Unit 2 Readings + Exploratory Viz

DH 102: Data in the Humanities

Prof. Mackenzie Brooks

October 25, 2016

Table 2

Will

Nao

Abby K.

Charlotte

Table 1

JT

Chris

Kassie

 

 

Table 3

Andrew A.

Anna S.

Sam

Annie G.
 

Table 4

Jack

Gigi

Anna Kate B.

 

Readings

  • 2-3 main points of the article
  • 1 thing you didn't quite understand
  • 1 question for the rest of the class to answer

Demystifying Networks

  • Be careful with networks!
  • Using networks means that your connections matter (a lot).
  • You will have to simplify your humanistic data to fit it into a network.
  • Edges are a layer of interpretation

Network Theory,

Plot Analysis

  • Networks by hand
  • Network theory vs. networks
  • Reflection on analysis

Networks Analysis

  • Citation analysis
  • Comparing results of network analysis with your own hypotheses
  • "using graphs to become smitten with one's own data"

An Entry of One's Own

  • Issues with historical biases
  • Understanding your data sources
  • Designing inclusive methods from the beginning

Network Tools Sandbox Time

  1. Palladio
  2. Cytoscape
  3. Gephi
  4. Google Fusion Tables?

Generic DH tool evaluation questions:

  • What do you think of the results? What's surprising? What's not?
  • How about the tool itself? What options do you have?
  • What can you do with the results?
  • What is useful about this tool and type of analysis?
  • Are the visualizations meaningful? Easy to decipher? Why or why not?
  • Compare and contrast tools.
  • Does this tool expose problems with your data?
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