scholarly journals The visual side of digital humanities: a survey on topics, researchers, and epistemic cultures

2019 ◽  
Vol 35 (2) ◽  
pp. 366-389 ◽  
Author(s):  
Sander Münster ◽  
Melissa Terras
Keyword(s):  
Cultural Heritage ◽  
Digital Humanities ◽  
Visual Analysis ◽  
Architectural History ◽  
Research Topics ◽  
Textual Information ◽  
Research Questions ◽  
Epistemic Cultures ◽  
Visualization Techniques

Abstract Although the digital humanities have traditionally been conceived as a text-based discipline, both digital visualization techniques as well as visual analysis are increasingly used for research in various humanities disciplines. Since there are several overlaps in epistemic cultures of visually oriented and digitally supported research in art and architectural history studies, museology, and archaeology, as well as cultural heritage, we introduce ‘visual digital humanities’ as novel ‘umbrella’ term to cover research approaches in the digital humanities that are dependent on both consuming and producing pictorial, rather than textual, information to answer their humanities research questions. This article aims to determine this particular field of research in terms of (1) research topics, (2) disciplinary standards, and (3) a scholarly culture as well as (4) researchers’ habits and backgrounds. This study is intended to highlight a scope of phenomena and aspects of relevance. Information is gathered by interviews with researchers at London universities and workshops held in Germany and Sweden.

scholarly journals ShakerVis: Visual analysis of segment variation of German translations of Shakespeare’s Othello

2013 ◽  
Vol 14 (4) ◽  
pp. 273-288 ◽  
Author(s):  
Zhao Geng ◽  
Tom Cheesman ◽  
Robert S. Laramee ◽  
Kevin Flanagan ◽  
Stephan Thiel
Keyword(s):  
William Shakespeare ◽  
Cultural Heritage ◽  
Digital Humanities ◽  
Visual Analysis ◽  
Cross Cultural ◽  
Visualization System ◽  
Domain Experts ◽  
Arts And Humanities ◽  
World Cultural Heritage ◽  
Cultural Interest

William Shakespeare is one of the world’s greatest writers. His plays have been translated into every major living language. In some languages, his plays have been retranslated many times. These translations and retranslations have evolved for about 250 years. Studying variations in translations of world cultural heritage texts is of cross-cultural interest for arts and humanities researchers. The variations between retranslations are due to numerous factors, including the differing purposes of translations, genetic relations, cultural and intercultural influences, rivalry between translators and their varying competence. A team of Digital Humanities researchers has collected an experimental corpus of 55 different German retranslations of Shakespeare’s play, Othello. The retranslations date between 1766 and 2010. A sub-corpus of 32 retranslations has been prepared as a digital parallel corpus. We would like to develop methods of exploring patterns in variation between different translations. In this article, we develop an interactive focus + context visualization system to present, analyse and explore variation at the level of user-defined segments. From our visualization, we are able to obtain an overview of the relationships of similarity between parallel segments in different versions. We can uncover clusters and outliers at various scales, and a linked focus view allows us to further explore the textual details behind these findings. The domain experts who are studying this topic evaluate our visualizations, and we report their feedback. Our system helps them better understand the relationships between different German retranslations of Othello and derive some insight.

scholarly journals Interactive Visual Analysis of Translations

2021 ◽  
Author(s):  
◽  
Mohammad S. Alharbi
Keyword(s):  
Digital Humanities ◽  
Visual Analysis ◽  
Lessons Learned ◽  
Domain Expert ◽  
Text Visualization ◽  
Arts And Humanities ◽  
Automatic Alignment ◽  
Interactive Visual Analysis ◽  
Visualization Techniques ◽  
Future Work

