14 and 16 November 2023
Faculty of Philosophy and Arts
Timetables: 15:30-19:00 (with a half-hour break)
Total hours6 hours face-to-face + 6 hours of autonomous work
Organised byTrans-UMA (Laboratory of Transdisciplinary Competences) [GpIE22-165], Andalex project (PY20_00508 and UMA20-FEDERJA-126 ), Complexhibit project (PID2021-125037NB-I00), Telefónica-UMA Chair.
In collaboration with: Department of History of Art
Aimed at Humanities students from any discipline. No previous experience is required.
Description
This two-day workshop aims to provide an introduction to the concept of cultural data and its analysis. The workshop will be built around critical discussions in which we will examine datasets as historical objects and, in addition, learn how to make our own datasets, design and analyse them.
Faculty
Scientific coordination: Nuria Rodríguez Ortega
Design and development: Bárbara Romero Ferrón (Digital Humanities Specialist - Utrecht University) and María Ortiz Tello (Postdoctoral Researcher UMA).
Programme
Day 1 - Data fabrication
- Introduction
- What is data
- What is a dataset
- Dissecting datasets
- How to structure data
- How to standardise them
Day 2 - Analysis and visualisation
- Where to collect cultural data
- Types of computational methodologies
- Stylometry
- Computer vision
- Language analysis
- Network analysis
- Statistical / quantitative analysis
- Quantitative analysis and visualisation
- Presentation of the students
