Do digital humanists exist (and what are they for ...Original title: "Esiste (e a che serve)...

Do digital humanists exist

(and what are they for)?

Research profiles and organizational choices

Original title: "Esiste (e a che serve) l'umanista informatico?

Profili di ricerca e scelte organizzative"

Paolo Monella

Digital Humanities and beyond. Prospettiveper un Centro di Digital Scholarship for the Humanities a Torino

Turin, Italy, February 5, 2019

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Do the DH exist?

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Do the DH exist?

● No– Digital Humanities– All Humanities will

become Digital– No SSD (“Settore

Scientifico Disciplinare” in Italy)

– Tools– D + H

● Sì– Methodological core

(Ciotti, McCarty)

D + H

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Research questions

Research questions: lemma

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Research questions: lemma

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Research questions: lemma

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Research questions: lemma

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Research questions: lemma

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lemma="mobilis">mouilis

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nominativesingular

masculine

lemma x of dictionary y

Research questions: lemma

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"mobilis"(Classical Latin)

"mouilis"(Medieval Latin)

nominativesingular

masculine

lemma x of dictionary y

Research questions: lemma

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lemma="mobilis">mouilis

</w> </sic> <corr cert="medium" type="mouilis"> <w ana="11C---B3---"

lemma="mobilis">mobilis

</w> </corr></choice>

"mobilis"(Classical Latin)

"mouilis"(Medieval Latin)

digitaldictionary

Classical Latin

digitaldictionary

Medieval Latin

lemma x of dictionary y

nominativesingular

masculine

Research questions: lemma

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lemma="mobilis">mouilis

</w> </sic> <corr cert="medium" type="mouilis"> <w ana="11C---B3---"

lemma="mobilis">mobilis

</w> </corr></choice>

Research questions: distant reading

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● Corpora creation– Lemmatization

● TreeTagger, Brandolini parameter file

Threicius Tereus haec auxiliaribus armis et

Threicius Tereus auxiliaris armum_armus

Research questions: distant reading

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● Creazione dei corpora– Lemmatization

● TreeTagger, Brandolini parameter file

– Stop words● et, in, hic, sum...

Threicius Tereus haec auxiliaribus armis et

Threicius Tereus auxiliaris armum_armus

Research questions: distant reading

Research questions: distant reading

vitium|corrumpo|dirus|effrenus|scelus|furor|impius|inpius|

nefas|nefandus|crudelis|perfidus|facinus|crimen|dedecus|culpa|sons

Research questions: distant reading

Research questions: distant reading

Research questions: distant reading

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Organizational choices:

Research groups

Spectrum

Humanities DigitalDigital Humanities

Spectrum

CNR Pisa

ALIM

Ursus Beneventanus

Catullus Online

BoschettiBoschetti Del GrossoDel Grosso

MontefuscoMontefusco MancinelliMancinelli

D’AngeloD’AngeloStellaStella

Rosselli Del Turco, Ferrarini, MonellaRosselli Del Turco, Ferrarini, Monella Net7Net7

Monella Monella

KissKiss Woodpecker SWWoodpecker SW

BIFLOW

Spectrum

BoschettiBoschetti Del GrossoDel Grosso

MontefuscoMontefusco MancinelliMancinelli

D’AngeloD’AngeloStellaStella

Rosselli Del Turco, Ferrarini, MonellaRosselli Del Turco, Ferrarini, Monella Net7Net7

Monella Monella

KissKiss Woodpecker SWWoodpecker SW

CNR Pisa

BIFLOW

ALIM

Catullus Online

Ursus Beneventanus

Spectrum

BoschettiBoschetti Del GrossoDel Grosso

MontefuscoMontefusco MancinelliMancinelli

D’AngeloD’AngeloStellaStella

Rosselli Del Turco, Ferrarini, MonellaRosselli Del Turco, Ferrarini, Monella Net7Net7

Monella Monella

KissKiss Woodpecker SWWoodpecker SW

CNR Pisa

BIFLOW

ALIM

Catullus Online

Ursus Beneventanus

Spectrum

BoschettiBoschetti Del GrossoDel Grosso

MontefuscoMontefusco MancinelliMancinelli

D’AngeloD’AngeloStellaStella

Rosselli Del Turco, Ferrarini, MonellaRosselli Del Turco, Ferrarini, Monella Net7Net7

Monella Monella

KissKiss Woodpecker SWWoodpecker SW

CNR Pisa

BIFLOW

ALIM

Catullus Online

Ursus Beneventanus

Spectrum

BoschettiBoschetti Del GrossoDel Grosso

MontefuscoMontefusco MancinelliMancinelli

D’AngeloD’AngeloStellaStella

Rosselli Del Turco, Ferrarini, MonellaRosselli Del Turco, Ferrarini, Monella Net7Net7

Monella Monella

KissKiss Woodpecker SWWoodpecker SW

CNR Pisa

BIFLOW

ALIM

Catullus Online

Ursus Beneventanus

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Organizational choices:

DH centers

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Staff?

● Scholars from other departments working part-time for the center

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Staff?

● Scholars from other departments working part-time for the center– Detached?

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Staff?

● Scholars from other departments working part-time for the center– Detached?

● Permanent staff

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Staff?

● Scholars from other departments working part-time for the center– Detached?

● Permanentstaff– IT people?

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Staff?

● Scholars from other departments working part-time for the center– Detached?

● Permanentstaff– IT people?

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Staff?

● Scholars from other departments working part-time for the center– Detached?

● Permanentstaff– IT people?– DHers

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Staff?

BoschettiBoschettiDel GrossoDel Grosso

● Scholars from other departments working part-time for the center– Detached?

● Permanentstaff– IT people?– DHers

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“Ke ’l nostro amore ajúngasi...”

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Conclusions

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Conclusions

● Do DHers exist?

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Conclusions

● Do DHers exist?– Questions

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Conclusions

● Do DHers exist?– Questions

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Conclusions

● Do DHers exist?– Questions

● Organizational choices– Spectrum

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Conclusions

● Do DHers exist?– Questions

● Organizational choices– Spectrum

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Conclusions

● Do DHers exist?– Questions

● Organizational choices– Spectrum

● “ke ’l nostro amore ajúngasi...”– “...non boglio m’atalenti”

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Conclusions

● Do DHers exist?– Questions

● Organizational choices– Spectrum

● “ke ’l nostro amore ajúngasi...”– “...non boglio m’atalenti”

Do digital humanists exist

(and what are they for)?

Research profiles and organizational choices

Original title: "Esiste (e a che serve) l'umanista informatico?

Profili di ricerca e scelte organizzative"

Paolo Monella

Digital Humanities and beyond. Prospettiveper un Centro di Digital Scholarship for the Humanities a Torino

Turin, Italy, February 5, 2019