Essays about: "Digital humanities"

Showing result 6 - 10 of 48 essays containing the words Digital humanities.

  1. 6. Making a Mess : Sociomaterial collaboration in a library renovation

    University essay from Linnéuniversitetet/Institutionen för kulturvetenskaper (KV)

    Author : Joel Wranning; [2023]
    Keywords : Collaboration; digital humanities; actor-network theory; library and information science; organization studies; sociomateriality; library renovation;

    Abstract : This thesis examines the roles played by digital information and communication technologies in a Swedish public library’s three-year long renovation project. As a case study of technology-influenced collaboration in a cultural heritage institution, this study addresses a gap in digital humanities research on the practical details of sociotechnical collaboration, as well as a lack of documentation of an ongoing trend of renovations and rebuildings of Swedish public libraries. READ MORE

  3. 7. Data management plan: Good housekeeping or a bureaucratic exercise? : Data management in digital humanities projects at Uppsala University

    University essay from Uppsala universitet/Institutionen för ABM

    Author : Anneta Margeti; [2023]
    Keywords : Data management plan; Data management; Digital humanities; Interdisciplinarity; Fair principles; Open Science; Social constructivism.;

    Abstract : Introduction. Research data management is a topic of ongoing discussion, particularly in academic institutions, where researchers strive to effectively handle diverse types of data. This study examines the practices of research data management in selected digital humanities projects at Uppsala University. READ MORE

  4. 8. The Most Boring Game in the World : A study of World of Warcraft as a means for social interactivity within an enclosed group

    University essay from Uppsala universitet/Institutionen för ABM

    Author : Ludvig Stone; [2023]
    Keywords : Gaming; Ethnography; Political Discourse Theory; Logics Approach; Social Gaming; World of Warcraft; Com-munities; MMO; Multiplayer Gaming; Digital Humanities;

    Abstract : Gaming as an activity possesses many different facets (Sköld 2018: 134). One important yet relatively underexplored is the social facet, how the act of gaming is impacted by social rules and codes. Previous research on the topic is relatively limited and mainly performed retroactively on older game communities. READ MORE

  5. 9. Photographic Portraits of Sculptors at the turn of 1900

    University essay from Uppsala universitet/Konstvetenskapliga institutionen

    Author : Olga Grinchtein; [2023]
    Keywords : portrait of sculptor; photographic portrait;

    Abstract : The goal of the thesis is to investigate the importance of photographic portraits of sculptors at the turn of 1900 in history of sculpture, photography and portrait art. Impact of the portrait of sculptor in painting on the photographic portrait of sculptor and other way around is analyzed in the thesis. READ MORE

  6. 10. The Sound of Capta : Sonification as critical method for data perceptualization in digital humanities

    University essay from Linnéuniversitetet/Institutionen för kulturvetenskaper (KV)

    Author : Daniel Lind; [2023]
    Keywords : Sonification; Auditory display; Data perceptualization; Epistemology; Digital Humanities; Critical hermeneutics; Humanities data; Spotify; Music history; SuperCollider;

    Abstract : Sonification allows for the analysis and interpretation of data through its rendering into sound. It is a method that remains largely unexplored from a digital humanities perspective. The present thesis addresses this research gap by exploring aspects of sonification as a mode of data perceptualization. READ MORE