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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lemma="mobilis">mouilis
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lemma="mobilis">mobilis
</w> </corr></choice>
Research questions: lemma
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lemma="mobilis">mouilis
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lemma="mobilis">mobilis
</w> </corr></choice>
Research questions: lemma
<choice> <sic> <w ana="11C---B3---"
lemma="mobilis">mouilis
</w> </sic> <corr cert="medium" type="mouilis"> <w ana="11C---B3---"
lemma="mobilis">mobilis
</w> </corr></choice>
Research questions: lemma
<choice> <sic> <w ana="11C---B3---"
lemma="mobilis">mouilis
</w> </sic> <corr cert="medium" type="mouilis"> <w ana="11C---B3---"
lemma="mobilis">mobilis
</w> </corr></choice>
nominativesingular
masculine
lemma x of dictionary y
Research questions: lemma
<choice> <sic> <w ana="11C---B3---"
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)
nominativesingular
masculine
lemma x of dictionary y
Research questions: lemma
<choice> <sic> <w ana="11C---B3---"
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
<choice> <sic> <w ana="11C---B3---"
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