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Working with Big Data

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In addition to constructing data, digital humanists frequently work with "large or dense cultural datasets, which call for new processing and interpretation methods" (Kaplan, 2015).  Because these datasets are messy, our first task is to learn how to clean them. 

This week we will discuss some of the opportunities and problems of big data research in the humanities, and you will learn how to clean and manupilate large dataset using Excel and OpenRefine.

Annotation #5

1. Guldi, Jo, and David Armitage. “Big Questions, Big Data.” In The History Manifesto, Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, 2014.  https://www.cambridge.org/core/books/history-manifesto/big-questions-big-data/F60D7E21EFBD018F5410FB315FBA4590.

2. Wueste, Elizabeth. “Big Data, Big Problems.” Eidolon, December 18, 2017. https://eidolon.pub/big-data-big-problems-e09a55bf2b31

3. Schöch, Christof. “Big? Smart? Clean? Messy? Data in the Humanities.” Journal of Digital Humanities, November 22, 2013. http://journalofdigitalhumanities.org/2-3/big-smart-clean-messy-data-in-the-humanities/. 

Assignment #5

At home, complete Miriam Posner's series of tutorials on Data Cleaning and Manipulation, and compose a written reflection on the tutorial for your "Assignment #5"  page. In addition to documenting your experiences, examine the relationship between our discussions of constructing data and working with big datasets especially in light of Schöch's call for the creation of "smart big data." Be sure to follow the instructions on the "Assignment" page of our workbook to make sure that it shows up in the contents of your personal page and the "Assignment #5" page. 


 

 

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