A Collection Studies Approach to Historic Academic Libraries
Peterson, Mark Edwin
George Mason University, United States of America
Statistical analysis of the collection catalogs from Bowdoin College in 1821, 1859, and 1863 as an example of collection studies.
Mark Edwin Peterson Paper Abstract for 2024
While the study of libraries of text has advanced substantially in the past few decades, especially with use of text mining tools and data visualization software, scholarship on library catalogs themselves has rarely used statistics or data analysis to say anything about the construction of library collections. This paper presents a detailed study of the historic collections of Bowdoin College in the nineteenth century found in several printed catalogs. The goal is to show an example of how to approach this material as an archival record of the holdings of the college with snapshots that show the growth of the collection over the important years when the school grew to be a significant cultural force in American society.
Collection studies looks at the cultural forces that went into creating library collections, but also, more importantly, the impact that the shape of collections has on the research, teaching, and ideas of the people who use those libraries. It is a form of examining the scholastic networks in a way but, through the agency of books as carriers of knowledge and culture. For example, it has been possible to identify efforts to define the nation in historic scholarship, as well as to develop academic justifications for white supremacy, colonialism, and capitalism in higher education in the United States. It should be possible to identify similar trends in the collections that college librarians developed, and even to track the ways that such ideas were carried around the country. Books could have a great impact on the intellectual life of many people, but a major factor in that influence is the decision to put certain books on library shelves, especially when they were used by a community of scholars.
The study will involve turning the text files for these catalogs available at the HathiTrust into a database of the titles for an analysis of authors, subjects, and publication dates of the books in the Bowdoin Library. It will show the topics that were favored and changes over time, as well as information of preferred formats and languages. Future projects will be able to link the books in the library to the work done by scholars and students at Bowdoin, showing the most influential and long-appreciated texts. This study stresses that this approach of studying the nature of the books before even considering the bodies of text involved can show significant patterns in how researchers use sources and how librarians build bodies of knowledge for them.
Data sharing in digital humanities: how far have we come? The experience of the Journal of Open Humanities Data
McGillivray, Barbara (1); Farina, Andrea (1); Edmond, Jennifer (2); Lindquist, Thea (3); Mahony, Simon (4); Marongiu, Paola (9); Sorensen, Amanda H. (5); Van Hyning, Victoria (5); van Zaanen, Menno (6); Jung, Youngim (7); Wigdorowitz, Mandy (8)
1: King's College London, United Kingdom; 2: Trinity College Dublin; 3: University of Colorado Boulder; 4: University College London; 5: University of Maryland; 6: South African Centre for Digital Language Resources; 7: Korea Institute of Science and Technology Information; 8: University of Cambridge; 9: University of Neuchatel
HTML XMLWe present the Journal of Open Humanities Data, the interdisciplinary data journal dedicated to humanities datasets. We cover its role as catalyst for data sharing in DH and discuss its growth in fostering transparent, open-access research and shaping the discourse on data-driven methodologies. We conclude with the journal’s future strategy.
Connect, co-create, and empower: A multicultural citizen digital platform project in Kista Sweden
Huang, LingYi
Independent researcher, Sweden
The project “Kista College of Digital Humanities” is a platform which offers hybrid activities and courses mixed in-person and remote participations. The aim is to cultivate the children between 3 to 15 years old to understand their traditional cultures and empower them with digital media and technology literacy
World Scripts Explorer : one stop to explore, learn and experience any graphical information system
Simha, Vyshantha; Eide, Øyvind
Universität zu Köln, Germany
HTML XMLA tool that nurtures experience of writing in non-Latin scripts with non-standard keyboards through self-exploration of building ones own scribe instrument.
Beyond the Walled Gardens: Reinventing the Digital Research Landscape with the Princeton Prosody Archive
Naydan, Mary; Koeser, Rebecca Sutton; Martin, Meredith
Princeton University, United States of America
HTML XMLThe Princeton Prosody Archive offers a rich case study showing how it is possible – but difficult – to break out of the “walled gardens” that comprise today’s digital research landscape. Our poster presentation will illuminate the roadblocks we faced along the way to developing this innovative digital research infrastructure.
