What Does it Mean to be Human in the Digital Age?

A librarian, literary scholar, museum director and digital
commentator explore how the digital age has shaped, and will
continue to shape, the human experience and the humanities The
TORCH Humanities and the Digital Age series will explore the
relationship between Humanities and the digital. It will consider
digital’s at once disruptive and creative potential, and imagine
future territory to be prospected. Underpinning this is perhaps the
most important question of all: What does it mean to be human in
the digital age? How might it reshape the way we create meaning and
values? In this opening event we bring together a panel of experts
from across the Humanities and the cultural sector to examine how
the digital age has shaped, and will continue to shape, the human
experience and the Humanities. We are joined by Tom Chatfield
(author and broadcaster), Chris Fletcher (Professorial Fellow at
Exeter College, Member of the English Faculty and Keeper of Special
Collections at the Bodleian Library) Diane Lees (Director-General
of Imperial War Museum Group) and Emma Smith (Fellow and Tutor in
English, University of Oxford). The discussion is chaired by Dame
Lynne Brindley (Master, Pembroke College).