Exploring Complementary Overlap in Digital Humanities and Digital Heritage

Are Digital Heritage Studies and Digital Humanities just two sides of the same coin? Both concepts deal with cultural heritage objects, employ digital technologies, often in cross-disciplinary settings, as well as comprise numerous research topics and activities. Despite these communalities, there is not much overlap between related scholarly communities yet. Within this article, we intend to sketch an outline of current research topics, challenges and practices in the field of digital cultural heritage and initiate a fruitful discourse about linking digital humanities and Cultural Heritage Studies.