http://www.arts-humanities.net/wiki en-mn http://www.arts-humanities.net/wiki/access_grid_art_history Taking the idea of scholarly collaboration and interaction one stage further, an important development that is gaining ground in the context of the arts and humanities is the use of the Access Grid. [read more...] Methods Network http://www.arts-humanities.net/wiki/access_grid_art_history#comments Art and Design History access grid art history virtual research environment http://www.arts-humanities.net/crss/node/153 Methods Network Tue, 10 Jul 2007 16:34:38 +0000 neil.grindley 153 at http://www.arts-humanities.net http://www.arts-humanities.net/wiki/analysis_composition_music The logical extension to research techniques that progress through stages of capture, representation, retrieval and analysis is to then test that analysis by playing back and comparing datasets with original and comparative source materials. Bonardi states, Quote: The musicologist is at the same time a listener and a composer, since analyzing a piece of music leads to “rewriting” it. [read more...] Music & Sound http://www.arts-humanities.net/wiki/analysis_composition_music#comments Music algorithmic composition compositional analysis Music composition Sound analysis spectrograms http://www.arts-humanities.net/crss/node/174 Methods Network Music & Sound Wed, 11 Jul 2007 15:46:21 +0000 neil.grindley 174 at http://www.arts-humanities.net http://www.arts-humanities.net/wiki/annotation_art_history Annotation in this context does not refer to textual markup procedures (i.e XML and its variants), but should be understood as providing a way for scholars to relate a thought or an idea to a particular area of an image or a piece of writing, in a number of different ways. [read more...] Methods Network http://www.arts-humanities.net/wiki/annotation_art_history#comments Art and Design History Ajax annotation art history Content analysis Graphical communication / collaboration (asynchronous) http://www.arts-humanities.net/crss/node/150 Methods Network Tue, 10 Jul 2007 16:09:51 +0000 neil.grindley 150 at http://www.arts-humanities.net http://www.arts-humanities.net/wiki/annotation_representation_tools_music Sheet music notation as constructed out of clefs, staves, bars and notes is a highly effective distillation of the idea of a musical work but is seriously limited in terms of what it can faithfully represent about the expressive qualities of a performance, e.g. timbre, changes in tempo and very specific interpretations to do with the onset and decay of notes. [read more...] Music & Sound http://www.arts-humanities.net/wiki/annotation_representation_tools_music#comments Music annotation Markup/text encoding - descriptive - conceptual Markup/text encoding - descriptive - document structure Markup/text encoding - presentational MEI representation Sound analysis Sound compression Sound encoding XML http://www.arts-humanities.net/crss/node/170 Methods Network Music & Sound Wed, 11 Jul 2007 14:54:43 +0000 neil.grindley 170 at http://www.arts-humanities.net http://www.arts-humanities.net/wiki/archiving_representation_performance Archiving and preserving performance and installation art works is a challenging proposition which increases with the amount of technological complexity that is included in the original conception of the work. [read more...] Methods Network http://www.arts-humanities.net/wiki/archiving_representation_performance#comments Dance Drama and Theatre Music digital preservation Documentation http://www.arts-humanities.net/crss/node/240 Methods Network Thu, 26 Jul 2007 11:58:10 +0000 neil.grindley 240 at http://www.arts-humanities.net http://www.arts-humanities.net/wiki/cad_computer_aided_design_archaeology Originally developed for architectural and engineering purposes, CAD (Computer-Aided Design) software is now used in a multitude of disciplines and integrates seamlessly with the archaeological point data that may be acquired from a variety of sources including Total Station surveys and GPS (Global Positioning System) readings. [read more...] Methods Network http://www.arts-humanities.net/wiki/cad_computer_aided_design_archaeology#comments Archaeology 2d modelling - raster 2d modelling - vector 3d modelling - vector CAD GPS/total station surveys Visual analysis/visualisation http://www.arts-humanities.net/crss/node/124 Methods Network Mon, 02 Jul 2007 16:42:21 +0000 neil.grindley 124 at http://www.arts-humanities.net http://www.arts-humanities.net/wiki/collaborative_spaces_dissemination_tools_art_histo It is clear that researchers now have more ways than ever before of reaching out to their respective communities and receiving feedback. [read more...] Methods