DCI – The Digital Commons Initiative (2010 - 2012)

    The DCI Commons Projekt is funded by the TransCoop-Program of the Alexander von Humboldt-Stiftung and a joint venture with Prof. Stéfan Sinclair from McMaster University, Hamilton / Canada. Our goals are as follows:

    • Systematically identify a core set of digital text analysis methods – termed Digital Commons (DC) – that can be shared by linguists and philologists across at least three languages (German, English, French);
    • benchmark the usability and transferability of existing tools and methods against a pre-defined range of prototypical DH use cases and define a preliminary Digital Commons for Textual Analysis (DCTA)-standard;
    • explore the functional principles of an ideal „next generation all purpose“- textual analysis tool that could significantly expand the usability and productivity of existing or projected platforms and collaboratories, such as MONK, TEXTGRID, CEASR etc.;
    • develop a robust prototype of a DCTA-standard compliant text-analytical tool that is embedded into a web platform and evaluate its functionality;
    • document and critically reflect on the entire process outlined under 1-4, with a view to formulating best practice suggestions for future DH development projects, thereby enabling such projects to adopt a more systematic and methodologically aware approach.

     

  • CATMA (2008 - )

    • (Computer Aided Textual Markup and Analysis) is a software for text markup und analysis. Our CATMA project is currently developing this software as an easy to handle, low-level entry tool for researchers and students in literary studies. For further details on the project see CATMA.

  • The EpiTest-Projekt (1993-2001)

    • Abstract: This project was concluded in 2001, leading to the publication of my book  Computing Action. A Narratological Approach, Berlin und New York (de Gruyter) 2003. The book presents definitions for the key concepts ‘event’, ‘episode’ and ‘action’ which combine a constructivist and a semiological approach, as well as a Humanities Computing implementation of these concepts which were tested in a case study. - For further details on the project see Computing Action.

  • The Temporality Effect (2001 - 2004)

    • Abstract: This current project aims to redefine the notion of narrative temporality in terms of a phenomenological and constructivist approach. An essential aspect of the project is a Humanities Computing implementation of the newly defined elementary concepts and theoretical model in the form of (a) a Markup software called  TempusMarker, and (b) a program for the analysis and visualisation of temporal constructs termed  TempusParser. - This project is carried out in cooperation with Günter Dammann and Rolf Krause and is part of the spectrum of projects falling under the auspices of the DFG (German Research Foundation) funded Narratology Research Group at Hamburg University. - For further details on the project see The Temporality Effect.

  • Story Generator Algorithms (2004-2009)  

    • This project surveys theoretical as well as practically implemented algorithms for generating stories and investigate their relevance for narratological approaches to defining narrativity. For further details, click here.

     

       

 

02 August, 2011