The most interesting part of chapter one of Debates in the Digital Humanities was reading the descriptions of what is and what is not included in the digital humanities, as Lisa Spiro puts it, “Members of the DH community have been debating what counts as digital humanities and what does not, who is in and who is out, and whether DH is about making or theorizing, computation or communication, practice or politics.” These discussions helped me to better understand the discipline and how it is interpreted. Ideals such as openness, collaboration, access and the humanities of course are essential to the field. I’m personally very excited to learn more about the digital humanities and how it has and will influence the way we learn and teach.