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Humanists and Linked Data 
DM2E – Final Event 
Pisa, 11. December 2014 
Steffen Hennicke, Kristin Dill, Gerold Tschumpel, Klaus Thoden, 
Christian Morbidoni, Alois Pichler 
co-funded by the European Union 1
Experiments - Engaging Humanists with Pundit 
• Investigate how genuine research interests of humanists can be 
2 
operationalized in the particular context of Linked Data and 
Pundit. 
• Interpretative approaches and Linked Data through annotations 
and visualization 
12.12.2014 DM2E – Final Event (Pisa)
3 
Experiments – Editorial and Archival Sciences 
• 15 students (BA) from the 
Fachhochschule Potsdam (FHP) 
• topic: diplomatic correspondence in 
the forefront of the Crisis of July 
1914 
• data: pre-selected sample of digitized 
original correspondences from the 
Political Archive of the German 
Foreign Ministry 
• task: devise and apply editorial 
guidelines 
11.12.2014 DM2E – Final Event (Pisa)
4 
Experiments – Educational History 
• 1 trained historian from the Georg- 
Eckert-Institute (GEI) 
• topic: representations of the nation 
and the globalized world in school 
books 
• data: selected digitized school 
books from GEI available through 
DM2E 
• task: identify topoi and their 
connotation in different types of 
school books 
11.12.2014 DM2E – Final Event (Pisa)
5 
Experiments – Visual History / Didactics of History 
• 15 BA/MA history students from 
Humboldt-Universität zu Berlin 
(UBER) 
• topic: learning critical analysis of 
digitized historical photographs 
• data: students search and selected 
their own photographs from the 
Web 
• task: conduct an analysis of 
photographs based on a prepared 
vocabulary 
11.12.2014 DM2E – Final Event (Pisa)
6 
Experiments – Process 
• Preparatory Phase 
− sequence of several meetings 
− conceptual: specifying the topic and approach, devising a 
vocabulary for annotation etc. 
− technical: in cooperation with Net7, e.g. accessibility of sources 
(HTML pages or scraper), bug-fixing of Pundit 2, implementing 
the vocabulary, preparing visualization options 
• Working Phase 
− with two full-day workshops for each use case and work at home 
in-between 
− introducing Linked Data and Pundit, discussions, annotating, 
questionnaire etc. 
• Follow-up Meetings 
11.12.2014 DM2E – Final Event (Pisa)
Experiments – Annotations in Pundit 
11.12.2014 DM2E - ALL-WP-6 (Pisa) 7
Experiments – Annotations in Ask 
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Experiments – Some Tentative Results 
• Experiments underline the usefulness of the principal approach 
9 
of Pundit and of Linked Data for humanities. 
− evidence for applicability in the context of interpretative 
approaches in the humanities 
• Simple Linked Data annotation vocabularies 
− proved to be relatively accessible to humanists 
− results can be obtained with relatively low prerequisites 
− participants created, understood and applied vocabularies 
within a few hours 
− support different kinds of research interest 
11.12.2014 DM2E – Final Event (Pisa)
1100 
Experiments – Some Tentative Results 
• The vocabulary as an epistemological tool 
− Students (are forced to) reflect on their own work 
process because of the explicitness of the vocabulary. 
− Teachers have a pedagogical tool for communicating 
theoretical and practical representations of methods. 
− The vocabulary provides a common basis for 
discussion about the method and interpretation 
process. 
11.12.2014 DM2E – Final Event (Pisa)
1111 
Experiments 
• Scholarly Activities are determined by the Social Context 
− authority, trust, legal issues 
• Can I annotate this text or image? Who owns the triple? 
Can I download my annotations? 
− provenance and citation of triples and resources 
• authorship and reputation: Who created the triple? Who 
checks the quality of annotations? 
• selective sharing of “factual” statements vs. 
“interpretative” statements (the intellectual work / 
outcome): Sharing what with whom? 
