What the D does to history. The digital era as new temporal regime?

The digital interferes in multiple ways in our current day practice of history. This article argues that it not only impacts the way we search, store, analyze, and visualize historical sources and how we tell our stories, but the dynamic, real-time, and connected nature of digital research infrastructures and the Internet has a deep influence on how we think about history. As a new temporal regime, the digital age shapes our memory practices and changes the way we imagine and experience the past. By mobilizing the concept of digital hermeneutics, the chapter proposes a conceptual framework that helps to understand the various interferences of the „D“ and to use the critical potential of humanities to deconstruct and contextualize our data-driven present