Network http://www.arts-humanities.net/wiki/collaborative_spaces_dissemination_tools_art_histo#comments Art and Design History art history computer mediated communication Documentation Graphical communication / collaboration (synchronous) IP telephony metadata rdf RSS http://www.arts-humanities.net/crss/node/151 Methods Network Tue, 10 Jul 2007 16:21:17 +0000 neil.grindley 151 at http://www.arts-humanities.net http://www.arts-humanities.net/wiki/computational_methods_art_history The range of potential disciplines that art history can look to for help and guidance in the use of technology is encouraging and is much wider than the small sample of examples that are cited in this collection of wiki articles. [read more...] Methods Network http://www.arts-humanities.net/wiki/computational_methods_art_history#comments Art and Design art history XML http://www.arts-humanities.net/crss/node/164 Methods Network Wed, 11 Jul 2007 14:11:26 +0000 neil.grindley 164 at http://www.arts-humanities.net http://www.arts-humanities.net/wiki/content_based_image_retrieval_cbir_art_history A suggestion for an area of tools development voiced at the Methods Network Tools Development Workgroup (for a report see http://www.methodsnetwork.ac.uk/redist/pdf/wg1report.pdf) involved a method of carrying out automated image analysis. [read more...] Methods Network http://www.arts-humanities.net/wiki/content_based_image_retrieval_cbir_art_history#comments Art and Design History Content analysis Content-based image searching/retrieval image analysis http://www.arts-humanities.net/crss/node/162 Methods Network Wed, 11 Jul 2007 13:17:59 +0000 neil.grindley 162 at http://www.arts-humanities.net http://www.arts-humanities.net/wiki/corpus_linguistics_linguistics In many cases, discussion of tools development within the context of linguistics takes for granted the principle that those tools will have suitable datasets to interact with, process and/or analyze. The key activity that underpins much of this work is the process of corpus construction. [read more...] Methods Network http://www.arts-humanities.net/wiki/corpus_linguistics_linguistics#comments Linguistics British National Corpus Collating Collocating Concording/Indexing Content analysis corpus linguistics word frequency Wordsmith http://www.arts-humanities.net/crss/node/181 Methods Network Wed, 11 Jul 2007 17:15:44 +0000 neil.grindley 181 at http://www.arts-humanities.net http://www.arts-humanities.net/wiki/data_capture_electronic_texts As detailed in one of the other working papers in this series (Tools and Methods for Historical Research) digital methods for the bulk acquisition of data from printed material into digital formats have now been developed to the point where very large scale archives comprising of scores of millions of items are not only a possibilit [read more...] Methods Network http://www.arts-humanities.net/wiki/data_capture_electronic_texts#comments English Literature and Languages European Literature and Languages History digital libraries digitization electronic texts OCR http://www.arts-humanities.net/crss/node/108 Methods Network Thu, 28 Jun 2007 17:39:50 +0000 neil.grindley 108 at http://www.arts-humanities.net http://www.arts-humanities.net/wiki/data_management_library_information_studies Though closely entwined with the previous section, focusing on ‘data management’ issues affords opportunities to concentrate more specifically on data standards, ontologies, thesauri, data types and data processing methods. [read more...] Methods Network http://www.arts-humanities.net/wiki/data_management_library_information_studies#comments Librarianship, Information and Museum Studies ontologies rdf RDFS XML http://www.arts-humanities.net/crss/node/251 Methods Network Fri, 27 Jul 2007 12:51:08 +0000 neil.grindley 251 at http://www.arts-humanities.net http://www.arts-humanities.net/wiki/data_mining_history Having considered issues to do with the presentation and structuring of data, the former principally in the form of web resources and the latter as database and textual information systems, the next stage of the information cycle involves the querying and analysis of that data. [read more...] Methods Network http://www.arts-humanities.net/wiki/data_mining_history#comments History Data mining information retrieval NORA ontologies Visual analysis/visualisation http://www.arts-humanities.net/crss/node/204 Methods Network Wed, 18 Jul 2007 16:43:19 +0000 neil.grindley 204 at http://www.arts-humanities.net http://www.arts-humanities.net/wiki/data_preparation_electronic_texts Using XML (Extensible Markup Language) encoding to add descriptive value to digitised textual material is perhaps about as commonplace an activity