Category Archives: Research Methods

Digital Tools for Literary Analysis

Posted on January 1, 2013 by alogemann

There has been quite a bit of conversation of late about textual analysis and topic modeling in literary studies (see here, here, here, and here for a handful of examples). The availability of tools like Voyant and Mallet have made it possible for digital humanists to … Continue reading →

Categories: Data Mining, Metadata, Research Methods, Session: Play, Session: Talk, Text Mining | 1 Comment

Digital Literary Studies

Posted on December 31, 2012 by dawn

What are the DH tools and methods used to study literature? How are these being used and to what end? I’d like to talk with others about the forms that digital literary studies have taken and the underlying methodologies. This … Continue reading →

Categories: Coding, Mapping, Publishing, Research Methods, Scholarly Editions, Session: Make, Session: Talk, Teaching, Text Mining, Visualization | 1 Comment

Juxta

Posted on December 31, 2012 by Christopher Ohge

I would like to propose a session on the Juxta collation software. I understand this is a very good tool for textual editing, but I’m wondering if it can be manipulated for comparing, say, different translations of the Aeneid. Ideally, … Continue reading →

Categories: Publishing, Research Methods, Scholarly Editions, Session Proposals | 2 Comments

The path forward for usable systems for productive academics

Posted on December 29, 2012 by John Murray

There is a gulf between the needs of industry writers and the needs of researchers and academics. One requires very orderly processes of feedback and comments, while the other is a messy connectivism melee of ideas and attribution. I still … Continue reading →

Categories: Collaboration, Copyright, Data Mining, Metadata, Open Access, Project Management, Publishing, Research Methods, Session Proposals, Session: Talk, Social Media | 1 Comment