ABSTRACT
This chapter shows some of the practices engineers use when they are confronted with completely new situations, such as when they enter an emerging field where methods and paradigms are not yet stabilised. This is the case for engineers and computer scientists who engage with human and social sciences to imagine, design, develop and implement digital humanities (DH) using specific hardware, software and infrastructure. Observing engineers in such a situation helps to shed light on their practices whenever they are confronted with new fields and new interlocutors.
