Hermeneutica: Computer-Assisted Interpretation in the Humanities

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Geoffrey Rockwell (Professor of Philosophy and Humanities Computing, University of Alberta) Stéfan Sinclair (Director of the McGill Centre for Digital Humanities, McGill University)

Hermeneutica

Computer-Assisted Interpretation in the Humanities

Geoffrey Rockwell (Professor of Philosophy and Humanities Computing, University of Alberta), Stéfan Sinclair (Director of the McGill Centre for Digital Humanities, McGill University)

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MIT Press
07 June 2022

Philosophy & theory of education

An introduction to text analysis using computer-assisted interpretive practices, accompanied by example essays that illustrate the use of these computational tools.

An introduction to text analysis using computer-assisted interpretive practices, accompanied by example essays that illustrate the use of these computational tools.

The image of the scholar as a solitary thinker dates back at least to Descartes' Discourse on Method. But scholarly practices in the humanities are changing as older forms of communal inquiry are combined with modern research methods enabled by the Internet, accessible computing, data availability, and new media. Hermeneutica introduces text analysis using computer-assisted interpretive practices. It offers theoretical chapters about text analysis, presents a set of analytical tools (called Voyant) that instantiate the theory, and provides example essays that illustrate the use of these tools. Voyant allows users to integrate interpretation into texts by creating hermeneutica-small embeddable ""toys"" that can be woven into essays published online or into such online writing environments as blogs or wikis. The book's companion website, Hermeneuti.ca, offers the example essays with both text and embedded interactive panels. The panels show results and allow readers to experiment with the toys themselves. The use of these analytical tools results in a hybrid essay- an interpretive work embedded with hermeneutical toys that can be explored for technique. The hermeneutica draw on and develop such common interactive analytics as word clouds and complex data journalism interactives. Embedded in scholarly texts, they create a more engaging argument. Moving between tool and text becomes another thread in a dynamic dialogue.

By: Geoffrey Rockwell (Professor of Philosophy and Humanities Computing University of Alberta), Stéfan Sinclair (Director of the McGill Centre for Digital Humanities, McGill University)
Imprint: MIT Press
Country of Publication: United States
Dimensions: Height: 229mm, Width: 152mm,
Weight: 369g
ISBN: 9780262545891
ISBN 10: 0262545896
Pages: 256
Publication Date: 07 June 2022
Recommended Age: From 18 years
Audience: Professional and scholarly , Undergraduate
Format: Paperback
Publisher's Status: Active

Geoffrey Rockwell is Professor of Philosophy and Humanities Computing and Director of the Kule Institute for Advanced Study at the University of Alberta. Stefan Sinclair is Associate Professor of Digital Humanities at McGill University and coauthor of Visual Interface Design for Digital Cultural Heritage.