Editors’ Summary: In “Making Marx More Readable: A Minimal Computing Approach to a Community-Driven Edition of Capital Vol. 1,” published in Digital Humanities Quarterly, Steven Gotzler and Avery Wiscomb present MARXdown, a minimal digital reading edition of Marx’s Capital Vol. 1, as a retrospective case study in applying minimal computing principles to community-driven DH projects. Developed by Carnegie Mellon graduate students in 2019–20 using lightweight, open-source tools, the collaborative reading environment proved adaptable during the COVID-19 lockdown. The authors argue that framing minimal computing as practical commitments lowers access barriers, demystifies computing labor, and offers replicable models for distributing marginalized or banned texts in underserved communities.
Editors’ Choice: Making Marx More Readable: A Minimal Computing Approach to a Community-Driven Edition of Capital Vol. 1
