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The Wuppertal exhibition
Pörtner & Wühr: Spuren des Original-Ton-Hörspiels zwischen Wuppertal und München
, which was shown from November 2022 to January 2023 in the University Library of ...Wuppertal represented an attempt to provide an insight into the production workshop of two pioneers of original tone radio plays, Paul Pörtner (1925–1984) and Paul Wühr (1927–2016). Selected handwritten and typewritten documents from the bequests of the two authors made the genesis and production aesthetics vivid. The analogue exposition was complemented by a media station that offered an additional digital exhibition space for in-depth exploration.
•Analysis of Cultural Heritage (CH) and Machine Learning (ML) literature.•Taxonomy of ML algorithms and their respective application in CH.•Study of the interplay between CH and ML for future ...directions.
The application of Machine Learning (ML) to Cultural Heritage (CH) has evolved since basic statistical approaches such as Linear Regression to complex Deep Learning models. The question remains how much of this actively improves on the underlying algorithm versus using it within a ‘black box’ setting. We survey across ML and CH literature to identify the theoretical changes which contribute to the algorithm and in turn them suitable for CH applications. Alternatively, and most commonly, when there are no changes, we review the CH applications, features and pre/post-processing which make the algorithm suitable for its use. We analyse the dominant divides within ML, Supervised, Semi-supervised and Unsupervised, and reflect on a variety of algorithms that have been extensively used. From such an analysis, we give a critical look at the use of ML in CH and consider why CH has only limited adoption of ML.
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Various digital humanities (DH) methods are increasingly being incorporated into the curricula of higher education institutions and the research undertaken in these institutions. Through ...semi-structured interviews conducted with eight librarians from four universities, along with observation of their actual work and investigation of the library websites, this study explored these librarians' perceptions of DH pedagogy and their understandings about the role of “DH librarian.” The findings show that the role of a DH librarian can be seen as a liaison among different stakeholders, a group of specialists, or a collective title. The importance of humanities versus technical backgrounds and the practical skills a DH librarian needs to support DH pedagogy are discussed. The findings also indicate that an ideal practice of DH pedagogy requires balanced collaboration, a clear framework, a closer partnership, ample investment in human and technical resources, and high valuation of non-book scholarship.
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This article advocates for a set of recent transdisciplinary options for the History of Religion, combining methods from the Natural and Human Sciences, through a special focus on the study of ...so-called “complex systems”. We elucidate their theoretical bases and limitations while assuming a pragmatic positioning between a defense of the historical-scientific study of religion and the promotion of groundbreaking methodological outlooks emerging from the Digital Humanities. From this background, throughout the text, we argue for a complementation of historiographical “close reading” with both “distant reading” techniques and interdisciplinary research, using computer-based methods and a diversity of formal modeling techniques. In short, we conclude that such methods offer novel ways for data representation and are best understood not only as creative schemes for solving issues in historiography, but also as a springboard for new inquiries arising from the transdisciplinarity between the Humanities and the Natural Sciences.
Il progetto di digitalizzazione Dare nuova voce alle fonti intende mettere a disposizione della comunità scientifica il fondo audio della Biblioteca della Fondazione Bruno Kessler di Trento, che ...conserva le registrazioni dell’attività convegnistica dei poli di ricerca umanistici della fondazione. Il progetto costituisce, almeno in Italia, uno dei primi tentativi di realizzazione di uno spazio virtuale dedicato a risorse audio archivistiche ricercabili liberamente online con l’obiettivo di sottrarre al deterioramento un patrimonio culturale di estrema rilevanza scientifica, consentendone la conservazione e la fruibilità. La deteriorabilità dei supporti analogici del fondo rende la digitalizzazione una questione di sopravvivenza che permette una diffusione altrimenti impensabile. L’accessibilità alle fonti audio archivistiche consente di ampliare notevolmente l’insieme di studiosə e studentə che possono beneficiarne ai fini della ricerca e permette anche all’utenza generalista di approcciarsi a contenuti culturali dell’ambito delle scienze umane. Il saggio intende descrivere gli obiettivi, le fasi di realizzazione del progetto, i problemi metodologici dovuti alle criticità dei supporti materiali, all’analisi descrittiva dei contenuti e all’apertura del database. La prima parte del saggio intende descrivere la storia del fondo audio della Biblioteca della Fondazione Bruno Kessler. Il fondo ricopre un arco cronologico considerevolmente vasto che si estende dal 1974 agli anni Duemila ed è composto principalmente da bobine e audiocassette. Nella seconda parte del contributo sono analizzate le fasi di lavorazione del progetto, dalle analisi preliminari del supporto, al riversamento e alla rielaborazione digitale. L’ultima parte è dedicata al metodo adottato nella metadatazione dei file e alla descrizione della struttura del database, ovvero delle sue funzioni di ricerca e alle schede descrittive di ciascun audio.
"Digital Humanities, Corpus and Language Technology: A look from diverse case studies is an outstanding collection of research contributions that explores the intersection of technology and the ...humanities. The authors provide a comprehensive overview of how these technologies can enhance research across various disciplines, from literature to history to anthropology. This book is a mustread for anyone interested in future research in the humanities. Digital Humanities, Corpus, and Language Technologies are rapidly growing fields that have the potential to revolutionize research across various disciplines. New technologies have opened up new perspectives for research, allowing scientists to analyze data in previously impossible ways. The interdisciplinary approach and practical applications make it an invaluable resource for researchers, students, and anyone interested in the intersection of technology and the humanities."
Feminist thought challenges essentialist and normative categorizations of ‘work’. Therefore, feminism provides a critical lens on ‘working space’ as a theoretical and empirical focus for digital ...geographies. Digital technologies extend and intensify working activity, rendering the boundaries of the workplace emergent. Such emergence heightens the ambivalence of working experience: the possibilities for affirmation and/or negation through work. A digital geography is put forward through feminist theorizations of the ambivalence of intimacy. The emergent properties of working with digital technologies create space through the intimacies of postwork places where bodies and machines feel the possibilities of being ‘at’ work.
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