Construction of a Corpus of the Jesuit Mission Press <em>“Qincuxǔ” </em>(1593)
KUROKAWA, Mari (1,2); KATAYAMA, Kurumi (1); OGISO, Toshinobu (1)
1: National Institute for Japanese Language and Linguistics, Japan; 2: Japan Society for the Promotion of Science
HTML XMLJesuit Mission Press "Xixo, xixxo nadono vchiyori nuqi idaxi, qincuxǔto nasu mono nari. Vôcata soresoreni chǔsuru mono nari." (1593, hereinafter "Qincuxǔ") is a compilation of golden sayings derived from Classical Chinese works of literature (Xixo, xixxo).We constructed a corpus of "Qincuxǔ."
Sentiment Analysis and Computer-assisted Criticism: Revelation of War-Effacing Strategies in Mollie Panter-Downes’ Short Stories
Suslov, Artem
Hokkaido University, Japan
HTML XMLThis paper highlights the results of the study of Mollie Panter-Downes’ (1906-1997) WWII short stories, focusing on the usage of NER and sentiment analysis (SA) in identifying major strategies employed by Panter-Downes in the construction of her fictional world, where she creates a narrative refuge from negative war consequences.
Deep Learning for the Identification of Ex-libris Stamps (Zoshoin) in Old Japanese Books
Gentilini, Irene (1,2); Kitamoto, Asanobu (2)
1: Alma Mater Studiorum Università di Bologna, Italy; 2: National Institute of Informatics, Japan
HTML XMLEx-libris stamps in old Japanese books give relevant information about the book. Identifying them is an essential, yet challenging, task in librarians’ cataloguing process. Our research aims to develop a system to retrieve the most similar stamps to a query using computer vision and deep learning techniques, thereby aiding librarians.
GoTriple – discovery service for multilingualism and bibliodiversity
Rosiński, Cezary (1); Umerle, Tomasz (1); De Santis, Luca (2)
1: The Institute of Literary Research of the Polish Academy of Sciences (IBL PAN); 2: Net7
GoTriple is a comprehensive, multilingual, and user-friendly discovery platform, catering specifically to the needs of the social sciences and humanities. The service can be found at https://www.gotriple.eu/. It facilitates easier access to a wide range of SSH resources (publications, projects, authors, and researcher profiles), promoting collaboration and research.
Tsinghua University Digital Humanities Team: An Organic and Sustainable Model for DH Teams
XIAO, SHUANG (1); LIU, SHI (2); LI, FEIYUE (2)
1: University College Cork, Ireland; 2: Tsinghua University, China
HTML XMLThis poster will use visualization to display the formation of the Tsinghua Digital Humanities team and its sustainable team model, which exemplifies the close interaction and symbiotic relationship between research projects, education, and publication.
Supporting Latin American and Caribbean Digital Humanities through Cross-Institutional Collaborations
Jerome, Melissa; Huet, Hélène; Tew, Sarah
University of Florida, United States of America
HTML XMLThe poster will discuss support provided for Latin American and Caribbean Digital Humanities through cross-institutional collaborations at both regional and international levels. It will present information and analysis on two symposia and a webinar series focused on Latin American and Caribbean DH, including lessons learned and future development.
Traceability, Reliability, Interpretability: a Data Storytelling Model for Archives Documentary Heritage Based on Evidence-Based Thinking
Li, Anrunze; Niu, Li; Jin, Chi
RENMIN UNIVERSITY of CHINA, China, People's Republic of
HTML XMLTo bridge the gap between data and data stories and to narrate high-quality cultural stories, we propose the incorporation of evidence-based thinking to optimize the archives documentary heritage data storytelling model. It follows the rule of deducing evidence chains and reconstructing real events by tracing clues.
Digital Justice as Process and Outcome: Intentional Grantmaking at ACLS
Nurse, Keyanah
American Council of Learned Societies, United States of America
HTML XMLThis poster presentation will detail the ethos and method behind the programmatic design of the ACLS Digital Justice Grant Program, which funds start-up and established digital humanities projects that critically engage with the interests and histories of historically marginalized communities through the ethical use of digital tools and methods.