throughout humanities computing as word processing is more generally across all subject disciplines. [read more...] Methods Network http://www.arts-humanities.net/wiki/data_preparation_electronic_texts#comments Classics and Ancient History English Literature and Languages European Literature and Languages electronic texts MECS TEI XML XPath XSLT http://www.arts-humanities.net/crss/node/109 Methods Network Thu, 28 Jun 2007 18:16:59 +0000 neil.grindley 109 at http://www.arts-humanities.net http://www.arts-humanities.net/wiki/data_presentation_electronic_texts Specific tools for manipulating data into formats for publication are mentioned elsewhere (Querying and Analysis of Data) and these include ANASTASIA, TuStep and EDITION. The first of these is a currently available dedicated tool and labours under the full title, Analytical System Tools and SGML/XML Integration Applications. [read more...] Methods Network http://www.arts-humanities.net/wiki/data_presentation_electronic_texts#comments English Literature and Languages European Literature and Languages electronic texts TEI XSLT http://www.arts-humanities.net/crss/node/112 Methods Network Fri, 29 Jun 2007 12:46:20 +0000 neil.grindley 112 at http://www.arts-humanities.net http://www.arts-humanities.net/wiki/database_structures_history Of all of the computer-related tools for historical research, database (and statistics) packages have had the most consistent use by the widest constituency of researchers using digital methods in the discipline. In general terms, approaches in the past generally focused on information originating from social science research and the data that resulted from this work often took the form of lists. [read more...] Methods Network http://www.arts-humanities.net/wiki/database_structures_history#comments History Content analysis Data modelling - relational databases Markup/text encoding - descriptive - conceptual http://www.arts-humanities.net/crss/node/202 Methods Network Wed, 18 Jul 2007 15:46:47 +0000 neil.grindley 202 at http://www.arts-humanities.net http://www.arts-humanities.net/wiki/databases_archaeology The use of structured information lends itself extremely well to database techniques and this has been an enduring methodology for archaeological projects ever since the days of mainframe computing. [read more...] Methods Network http://www.arts-humanities.net/wiki/databases_archaeology#comments Archaeology data management databases http://www.arts-humanities.net/crss/node/117 Methods Network Mon, 02 Jul 2007 14:27:54 +0000 neil.grindley 117 at http://www.arts-humanities.net http://www.arts-humanities.net/wiki/dendrochronology_archaeology The use of computational statistical matching of tree ring growth widths for dating wooden objects in relation to other geographically-similar tree-ring chronologies. Methods Network http://www.arts-humanities.net/wiki/dendrochronology_archaeology#comments Archaeology dendrochronology http://www.arts-humanities.net/crss/node/130 Methods Network Mon, 02 Jul 2007 17:14:52 +0000 neil.grindley 130 at http://www.arts-humanities.net http://www.arts-humanities.net/wiki/developer_tools_environments_linguistics Spending any time doing research into linguistic tools reveals that an enormous amount of computational work is being carried out in many areas of the discipline, and much of this effort seems to be coming from a community of practitioners who are familiar with various programming languages and capable of working with complex mathematical models. [read more...] Methods Network http://www.arts-humanities.net/wiki/developer_tools_environments_linguistics#comments Linguistics C++ GATE linguistics tools Perl Python Unix http://www.arts-humanities.net/crss/node/187 Methods Network Thu, 12 Jul 2007 12:21:56 +0000 neil.grindley 187 at http://www.arts-humanities.net http://www.arts-humanities.net/wiki/developing_ideas_performance Of all the sections, the initial process of formulating creative ideas for delivering effective and interesting performance works should, in theory, be the least likely to benefit from the application of digital tools. [read more...] Methods Network http://www.arts-humanities.net/wiki/developing_ideas_performance#comments Art and Design Dance Drama and Theatre Music Max/MSP SuperCollider http://www.arts-humanities.net/crss/node/220 Methods Network Tue, 24 Jul 2007 13:58:26 +0000 neil.grindley 220 at http://www.arts-humanities.net http://www.arts-humanities.net/wiki/documentation_standards_museums_cultural_heritage Definable as model, tool or standard, consideration of the CRM usefully provides a conceptual and practical link with the broad and important field of standards development. [read more...] Methods