Courses

Seminar: Computationelle Methoden und Theorien A

Instructors: Dr. Wei Ding
Shortname: 05.610.23_060
Course No.: 05.610.23_060
Course Type: Seminar

Requirements / organisational issues

Der Kurs findet digital statt.

Recommended reading list

Ted Underwood. Seven Ways Humanists Are Using Computers to Understand Text. 2015 https://tedunderwood.com/2015/06/04/seven-ways-humanists-are-using-computers-to-understand-text/

Text analysis via Voyant tools (http://voyant-tools.org)

Montfort, Nick. Exploratory programming for the arts and humanities. MIT Press, 2021.

Sweigart, Al. Automate the boring stuff with Python: practical programming for total beginners. No Starch Press, 2019.

Contents

This course offers an introduction to text analysis tools applied in Digital Humanities research and Python programming for data analysis and visualization.

Through a series of exercises and discussions, students will gain a solid understanding of the fundamental concepts and differences between unstructured, semi-structured, and structured data. They will develop familiarity with a variety of data formats and digital tools to create, organize, compare, and explore data. Furthermore, course participants will learn how to analyze and visualize datasets using Python programming language. By the end of the course, students will be equipped with the skills to apply these tools to their own projects.

This course is suitable for students interested in Digital Humanities, data analysis, and visualization.

Dates

Date (Day of the week) Time Location
10/21/2024 (Monday) 12:15 - 15:45 findet digital statt
10/28/2024 (Monday) 12:15 - 15:45 findet digital statt
11/04/2024 (Monday) 12:15 - 15:45 findet digital statt
11/11/2024 (Monday) 12:15 - 15:45 findet digital statt
11/18/2024 (Monday) 12:15 - 15:45 findet digital statt
11/25/2024 (Monday) 12:15 - 15:45 findet digital statt