El uso de repositorios digitales para saberes tradicionales: <em>el caso Mixe en México</em>
Meixueiro Trejo, Federico (1); Galina Russell, Isabel (2)
1: Centro de Investigación y de Estudios Avanzados, IPN, México; 2: Instituto de Investigaciones Bibliográficas, UNAM, México
Se presentan los resultado de un trabajo que evaluó el empleo de un recurso digital para objetos patrimoniales como elemento de inclusión digital, diseñado según la forma en que se organiza y transmite el conocimiento de una comunidad etnolingüística, distina al español a través de un caso de estudio.
Using kiara to Improve Research Transparency and Support Digital Literacy in Historical Research
Coetzee, Lauren; Schmid, Eliane; Cerra, Luca Federico
University of Luxembourg, Luxembourg
This poster introduces kiara, an innovative data-orchestration tool developed by DHARPA (Digital History Advanced Research Accelerator project). Kiara enhances research transparency in digital history, facilitates dataset importation, tracking, and critical reflection, while supporting various research methodologies. The tool's practical benefits are showcased through three case studies linked to the authors’ three doctoral research projects.
I Called to Her and She Answered Me: A Study on the Intersections of Technology, Spirituality, and Feminism
Naeymirad, Meina (2); Weidner, Erica (2); Evergreen, Gabriella (2); Berger, Claudia (1,2)
1: Sarah Lawrence College, United States of America; 2: Pratt Institute, United States of America
I Called to Her and She Answered Me was created for Pratt’s School of Information’s Advanced Projects in DH course, examining the role of women in spirituality and technology to reframe and reclaim how we perceive the history of cultural and technological movements, and how they have shaped the present.
What's new in Stylo?
Delannay, Roch; Fauchié, Antoine; Vitali-Rosati, Marcello
Université de Montréal, Canada
Stylo is a semantic text editor for scientific publishing in the humanities and social sciences. Our poster proposal is in line with the "reinvention" theme of the DH2024 conference: we show how Stylo meets the needs of scholarly writing in a digital context by presenting new functionalities.
Closing the gap: a user-centered approach to developing text analysis pedagogy
Chen, Zhuo; Cope, Grace
Constellate/ITHAKA
HTML XMLTo close the pedagogical gap between learning text analysis concepts and performing analyses with code, Constellate is developing a suite of “pre-code” tutorials to familiarize users with text and data analysis concepts. We will demonstrate this prototype and review the design approach to its development.
A Stylometric Analysis: Exploring the Translationality of Modern Chinese Adventure Fiction
Li, Xuezhao
The Ohio State University, United States of America
This study explores the translationality of modern Chinese adventure fiction (1898-1919) by using PCA to investigate the stylistic “distances” between translated Western adventure fiction, local Chinese adventure fiction, and indigenous Chinese martial arts fiction, and discusses to what extent modern Chinese adventure fiction hybridized Western influences and local literary tradition.
How Can the Digital Humanities Community Address the Climate Crisis?
Spiro, Lisa
Rice University, United States of America
HTML XMLThis poster will nurture discussion about the digital humanities community’s responsibilities to address the climate crisis and the possibilities for reinvention in so doing. It will synthesize work about DH and the climate crisis and pose questions to elicit audience responses, which will be shared through post-it notes and conversation.
INDXR: a system for structured annotation and indexation of images
Myrda, Grzegorz; Fronczak, Maria
Institute of History, Polish Academy of Sciences
HTML XMLWe present a system for annotating image contents with text and with structured data, allowing for easy indexation of images. Originally conceived for historical manuscripts and based on GIS technologies, INDXR can be used for annotating both images and maps. It also allows for publication of annotated and indexed sources.
Mapping the Journeys of Australian World War I Soldiers using Named Entity Recognition
Dennis-Henderson, Ashley Grace; Roughan, Matthew; Tuke, Jonathan
The University of Adelaide, Australia
HTML XMLThis work aims to map the individual journeys of Australian soldiers in World War I by considering their war diaries. Initially, named entity recognition is used to extract locations from the diaries. After cleaning and geocoding these locations, they can be mapped over time using the dates within the diaries.
Constructing a Database of Cultural Property Restoration Records
Tarashima, Satoshi (1); Katakura, Shumpei (2); Emura, Tomoko (1); Tateishi, Toru (3); Yasuhara, Daiki (4)
1: Tokyo National Research Institute for Cultural Properties; 2: Tohoku University; 3: The Museum of the Imperial Collections, Sannomaru Shozokan; 4: The University of Tokyo
HTML XMLIn order to organize the restoration records of cultural properties as a digital archive, we investigated past repair histories from official publications and documents and combined them with original documents to create a database. We intend to search for and digitize the scattered actual documents related to cultural property restoration.