• “composite triples”: Who’s work is it? 
11.12.2014 DM2E – Final Event (Pisa)

08b final event_experimente

  • 1.
    Humanists and LinkedData DM2E – Final Event Pisa, 11. December 2014 Steffen Hennicke, Kristin Dill, Gerold Tschumpel, Klaus Thoden, Christian Morbidoni, Alois Pichler co-funded by the European Union 1
  • 2.
    Experiments - EngagingHumanists with Pundit • Investigate how genuine research interests of humanists can be 2 operationalized in the particular context of Linked Data and Pundit. • Interpretative approaches and Linked Data through annotations and visualization 12.12.2014 DM2E – Final Event (Pisa)
  • 3.
    3 Experiments –Editorial and Archival Sciences • 15 students (BA) from the Fachhochschule Potsdam (FHP) • topic: diplomatic correspondence in the forefront of the Crisis of July 1914 • data: pre-selected sample of digitized original correspondences from the Political Archive of the German Foreign Ministry • task: devise and apply editorial guidelines 11.12.2014 DM2E – Final Event (Pisa)
  • 4.
    4 Experiments –Educational History • 1 trained historian from the Georg- Eckert-Institute (GEI) • topic: representations of the nation and the globalized world in school books • data: selected digitized school books from GEI available through DM2E • task: identify topoi and their connotation in different types of school books 11.12.2014 DM2E – Final Event (Pisa)
  • 5.
    5 Experiments –Visual History / Didactics of History • 15 BA/MA history students from Humboldt-Universität zu Berlin (UBER) • topic: learning critical analysis of digitized historical photographs • data: students search and selected their own photographs from the Web • task: conduct an analysis of photographs based on a prepared vocabulary 11.12.2014 DM2E – Final Event (Pisa)
  • 6.
    6 Experiments –Process • Preparatory Phase − sequence of several meetings − conceptual: specifying the topic and approach, devising a vocabulary for annotation etc. − technical: in cooperation with Net7, e.g. accessibility of sources (HTML pages or scraper), bug-fixing of Pundit 2, implementing the vocabulary, preparing visualization options • Working Phase − with two full-day workshops for each use case and work at home in-between − introducing Linked Data and Pundit, discussions, annotating, questionnaire etc. • Follow-up Meetings 11.12.2014 DM2E – Final Event (Pisa)
  • 7.
    Experiments – Annotationsin Pundit 11.12.2014 DM2E - ALL-WP-6 (Pisa) 7
  • 8.
    Experiments – Annotationsin Ask 11.12.2014 DM2E – Final Event (Pisa) 8
  • 9.
    Experiments – SomeTentative Results • Experiments underline the usefulness of the principal approach 9 of Pundit and of Linked Data for humanities. − evidence for applicability in the context of interpretative approaches in the humanities • Simple Linked Data annotation vocabularies − proved to be relatively accessible to humanists − results can be obtained with relatively low prerequisites − participants created, understood and applied vocabularies within a few hours − support different kinds of research interest 11.12.2014 DM2E – Final Event (Pisa)
  • 10.
    1100 Experiments –Some Tentative Results • The vocabulary as an epistemological tool − Students (are forced to) reflect on their own work process because of the explicitness of the vocabulary. − Teachers have a pedagogical tool for communicating theoretical and practical representations of methods. − The vocabulary provides a common basis for discussion about the method and interpretation process. 11.12.2014 DM2E – Final Event (Pisa)
  • 11.
    1111 Experiments •Scholarly Activities are determined by the Social Context − authority, trust, legal issues • Can I annotate this text or image? Who owns the triple? Can I download my annotations? − provenance and citation of triples and resources • authorship and reputation: Who created the triple? Who checks the quality of annotations? • selective sharing of “factual” statements vs. “interpretative” statements (the intellectual work / outcome): Sharing what with whom? • “composite triples”: Who’s work is it? 11.12.2014 DM2E – Final Event (Pisa)