Digital History and Hermeneutics: Between Theory and Practice

As A Result Of Rapid Advancements In Computer Science During Recent Decades, There Has Been An Increased Use Of Digital Tools, Methodologies And Sources In The Field Of Digital Humanities. While Opening Up New Opportunities For Scholarship, Many Digital Methods And Tools Now Used For Humanities Research Have Nevertheless Been Developed By Computer Or Data Sciences And Thus Require A Critical Understanding Of Their Mode Of Operation And Functionality.the Novel Field Of Digital Hermeneutics Is Meant To Provide Such A Critical And Reflexive Frame For Digital Humanities Research By Acquiring Digital Literacy And Skills. A New Knowledge For The Assessment Of Digital Data, Research Infrastructures, Analytical Tools, And Interpretative Methods Is Needed, Providing The Humanities Scholar With The Necessary Munition For Doing Critical Research. The Doctoral Training Unit Digital History And Hermeneutics At The University Of Luxembourg Applies This Analytical Frame To 13 Phd Projects. By Combining A Hermeneutic Reflection On The New Digital Practices Of Humanities Scholarship With Hands-on Experimentation With Digital Tools And Methods, New Approaches And Opportunities As Well As Limitations And Flaws Can Be Addressed. Frontmatter -- Contents -- Digital History And Hermeneutics - Between Theory And Practice: An Introduction -- I Hermeneutics Of Machine Interpretation -- Social Network Analysis For Digital Humanities -- Hunting For Emergences In Stone-age Settlement Patterns With Agent-based Models -- Argument Structures Of Political Debates -- Exploring A Corpus Of Indigenous Australian Autobiographical Works With Word Embedding Modeling -- Philosophical Perspectives On Computational Research Methods In Digital History -- Ii From 'source' To 'data' And Back -- From Search To Digital Search -- The Hybridity Of Living Sources -- Reconstructing Roman Trade Networks -- Re-viewing The Constcamer -- Historians As Computer Users -- Iii Digital Experiences And Imaginations Of The Past -- 3d Models Are Easy. Good 3d Models Are Not -- Walking Through The Process -- Meaning-making In The Digital Museum -- List Of Authors -- Index Ed. By Juliane Tatarinov, Andreas Fickers. Issued Also In Print. Funded By University Of Luxembourg Mode Of Access: Internet Via World Wide Web. In English.