Network http://www.arts-humanities.net/wiki/documentation_standards_museums_cultural_heritage#comments Librarianship, Information and Museum Studies CRM Documentation Dublin Core metadata standards http://www.arts-humanities.net/crss/node/259 Methods Network Mon, 30 Jul 2007 11:09:30 +0000 Torsten Reimer 259 at http://www.arts-humanities.net http://www.arts-humanities.net/wiki/e_science_methods_archaeology The final reference in this paper is a relatively new focus for the arts and humanities, namely the use of grid computing and e-science related methods, themes which have particular relevance for subject areas that potentially deal with very high volumes of data. [read more...] Mapping the Past http://www.arts-humanities.net/wiki/e_science_methods_archaeology#comments Archaeology AHeSSC e-science Grid Computing virtual research environment http://www.arts-humanities.net/crss/node/133 Methods Network Mapping the Past Mon, 02 Jul 2007 17:53:31 +0000 neil.grindley 133 at http://www.arts-humanities.net http://www.arts-humanities.net/wiki/electronic_publication_electronic_texts As with many activities related to scholarly research, the production of electronic editions and archives - and the associated focus on technologies to assist with that process - has been closely (though not exclusively) entwined with developments associated with the World Wide Web since the mid 1990’s. [read more...] Methods Network http://www.arts-humanities.net/wiki/electronic_publication_electronic_texts#comments Classics and Ancient History English Literature and Languages European Literature and Languages History critical editions digital editions electronic texts http://www.arts-humanities.net/crss/node/107 Methods Network Thu, 28 Jun 2007 16:28:43 +0000 neil.grindley 107 at http://www.arts-humanities.net http://www.arts-humanities.net/wiki/epoch_tools_museums_cultural_heritage EPOCH (The European Research Network of Excellence in Open Cultural Heritage - http://www.epoch-net.org/index.php?option=com_content&task=v...)is an important starting point for investigating the use of ICT tools in the cultural sector. [read more...] Methods Network http://www.arts-humanities.net/wiki/epoch_tools_museums_cultural_heritage#comments Librarianship, Information and Museum Studies EPOCH http://www.arts-humanities.net/crss/node/257 Methods Network Fri, 27 Jul 2007 16:58:17 +0000 neil.grindley 257 at http://www.arts-humanities.net http://www.arts-humanities.net/wiki/field_linguistics_linguistics There is also an abundance of resources available for those involved with using and developing ‘field linguistics’ tools, which generally means that the resources are geared towards the capture, annotation and analysis of spoken data. [read more...] Methods Network http://www.arts-humanities.net/wiki/field_linguistics_linguistics#comments Linguistics endangered languages http://www.arts-humanities.net/crss/node/188 Methods Network Thu, 12 Jul 2007 12:46:37 +0000 neil.grindley 188 at http://www.arts-humanities.net http://www.arts-humanities.net/wiki/geographical_information_systems_history To find a remarkable implementation of a system that uses GIS as one of the component parts of its technology, one need look no further than Google Earth to illustrate an essential facet of what it is possible to do using such techniques. [read more...] Methods Network http://www.arts-humanities.net/wiki/geographical_information_systems_history#comments History GIS http://www.arts-humanities.net/crss/node/211 Methods Network Wed, 18 Jul 2007 17:40:08 +0000 neil.grindley 211 at http://www.arts-humanities.net http://www.arts-humanities.net/wiki/gis_geographic_information_system_archaeology It has been proposed that rather than being classified as a ‘tool’, GIS might more accurately be labelled a sub-discipline in its own right, complete with its own competing methodologies and camps endorsing one approach over another in relation to the vast amount of functionality that GIS encompasses. [read more...] Methods Network http://www.arts-humanities.net/wiki/gis_geographic_information_system_archaeology#comments Archaeology database management GIS Predictive spatial modelling spatial analysis spatial data management spatial data visualization http://www.arts-humanities.net/crss/node/123 Methods Network Mon, 02 Jul 2007 16:37:23 +0000 neil.grindley 123 at http://www.arts-humanities.net http://www.arts-humanities.net/wiki/google_earth_archaeology Scott Madry from the University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill, presented a paper at CAA2006 (Computer Applications and Quantitative Methods for Archaeology) which summarised some of his very successful work with Google Earth to find potential