Crafting Twist Ending: A Human-AI Collaborative Writing Tool for Short Stories
Bae, Byung-Chull (1); Lee, Jae-Yon (2); Park, Seyoung (3); Cheong, Yun-Gyung (4)
1: Hongik University, Sejong, South Korea; 2: Ulsan National Institute of Science and Technology, Ulsan, South Korea; 3: NCSoft, Seongnam, South Korea; 4: Sungkyunkwan University, Suwon, South Korea
HTML XMLThis paper presents our ongoing effort to develop a language model-based human-AI collaborative writing tool for short stories. We mainly focus on writing flash fiction with surprise or twist endings and concentrate on a language model's fine-tuning for generating more interesting short stories with narrative features.
Characterization of Player's Interpretations in Classical Keyboard Works Based on Local Structural Analysis of Performance
Kobayashi, Michikazu (1); Takahashi, Mai (2,3); Ohmukai, Ikki (4)
1: Kochi University of Technology, Japan; 2: Kyoto University, Japan; 3: PTNA Research Institute of Music, Japan; 4: University of Tokyo, Japan
We propose to use dendrograms for visualizing interpretations by players in classical musics. Characterization of recordings have been done by beat intervals, beat volumes, and spectrogram. Based on the correlation coefficients for three quantities between different recordings, we finally obtain dendrograms classifying different playing styles with hierarchical clusters.
Behold, the Glorphidian! Reimagining the magic lantern show through generative AI
Ton, Mary Borgo
University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign, United States of America
This poster describes a creative reinterpretation of a Victorian magic lantern show that incorporates images and narration co-created with artificial intelligence. Theaudio-visual nature of the lantern show exposes the implicit biases of AI while also celebrating the creative potential when AI is used critically and responsibly.
Radio Telescope Data Sonification as Rhetorical Practice with GNU Radio and Python
Wintermeier, Trent
University of Texas at Austin, United States of America
This poster examines the process and practice of building a radio telescope to sonify data collected on the hydrogen line to consider how the persuasive elements of data impact humanistic inquiry. I detail the construction of a telescope that uses GNU Radio and Python to collect, analyze, and map data.
Through the Labyrinth of Language: “Political Depression” and Public Psychology in China under the COVID-19 Pandemic
Liu, Qilin
University of British Columbia, Canada
PDFThis study delves into the phenomenon of “political depression” on Chinese social media amid COVID-19. Analyzing Weibo data, it unveils semantic associations, topics, sentiments, and somatic symptoms. The research underscores the concept’s adaptation to China’s socio-political context and the pandemic, showcasing humanities computing’s potential in social psychology and sociology.
Unveiling Balanchine: An Exploration of Choreography, Legacy, and Perception Through Text Analysis
Teykl, Katharine Emily
University of Wyoming, United States of America
HTML XMLThis poster highlights the early stages in analyzing literature on George Balanchine and his ballet technique. Employing an interdisciplinary approach with text analysis techniques, the project aims to reveal hidden patterns and collaborations between Balanchine, his dancers, and composers.
Comparative metadata for popular theater in Alsatian, German and French
Ruiz Fabo, Pablo; Boisnard, Fanny; Schneider, Alexia
Université de Strasbourg, France
Working with popular theater subgenres in Alsatian, German and French (1800-1929), we annotate the dramatis personæ with character gender and socioprofessional class, the plays' time and location, bibliographic metadata and genre. The dataset helps compare the traditions and adds variety to Computational Literary Studies given its focus on lesser-studied subgenres.
From “Can’t…” to “Cancún”: Fine-tuning spaCy’s Spanish-Language Transformer Model for Better and More User-Friendly Named Entity Recognition
Parulian, Nikolaus Nova; Dubnicek, Ryan; Griebel, Sarah; Layne-Worthey, Glen; Downie, J. Stephen
University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign, United States of America
HTML XMLIn response, aligning with DH2024's theme of "Reinvention & Responsibility," we reinvented the language transformer learning pipeline. We developed a reusable, open-source pipeline for fine-tuning a custom spaCy transformer NER model, leveraging insights from diverse Spanish NER tasks. This customized model, integrated with spaCy, enhances NER capabilities for Spanish-language materials.
