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| Semester | fall semester 2020 |
| Course frequency | Irregular |
| Lecturers | Gerhard Lauer (gerhard.lauer@unibas.ch, Assessor) |
| Content | The computer-based analysis of text is of pivotal importance for a variety of disciplines and research areas in the social sciences and humanities. Understanding social media or high-brow literature, twitter news or description of art works. This lecture is an introduction to the major theories, concepts and techniques, how to make use of computers to understand texts. It is mainly base on the tidy approach in R and includes practical exercises. |
| Learning objectives | Students learn to use and to reflect on major text analysis approaches. |
| Bibliography | Orange https://orange.biolab.si/ R Software R Projekt, https://cloud.r-project.org R Studio, https://www.rstudio.com/ XQuartz (necessary for Mac), https://www.xquartz.org/ Introduction Chester Ismay / Patrick C. Kennedy, Getting used to R, RStudio, and RMarkdown. https://ismayc.github.io/rbasics-book/ Tidy Text Mining https://www.tidytextmining.com/tidytext.html |
| 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: Archive / Medien / Theorien (Bachelor's degree program: Eastern European Studies) Modul: Erweiterung Gesellschaftswissenschaften B.A. (Bachelor's degree subject: Political Science) Modul: Erweiterung Gesellschaftswissenschaften M.A. (Master's degree subject: Political Science) Modul: Forschung und Praxis (Master's degree subject: East European History) Modul: Interphilologie: Literaturwissenschaft MA (Master's degree subject: Slavic Studies) Modul: Interphilologie: Literaturwissenschaft MA (Master's degree subject: English) Modul: Interphilologie: Literaturwissenschaft MA (Master's degree subject: German Language and Literature) Modul: Interphilologie: Literaturwissenschaft MA (Master's degree subject: French Language and Literature) Modul: Interphilologie: Literaturwissenschaft MA (Master's degree subject: Spanish Language and Literature) Modul: Interphilologie: Literaturwissenschaft MA (Master's degree subject: Italian Language and Literature) Modul: Interphilologie: Literaturwissenschaft MA (Master's degree subject: German Literature) Modul: Interphilologie: Literaturwissenschaft MA (Master's degree subject: Latin Philology) Modul: Interphilologie: Literaturwissenschaft MA (Master's degree subject: Nordic Philology) Modul: Methoden der Near & Middle Eastern Studies und der Gesellschaftswissenschaften (Master's degree subject: Near & Middle Eastern Studies) Modul: Transfer: Digital History (Master's degree program: European History in Global Perspective) Module: Introduction to Digital Humanities (Master's degree subject: Digital Humanities) |
| Assessment format | continuous assessment |
| Assessment details | Students will write a short R markdown report on one exercise of their choice. The 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 | as often as necessary |
| Responsible faculty | Faculty of Humanities and Social Sciences, studadmin-philhist@unibas.ch |
| Offered by | Digital Humanities Lab |