This thesis is the result of a collaboration with the College of Arts and Humanities at Swansea University. The goal of this collaboration is to design novel visualization techniques to enable digital humanities scholars to explore and analyze parallel translations. To this end, chapter 2 introduces the first survey of surveys on text visualization which reviews all of the surveys and state-of-the-art reports on text visualization techniques, classifies them, provides recommendations, and discusses reported challenges.Following this, we present three visual interactive designs that support the typical digital humanities scholars workflow. In Chapter 4, we present VNLP, a visual, interactive design that enables users to explicitly observe the NLP pipeline processes and update the parameters at each processing stage. Chapter 5 presents AlignVis, a visual tool that provides a semi-automatic alignment framework to build a correspondence between multiple translations. It presents the results of using text similarity measurements and enables the user to create, verify, and edit alignments using a novel visual interface. Chapter 6 introduce TransVis, a novel visual design that supports comparison of multiple parallel translations. It incorporates customized mechanisms for rapid and interactive filtering and selection of a large number of German translations of Shakespeare’s Othello. All of the visual designs are evaluated using examples, detailed observations, case studies, and/or domain expert feedback from a specialist in modern and contemporary German literature and culture.Chapter 7 reports our collaborative experience and proposes a methodological workflow to guide such interdisciplinary research projects. This chapter also includes a summary of outcomes and lessons learned from our collaboration with the domain expert. Finally, Chapter 8 presents a summary of the thesis and future work directions.

scholarly journals DIGITAL CULTURAL HERITAGE MEETS DIGITAL HUMANITIES

2019 ◽  
Vol XLII-2/W15 ◽  
pp. 813-820 ◽  
Author(s):  
S. Münster ◽  
F. I. Apollonio ◽  
P. Bell ◽  
P. Kuroczynski ◽  
I. Di Lenardo ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Cultural Heritage ◽  
Digital Humanities ◽  
Point Of View ◽  
Research Topics ◽  
Digital Cultural Heritage ◽  
Two Sides

<p><strong>Abstract.</strong> Digital Cultural Heritage and Digital Humanities are, historically seen, in focus of different communities as well as approaching different research topics and - from an organizational point of view - departments. However, are they that different? The idea of this joint article involving digital humanists and heritage researchers is to examine communities, concepts and research applications as well as shared challenges. Beyond a collection of problem-centred essays this is intended to initiate a fruitful discussion about commonalities and differences between both scholarly fields as well as to assess to which extent they are two sides of the same medal.</p>

scholarly journals Technology-Powered Strategies to Rethink the Pedagogy of History and Cultural Heritage through Symmetries and Narratives

Symmetry ◽  
2019 ◽  
Vol 11 (3) ◽  
pp. 367 ◽  
Author(s):  
Martín López-Nores ◽  
Omar Bravo-Quezada ◽  
Maddalena Bassani ◽  
Angeliki Antoniou ◽  
Ioanna Lykourentzou ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Deep Learning ◽  
Semantic Web ◽  
Cultural Heritage ◽  
Digital Humanities ◽  
Teaching And Learning ◽  
Computational Analysis ◽  
Learning Technologies ◽  
Cross Border ◽  
New Information ◽  
New Strategies

Recent advances in semantic web and deep learning technologies enable new means for the computational analysis of vast amounts of information from the field of digital humanities. We discuss how some of the techniques can be used to identify historical and cultural symmetries between different characters, locations, events or venues, and how these can be harnessed to develop new strategies to promote intercultural and cross-border aspects that support the teaching and learning of history and heritage. The strategies have been put to the test in the context of the European project CrossCult, revealing enormous potential to encourage curiosity to discover new information and increase retention of learned information.

TV-MV Analytics: A visual analytics framework to explore time-varying multivariate data

2019 ◽  
Vol 19 (1) ◽  
pp. 3-23
Author(s):  
Aurea Soriano-Vargas ◽  
Bernd Hamann ◽  
Maria Cristina F de Oliveira
Keyword(s):  
Visual Analytics ◽  
Visual Analysis ◽  
Multivariate Data ◽  
Visual Exploration ◽  
Data Sets ◽  
Time Varying ◽  
Domain Experts ◽  
Data Mining Algorithms ◽  
Temporal Relationships ◽  
Visualization Techniques

We present an integrated interactive framework for the visual analysis of time-varying multivariate data sets. As part of our research, we performed in-depth studies concerning the applicability of visualization techniques to obtain valuable insights. We consolidated the considered analysis and visualization methods in one framework, called TV-MV Analytics. TV-MV Analytics effectively combines visualization and data mining algorithms providing the following capabilities: (1) visual exploration of multivariate data at different temporal scales, and (2) a hierarchical small multiples visualization combined with interactive clustering and multidimensional projection to detect temporal relationships in the data. We demonstrate the value of our framework for specific scenarios, by studying three use cases that were validated and discussed with domain experts.

