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| Semester | spring semester 2020 |
| Course frequency | Once only |
| Lecturers | Gerhard Lauer (gerhard.lauer@unibas.ch, Assessor) |
| Content | Diaries are a personal document and a documentary source of more or less general interest. The seminar introduces the different methods of scalable reading, the close and the distant reading of small and large amounts of texts. The seminar includes excursions and block events. |
| Learning objectives | The objective is to learn how to scale text analysis practices. Students will read and discuss basic papers on the genre of diaries and of the many techniques of scalable reading. |
| Comments | Evtl. mit Blockveranstaltungen zusammen mit Prof. Marko Demantowsky |
| Course application | Belegen |
| Language of instruction | English |
| Use of digital media | No specific media used |
| Interval | Weekday | Time | Room |
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No dates available. Please contact the lecturer.
| Modules |
Modul: Creating, Analyzing and Visualizing of Data (Master's degree subject: Digital Humanities) |
| Assessment format | continuous assessment |
| Assessment details | Portfolio: Students will take part on the excursions and write a research report in which they introduce a question of their choice using techniques to handle small and big data. This report will be assessed as either a pass or a fail. |
| Assessment registration/deregistration | Reg.: course registration; dereg.: not required |
| Repeat examination | no repeat examination |
| Scale | Pass / Fail |
| Repeated registration | no repetition |
| Responsible faculty | Faculty of Humanities and Social Sciences, studadmin-philhist@unibas.ch |
| Offered by | Digital Humanities Lab |