Monthly Archives: May 2008

THAT Camp, Day 1

Posted on May 31, 2008 by karin

Finally back for good in my hotel after day 1 of THAT Camp. I am exhausted and energized at the same time. The organizers have brought together an absolutely amazing group of people, and I am humbled by the sheer … Continue reading →

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Alternative search, part 2: Analyzing a document

Posted on May 29, 2008 by karin

Analyzing the metadata in a document is a fairly straightforward process. However, analyzing the document itself is a little messier. Document analysis is nothing new- people have been programming computers to refine full text analysis since the days when full … Continue reading →

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Alternative search, part 1: Using existing metadata or data

Posted on May 27, 2008 by karin

Yesterday, I mentioned three types of alternative search: Search that uses existing human or computer supplied metadata to find and display information. Search that analyzes a documents’ contents to return a result. Search that relies on user added metadata Today, … Continue reading →

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Alternative search methods

Posted on May 25, 2008 by karin

The field of information storage and retrieval concentrates heavily on mathematic formulas for ideal retrieval, and while this is really fascinating (and way over my head) I am also interested in new methods that have been developed for information retrieval … Continue reading →

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A few final words on Digital Humanities and Art History before I move on

Posted on May 22, 2008 by karin

Thanks to everyone who commented on my previous two posts. I’m still working these things out in my head, and am speaking from a very limited (and naive) perspective of only a handful of institutions and projects that I have … Continue reading →

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More Thoughts on Digital Humanities and Fine Arts

Posted on May 21, 2008 by karin

After more thought about the previous post, I think my question is: Should digital humanities centers take it upon themselves to encourage fine art and art history faculty to create digital projects? That would probably involve searching for funding from … Continue reading →

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Digital Humanities and Fine Arts

Posted on May 18, 2008 by karin

With THAT Camp quickly approaching, I have been thinking about digital humanities quite a bit. For those that don’t know, digital humanities is a cross disciplinary field that helps explore the humanities through digital exploration. That might mean anything from … Continue reading →

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So you want to learn to program

Posted on May 9, 2008 by karin

I have had “learn to program” on my list of stuff to do for years. It’s always “after I do this…” But! There is a great new resource created by the fabulous William J. Turkel & Alan MacEachern called the … Continue reading →

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