fact, offer a more suitable solution for representing complex narratives and argumentations than hypertext networks. While theoretical underpinnings for scholarly hypertext have remained scarce, I substantiate my claim by drawing from non-dualist theory and multimodal research to fill this research gap. Multilinear and multimodal hypertext has the potential to lay open the architecture of our narratives and argumentation. It, therefore, provides an epistemic value and enables richer explorations in both digital humanities and classical humanities research.