[globaloutlookDH-l] Search engine (without) a difference

Dear all,

Humanist subscribers on this list may have seen already my message in reply to the launch of the new EPI Search engine (http://isce-library.net/epi.aspx). Basically, I was discussing the implicit (and undeclared) linguistic bias of this tool, and I gave few examples. As I did not get any reply from ISCE, and the examples were expunged from the Humanist email, I decided to republish my reflection on our blog:

http://infolet.it/2016/04/06/search-engine-without-a-difference/

Hope it will help others to reflect on the profound epistemic and cultural consequences of these instruments.

All the best

Domenico