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Course

DH-405: Foundations of digital humanities

Lectures in this course (53)

Document Structure

Explores regulated representation and the creation of coherent fictional spaces through annotations.

Big Data of the Past

Delves into historical Big Data, exploring past civilizations' responses to information overload and societal acceleration.

Writing Systems: Evolution and Impact

Explores the evolution of writing systems and the impact of new technologies on communication, emphasizing the challenges of deciphering historical texts.

Patrimonial Capitalism: The DH Circle

Explores patrimonial capitalism within the DH Circle, discussing the control of cultural datasets and the importance of optimizing digitization workflows.

Text Encoding: Unicode and XML

Explores text encoding evolution, Unicode, XML, OCR, HTR, and handling spelling variations in historical texts.

Patrimonial Capitalism: Digitisation and DH Circle

Delves into patrimonial capitalism in digitisation projects and the importance of closing the loop for sustainability and societal impact.

The Commons: A Governance Approach

Explores the coexistence of free knowledge and proprietary content, proposing a governance model based on the commons.

Text Processing: Large Digital Text Collections Analysis

Delves into the processing of large digital text collections, exploring hidden regularities, text reuse, and TF-IDF analysis.

Anatomy of a large-scale project: Venice Time Machine

Explores the Venice Time Machine project, aiming to digitize Venice's history and present state, creating a digital twin and utilizing advanced technologies for comprehensive monitoring and historical connection.

The Commons

Explores the conflict between privatisation of knowledge and the development of common resources, proposing new governance approaches for a balanced future.

Anatomy of a Large-Scale Project: Time Machine Europe

Explores the development of the Time Machine Europe project and the creation of large-scale Data commons.

Anatomy of a Large-Scale Project

Delves into the Time Machine Europe project's evolution towards a large-scale initiative.

Venetian Projects: Deciphering, Mapping, and Recreating Venice

Covers projects on deciphering handwriting, mapping, and recreating Venice in 3D.