Building maps: GIS and student engagement

2018 ◽  
Vol 35 (4) ◽  
pp. 9-12
Author(s):  
Emily McGinn ◽  
Meagan Duever
Keyword(s):  
Student Engagement ◽  
Digital Humanities ◽  
Design Methodology ◽  
Course Design ◽  
Project Planning ◽  
Central Concept ◽  
Content Type ◽  
Innovative Research ◽  
Research Questions ◽  
Tools And Methods

Purpose This paper aims to detail the use of ESRs ArcMap in the undergraduate history classroom, as an example of pedagogical inquiry and as a method for integrating digital humanities (DH) tools and methods directly into humanities research and pedagogy. Design/methodology/approach This class is an example of pedagogical inquiry and a method for integrating DH tools and methods directly into humanities research and pedagogy. Findings With this approach, students see the immediate application of DH to traditional humanities objects of study and aid these in the pursuit of innovative research questions and methods. Originality/value The use of DH in traditional humanities classrooms as a central concept with experts from the libraries integrated into course design and project planning is unique and is a model that could be implemented at other institutions.

THATCampQueensU: Bringing Digital Humanities to Queen's

2016 ◽  
Author(s):  
Maya Bielinski
Keyword(s):  
Digital Humanities ◽  
First Century ◽  
Strong Sense ◽  
Digital Tools ◽  
Skill Levels ◽  
Research And Teaching ◽  
Research Questions ◽  
Twenty First Century ◽  
Queen's University ◽  
New Generation

There is a new generation of scholarship in the humanities, and it is rooted in twenty-first century technology. In response to what some have called the "crisis in humanities," scholars have begun to tackle their research questions armed with digital tools and a strong sense of collaboration in order to think across disciplines, allow for greater accessibility, and ultimately to create bigger impact. Digital Humanities, or DH, is this exciting and growing field--or maybe methodology--used by humanities scholars to share and create scholarly content.Despite the growing fervour for DH across Canada, many scholars at Queen's have yet to take advantage of the opportunities for research and teaching afforded by DH. I believe that by bringing together Digital Humanities practitioners at Queen's University, more scholars, faculty, and students would learn about and engage in dialogue about fostering and furthering DH scholarship across all disciplines. The best way to begin, I believe, is by hosting THATCamp at Queen's. The Humanities and Technology Camp is an open, inexpensive meeting where humanists and technologists of all skill levels learn and build together in sessions proposed on the spot.

Visual Analysis of Scientific Life of Scholars Based on Digital Humanities

2018 ◽  
pp. 461-473
Author(s):  
Wei Liu ◽  
Xinying Han ◽  
Xiaoju Dong ◽  
Zhiwen Qiang ◽  
Xuwei Chen
Keyword(s):  
Digital Humanities ◽  
Visual Analysis ◽  
Scientific Life

scholarly journals Visualizing Networks of Cultural Discourses in Latin American Electronic Literature

2021 ◽  
Vol 6 ◽  
pp. 101-121
Author(s):  
Nohelia Meza
Keyword(s):  
Research Methods ◽  
Latin American ◽  
Digital Humanities ◽  
Electronic Literature ◽  
Distant Reading ◽  
Cultural Discourses ◽  
Use Of Data ◽  
Visualization Techniques ◽  
Occurrence Patterns ◽  
Reading Methodologies

There are relatively few studies that explore the interdisciplinarity between electronic literature and digital humanities research methods. The present paper addresses this lack by combining close reading and distant reading methodologies to analyze networks of cultural discourses in a corpus of 30 Latin American e-lit works published from 1995 to 2020. To conduct the research, three network graphs were created using Gephi, an open-source software for the exploration and analysis of network visualizations. The graphs study the following relations between the e-lit works and the cultural discourses: the frequency of primary, secondary and tertiary discourses, the degree of multi-discourse, and the degree of cultural discourse co-occurrence. The results show the appearance of unexpected discourse variations and new co-occurrence patterns, the benefits of network graphs for revealing e-lit works’ families, and the potential use of data visualization techniques to study e-lit databases. Overall, the paper demonstrates the utility of digital humanities research methods to further examine electronic literature materials.

scholarly journals Examples of challenges and opportunities in visual analysis in the digital humanities

2015 ◽  
Author(s):  
Holly Rushmeier ◽  
Ruggero Pintus ◽  
Ying Yang ◽  
Christiana Wong ◽  
David Li
Keyword(s):  
Digital Humanities ◽  
Visual Analysis ◽  
Challenges And Opportunities
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