Network Analysis of <em>Vsesvit</em>: Unveiling Global Literary Interconnections
Korotkov, Georgii; Korotkova, Valeriia
Stanford University, United States of America
The proposed poster delves into Vsesvit's global literary impact through network analysis. Utilizing a curated dataset, it uncovers publication patterns, contributor networks, and the journal's role in Ukrainian literature. Integrated methodologies from book history, data visualization, and computational analysis promise nuanced insights into Vsesvit's extensive global influence and connections.
Historical life writing as a window into contemporary well-being
Moody, Suzanne Alayne
Flinders University, South Australia
This poster presents the preliminary results of research using sentiment analysis, topic modeling, named entity recognition and Bayesian regression analysis to examine whether one of today's most prominent models of human well-being -- "subjective well-being" -- is reflected in nineteenth century letters and diaries.
Manifold: Hybrid and Interactive Digital Publishing
Gold, Matthew; Miller, Robin; Liu, Cen; McCreight, Maura
CUNY Graduate Center, United States of America
This poster describes several use cases for Manifold, an open-source digital publishing platform co-created by the University of Minnesota Press, CUNY Graduate Center, and Cast-Iron Coding. We will present examples of digital monographs, pedagogical materials, and open educational resources.
Metadata Desiderata for Literary Corpora: A survey for starting a conversation between literary studies, libraries and research data repositories
Calvo Tello, José (1); Rißler-Pipka, Nanette (2); Chambers, Sally (3); Genêt, Philippe (4); Helling, Patrick (5)
1: Göttingen State and University Library; 2: Max Weber Foundation - German Humanities Institutes Abroad; 3: Ghent Centre for Digital Humanities (Ghent University), Royal Library of Belgium, DARIAH-EU; 4: German National Library; 5: University of Cologne
PDFThe proposal discusses the results of a survey on the categories that literary scholars find most important when composing literary corpora or collections. The survey was carried out by several European projects strongly linked to literary studies and research infrastructures.
Crafting "Slow Data"
McGartland, Natalie
University of Maryland
This short presentation outlines approaches to teaching critical data literacy in a humanities context. Using methods from critical making, textile arts, and experimental humanities, I argue for a "slow" approach to data collection and visualization, taking Lupi and Posavec's "Dear Data" (2016) as a starting point.
Efficient, uniform and scalable parallel NLP pre-processing with DUUI: Perspectives and Best Practice for the Digital Humanities
Abrami, Giuseppe; Mehler, Alexander
Goethe University Frankfurt, Germany
We present a novel, distributed approach for the unified application of Natural Language Processing methods using microservices such as Docker as a microservice and UIMA as its annotation format, the so-called Docker Unified UIMA Interface (DUUI). We will explain how lightweight DUUI can be utilized and its potential for the digital humanities.
Exploring Fictional Critique and Literary Evaluations
Gittel, Benjamin (1); Bei der Wieden, Gesa (2)
1: Trier University, Germany; 2: Göttingen University, Germany
HTML XMLOur contribution aims at relating on the one hand ascriptions of fictional critique (like social critique, critique of contemporary affairs or cultural critique) by literary critics and on the other hand textual correlates of such “fictional critique”, especially literary evaluations.
Discovering Pan-ecologicalness: A Data-driven Exploration of Ecological Discourse Transformation in 20th Century US Novel Corpus
Kang, Jiying (1); Zhao, Wei (2); Han, Yufeng (1)
1: Tsinghua University, China; 2: Chinese Academy of Social Sciences, China
HTML XMLThis study applies computational criticism to measure the ecologicalness of novels via a formula, which visualizes the transformation of ecological discourse in 20th century US novel corpus. The results reveal that an ecological literary pattern on lexical level, defined as “Pan-ecologicalness”, is shared among ecofiction and its affinitive subgenres.
ALGORITHM OF IDENTIFICATION OF AN INTERMODAL ALLUSION IN A TEXT
Maslova, Maryna
Zaporizhzhia National University, Ukraine
HTML XMLThe submission offers an algorithm of detecting an intermodal allusion in the text. A brief summary of the current state of affairs in the sphere of applying digital tools to interpreting rhetorical figures is provided.