excavation sites in the Burgundy region of France, a method which he is quoted as saying provided him with more meaningful results in a matter of hours than [read more...] Methods Network http://www.arts-humanities.net/wiki/google_earth_archaeology#comments Archaeology GIS data google earth http://www.arts-humanities.net/crss/node/120 Methods Network Mon, 02 Jul 2007 15:30:16 +0000 neil.grindley 120 at http://www.arts-humanities.net http://www.arts-humanities.net/wiki/grid_computing_music In the area of computer science, perhaps one of the most interesting developments of recent years, and one that is bound to have an impact on music and musicology, is the recent focus on the uses of Grid computing to arts and humanities researchers. [read more...] Music & Sound http://www.arts-humanities.net/wiki/grid_computing_music#comments Music Grid Computing music information-retrieval http://www.arts-humanities.net/crss/node/176 Methods Network Music & Sound Wed, 11 Jul 2007 16:00:40 +0000 neil.grindley 176 at http://www.arts-humanities.net http://www.arts-humanities.net/wiki/image_acquisition_art_history Turning to what is perhaps the most significant application of technology to art historical research, the processes of image capture and storage are potentially where the largest gains could be observed in relation to current practice. [read more...] Methods Network http://www.arts-humanities.net/wiki/image_acquisition_art_history#comments 2d Scanning/photography art history DIAMM Digital photography digital restoration multi-spectral photography http://www.arts-humanities.net/crss/node/155 Methods Network Tue, 10 Jul 2007 17:35:41 +0000 neil.grindley 155 at http://www.arts-humanities.net http://www.arts-humanities.net/wiki/image_capture_archaeology The capture and analysis of image data is an integral part of the archaeological process and digital applications and techniques have revolutionised methods of data gathering, no more so than with aerial and satellite photography. [read more...] Methods Network http://www.arts-humanities.net/wiki/image_capture_archaeology#comments Archaeology Photogrammetry http://www.arts-humanities.net/crss/node/119 Methods Network Mon, 02 Jul 2007 15:21:37 +0000 neil.grindley 119 at http://www.arts-humanities.net http://www.arts-humanities.net/wiki/information_retrieval The term Information Retrieval (IR) covers a multitude of processes and techniques but is often used in contexts where there is significant input from ‘computing’ (rather than ‘information’) science. [read more...] Methods Network http://www.arts-humanities.net/wiki/information_retrieval#comments Librarianship, Information and Museum Studies Data Analysis GATE information retrieval NORA Open Archives Initiative (OAI) text mining http://www.arts-humanities.net/crss/node/253 Methods Network Fri, 27 Jul 2007 13:04:55 +0000 neil.grindley 253 at http://www.arts-humanities.net http://www.arts-humanities.net/wiki/information_systems_digital_libraries_library_info As Howard Besser (Besser, H. (2004), ‘The Past, Present, and Future of Digital Libraries’, in Schreibman, S., Siemens, R., Unsworth, J., (eds), A Companion to Digital Humanities, (pp.557 - 575)) points out, if a large collection of books and associated material has all been assembled in one location, it doesn’t necessarily mean that it should be called a ‘library’. [read more...] Methods Network http://www.arts-humanities.net/wiki/information_systems_digital_libraries_library_info#comments Librarianship, Information and Museum Studies digital libraries MARC21 OPAC systems Open Archival Information System (OAIS) http://www.arts-humanities.net/crss/node/246 Methods Network Thu, 26 Jul 2007 15:14:04 +0000 neil.grindley 246 at http://www.arts-humanities.net http://www.arts-humanities.net/wiki/internet_database_resources_music At a recent Methods Network workshop, Michael Casey remarked that the ideal web resource would learn to serve the user’s requirements rather than force the user to learn the requirements of using the resource. [read more...] Methods Network http://www.arts-humanities.net/wiki/internet_database_resources_music#comments Music databases internet http://www.arts-humanities.net/crss/node/168 Music & Sound Methods Network Wed, 11 Jul 2007 14:38:53 +0000 neil.grindley 168 at http://www.arts-humanities.net http://www.arts-humanities.net/wiki/introducing_digital_history_history On a theoretical map of arts and humanities subject areas where disciplines could be positioned to try and demonstrate overlap and methodological common ground, there would be a strong case for placing the discipline of History squarely in the centre of the map, providing as it does a chronological backbone for