Don't miss this unique opportunity to gain insight into different ways in which computer technology is being used as a tool in humanities research. In the DHCult network we have gathered five researchers who are looking forward to presenting how they use the computer in research in different projects.

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The program follows below.
 

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12:00 – 12:05

Introduction to the conference.  

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 12:05 - 12:25

Cognitive Modeling as method for researching the mind – possibilities and limitations. Theory of Mind modeling as example. 

Peter Thestrup Waade. Onsite. PhD Student. Aarhus University.  

Cognitive modeling is a formal and computational approach to researching an understanding the (human) mind, methodologically rooted in the natural sciences but belonging to psychology, psychiatry, and the humanities in terms of subject matter. Giving an approach to describe mental mechanisms that underlie observable behavior, cognitive modeling provides tools for formal and data-driven accounts of the mind – but also comes with many limitations. In this talk, I use Theory of Mind modeling as an illustrative example of the method, both its advantages and disadvantages. 

 12:25 - 12:30: Questions  

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12:35 - 12:55

Digital Humanities between Ambition and Pragmatism  

Jonas Kjøller-Rasmussen. Onsite. Information Specialist and PhD Student. University of Copenhagen
 
The combination of source accessibility and digital tools has inspired many novel and ambitious approaches to traditional humanities scholarship. Ambition, however, might sometimes yield to pragmatism when unfolded within the constraints of academic project management. In my presentation I will give a practical example of how high ambitions for the application of digital methods, when faced with obstacles, can be transformed into practical approaches that nonetheless provide valuable and unique insights that support and enhance traditional humanities scholarship at a fundamental level.

 12:55 - 13:00: Questions  

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 13:05 - 13:35

Read, search and Research. Using Trinskribus on a 18^th century handwritten large scale source material

Tine R. Reeh. Onsite. Associate Professor. University of Copenhagen

This paper presents some of the experiences from using Transkribus in an interdisciplinary and collective research project; Managing Melancholy. After a brief explanation of our aims and approach, I will give some examples from our work. Finally, I will touch on unexpected obstacles and opportunities that may inspire and inform other projects. 

 

 13:35 - 13:45: Questions 

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 13:45 - 14:00: Break

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 14:00 – 14:35

Digital humanities, infrastructure, and multilingual inclusivity

  Paul Spence. Online. Reader in Digital Humanities. King’s College London

Recent years have seen a growing interest in the concept of Multilingual digital humanities, but what does DH understand by multilingualism, and how does DH research respond to the challenges which digital mediation presents for language diversity, language justice and language professionals? In this presentation, I will explore how Multilingual DH 'infrastructural' or 'workflow' responses engage with wider discussions about fostering epistemic diversity and global inclusivity in knowledge infrastructures.

  14:35 – 14:45: Questions  

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14.45 - 15:00: Break  

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15:00 – 15:40

Voyant and Spyral

Geoffrey Rockwell. Online. Professor of Philosophy and Digital Humanities. University of Alberta 

Voyant is a suite of text analysis and visualization tools that are widely used in the digital humanities, especially when introducing students to computer-assisted analysis of texts. In this presentation Geoffrey Rockwell will provide a brief history of Voyant leading up to the development of Spyral, a notebook programming extension to Voyant. He will demonstrate both Voyand and Spyral and discuss how Spyral provides a growth path for students and research projects. He will end by encouraging you to join the Voyant Consortium so that the tool evolves in ways that suit your research.

15:40 – 15:55: Questions  

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15:55 – 16:00

Goodbye

    

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