Responsible and Sustainable Editing: A Lifecycle for Digital Editions of Historical Travelogues (DEHisRe)
Balck, Sandra; Ananieva, Anna; Möhrke, Jacob
Leibniz Institute for East and Southeast European Studies (IOS Regensburg), Germany
HTML XMLThis poster focuses on responsible resource management in Digital Humanities by outlining objectives for sustainable action in digital scholarly editions trough a case study, including a) efficient use of available development resources and infrastructure; b) consistent pursuit of code efficiency using open standards; c) transparent documentation for data reusability.
Agile Archiving: Applying Digital Asset Management Strategies to DH
Petersen, Andy
ESRI, United States of America
This proposal explores the presenter’s experiences developing and implementing an asset lifecycle plan and associated data retention schedule in the private tech sector. Examining this process' successes and shortcomings, the presenter will connect these take-aways to born-digital DH archiving projects, providing attendees with effective strategies to manage their digital content.
Sea, coastal, and land expropriation underlying Singapore's neo-colonial land ‘reclamation’
Lim, Jerald (1); Clark, Brett (1); Lua, Nicholas (2)
1: University of Utah, United States of America; 2: Nanyang Technological University, Singapore
Through integrating geographical, historical, ecocritical, and sociological methods, we illuminate the slow violence that Singapore has inflicted on neighboring and its own populations through its practice of land 'reclamation', via feedback loops of environmental degradation, carbon emissions contributions, destruction of sustenance livelihoods, and the facilitation of precarious migrant labor.
Localizing Ancient Greek Grammar and Annotations with Didakta
Shamsian, Farnoosh (1); Crane, Gregory (2); Rahimi, Farshid (3); Ferreira, Anise D'Orange (4)
1: University of Leipzig; 2: Tufts University; 3: Allameh Tabataba'i University; 4: São Paulo State University
HTML XMLThe paper discusses "Didakta Grammar for Annotation," a modular grammar resource for Ancient Greek, designed to be adaptable for various languages. Didakta aims to explain complexities of Greek grammar without prior language knowledge assumptions and is currently available in English and Persian, with ongoing translations into other languages.
Capturing rich material behavior for remote scholarly viewing
Wendell, Augustus (1); Johnson, Justin (2); Johnson, Amber (3)
1: Duke University, United States of America; 2: North Carolina State University, United States of America; 3: Wake Tech Community College, United States of America
Digital capture methods allow physical objects to be distributed for research but sacrifice material reflectivity due to their underlying algorithms. This paper outlines a method employing cross polarization to capture both spatial form and material surface reflectance. The digital model outcome retains material finish reflectance for robust digital artifact scholarship.
Gesture Classification in Artworks Using Contextual Image Features
Hussian, Azhar; Zinnen, Mathias; Tran, Thi My Hang; Maier, Andreas; Christlein, Vincent
Pattern Recognition Lab, Friedrich-Alexander-Universität, Erlangen, Germany
Smell gestures can provide a valuable gateway to the history of olfaction. We show that combining local features with global image context improves classification accuracy by a notable margin.
Redefined and Reinforced: Emulation Framework for Archaeological Virtual Reconstructions
Papageorgiou, Panagiotis; Stevens, Brett; Bailey-Ross, Claire; Teba, Tarek
University of Portsmouth, United Kingdom
HTML XMLThis paper redefines (Renderability, Original Form, 3D oBJECT Relationships, Views of the 3D Model) and augments with additional categories (Chain of Custody, Preservation Metadata, Virtual Reconstruction Paradata) previous evaluation checklists for archaeological virtual reconstructions based on their non-supported aspects.
Treasures on an island: Challenges for integrating volunteer and AI-enriched metadata into GLAM systems
Blickhan, Samantha (1); Ferriter, Meghan (2); Ridge, Mia (3)
1: The Adler Planetarium, United States of America; 2: US Technology Modernization Fund, United States of America; 3: British Library, United Kingdom
Ingesting crowdsourced data appropriately and responsibly into GLAM management and discovery platforms was previously difficult; early projects using machine learning / AI methods to enhance or create data faced similar issues. We present original research from a survey of projects currently seeking to integrate enriched data with GLAM systems.
