big data – Hacking the Humanities

6B: Text Analysis and the TEI

October 22, 2015Austin Leave a Comment

Now that we know what XML markup looks like, we can turn to the broader and more fundamental question facing digital humanists: why should we mark up texts in the first place? Computer-assisted text analysis is one of the oldest forms… Continue Reading →

3A: Big Data and “Zoomanities”

September 30, 2015Austin 11 Comments

Big Data generally refers to extremely large datasets that require demanding computational analysis to reveal patterns and trends, such as the map below generated from the data in millions of Twitter posts. We are producing reams of this data in the 21st… Continue Reading →