The State Web in Argentina. Brief reflection on the work with web archives
Calomarde, Emiliano Andrés
Consejo Nacional de Investigaciones Científicas y Técnicas, Argentine Republic
In this presentation we propose to reflect on the scope of the historical study with web archives. The reflections stem from a doctoral thesis in progress that addresses the history of the web in Argentina, in particular the construction of a "state web sphere".
Appropriation of historical memory: heritage collections and the Digital Humanities
Peña-Pimentel, Miriam
National Autonomous University of Mexico, Mexico
This proposal explores challenges in remediating patrimonial documents beyond digitization, emphasizing identity preservation during migration. Centered on telegrams from the Francisco I. Madero Collection, it aims to create a communication network, offering insights into the Mexican Revolution. Integrating digital humanities methodologies, it advocates for a decolonial perspective in heritage preservation.
Tracing Trauma in Migration Narratives: A Middle Reading Approach
Aledavood, Parham
Université de Montréal, Canada
HTML XMLThis study employs a mixed-methods approach combining distant and close reading to explore trauma in migration narratives. By integrating computational narratology with traditional literary analysis, the research aims to ethically examine emotional arcs and narrative patterns within novels featuring migrants’ journeys through refugee camps and explore multifaceted representations of trauma.
Long Live Digital Humanities Software: Towards Reproducibility, Archiving, and Sustainability
Tagliaferri, Lisa
Chainguard
There are not many adequate solutions to support the longevity of digital humanities projects. In this presentation, I propose a three-pronged approach leveraging documentation, Git source code repositories, and software containers to lengthen the lifespan of digital humanities projects, so that they may be accessed, reproduced, and sustainably archived.
Reinvention, Responsibility & Resurrection: how to future-proof an edition
Turska, Magdalena; Meier, Wolfgang
e-editiones
We find ourselves frequently called in to resurrect a project in danger of extinction. We will discuss experiences and solutions for such a reconstruction/reinvention process which led to creation of a future-proof open publication model based on standards, already implemented in many projects, including Swiss national infrastructure Sources Online.
Development of comparison support tools for historical maps using IIIF
Nakamura, Satoru; Kuroshima, Satoru; Hatayama, Shuhei; Yamada, Taizo
The University of Tokyo, Japan
HTML XMLThis study describes tools developed to support the comparison and analysis of historical maps. Specifically, leveraging IIIF, we developed viewers with an image rotation function at any angle, a side-by-side display feature for historical maps, and a feature to assist in the comparison of multiple maps.
Connects and structures co-created learning materials and various information with diverse digital cultural heritage for children’s learning
Oi, Masao (1,2); Nakamura, Satoru (2); Ohmukai, Ikki (2); Watanave, Hidenori (2)
1: National Institutes for the Humanities（National Museum of Japanese History）, Japan; 2: The University of Tokyo, Japan
HTML XMLThe purpose of this study is to connect and structure learning materials and various information with diverse digital cultural heritage for children’s learning. To this end, We developed LOD (RDF) dataset and SPARQL endpoints using learning materials dataset co-created by diverse actors converting cultural heritage into learning scenarios.
Distant Viewing the Roman de la Rose: Reinventing a Digital Humanities Project
Mapes, Kristen
Michigan State University, United States of America
Digital humanities projects benefit from sharing their underlying data because doing so creates opportunities for new research. The Roman de la Rose Digital Library (RDL) is such a project, and this poster will show the results of applying computer vision to the manuscript corpus and comparing it with human-created metadata.
Introducing AmDraCor: A Digital Resource for the Study of American Drama
Skorinkin, Daniil (1); Giovannini, Luca (1,2); Mischke, Dennis (3); Börner, Ingo (1); Fischer, Frank (3); Milling, Carsten (1); Trilcke, Peer (1)
1: Universität Potsdam, Germany; 2: Università di Padova, Italy; 3: Freie Universität Berlin, Germany
HTML XMLIn this contribution, we introduce the American Drama Corpus (AmDraCor), the latest addition to the Drama Corpora (DraCor) collections, including TEI-encoded American plays from the 18th to the early 20th century. A brief showcase of the potential of AmDraCor for digital American Studies is attached.