all areas of research, as diverse as musicology, practice-based art, theology, literary [read more...] Methods Network http://www.arts-humanities.net/wiki/introducing_digital_history_history#comments History historical information science historical research http://www.arts-humanities.net/crss/node/198 Methods Network Wed, 18 Jul 2007 15:20:51 +0000 neil.grindley 198 at http://www.arts-humanities.net http://www.arts-humanities.net/wiki/introducing_digital_performance_issues_performance The focus of this series of performance wiki articles is to take a very selective look at some of the ways that practitioners have used digital tools in the course of planning, designing, ‘doing’, communicating and documenting 'performance' related works. [read more...] Methods Network http://www.arts-humanities.net/wiki/introducing_digital_performance_issues_performance#comments Art and Design Dance Drama and Theatre Music performance http://www.arts-humanities.net/crss/node/218 Methods Network Tue, 24 Jul 2007 13:51:49 +0000 neil.grindley 218 at http://www.arts-humanities.net http://www.arts-humanities.net/wiki/knowledge_based_systems_linguistics If the construction of corpora is the main method by which statistical methods can be applied to the various problems of linguistics research, there is clearly a need to also examine a knowledge-based approach, which in practical terms means the attachment of encoded or categorised data and the construction of ontological classification systems to assist with a whole host of research questions rel [read more...] Methods Network http://www.arts-humanities.net/wiki/knowledge_based_systems_linguistics#comments Linguistics CES ontologies taxonomies TEI thesauri http://www.arts-humanities.net/crss/node/182 Methods Network Wed, 11 Jul 2007 17:28:33 +0000 neil.grindley 182 at http://www.arts-humanities.net http://www.arts-humanities.net/wiki/library_information_studies_research_library_infor Defining discreet scholarly territories for all disciplines is problematic but it could be argued that Library and Information Studies (LIS) is more problematic than most when it comes to understanding the scope of its remit. It addresses issues relevant to every other academic subject and demands the engagement, to varying degrees, of almost everyone whose task it is to carry out research. [read more...] Methods Network http://www.arts-humanities.net/wiki/library_information_studies_research_library_infor#comments Librarianship, Information and Museum Studies data management http://www.arts-humanities.net/crss/node/242 Methods Network Thu, 26 Jul 2007 12:12:47 +0000 neil.grindley 242 at http://www.arts-humanities.net http://www.arts-humanities.net/wiki/linguistics_computational_methods_linguistics The field of linguistics draws heavily on computational approaches and is a field where programming skills and high levels of technical expertise are common. Broadly speaking, early work in the field centred on the problems of natural language processing and the development of techniques to enable sophisticated human-machine interaction in a variety of ways. [read more...] Methods Network http://www.arts-humanities.net/wiki/linguistics_computational_methods_linguistics#comments Linguistics artificial intelligence natural language processing http://www.arts-humanities.net/crss/node/177 Methods Network Wed, 11 Jul 2007 16:45:13 +0000 neil.grindley 177 at http://www.arts-humanities.net http://www.arts-humanities.net/wiki/music_critical_editions_music In tackling some of the issues that are currently being discussed in the realm of musicology, many other potential avenues of enquiry are opened up and opportunities for cross-disciplinary engagement with the subject become abundant. [read more...] Methods Network http://www.arts-humanities.net/wiki/music_critical_editions_music#comments Music digital editions digital music editions digital musicology digital philology Markup/text encoding - presentational http://www.arts-humanities.net/crss/node/175 Music & Sound Methods Network Wed, 11 Jul 2007 15:54:30 +0000 neil.grindley 175 at http://www.arts-humanities.net http://www.arts-humanities.net/wiki/music_information_retrieval_mir_music Consideration of MIR tools separately from reflections on methods of musical representation is a rather arbitrary distinction, closely entwined as the two activities are. [read more...] Music & Sound http://www.arts-humanities.net/wiki/music_information_retrieval_mir_music#comments Music automated music transcription Humdrum MPEG-7 music information-retrieval Sound encoding http://www.arts-humanities.net/crss/node/171 Methods Network Music & Sound Wed, 11 Jul 2007 15:00:37 +0000 neil.grindley 171 at http://www.arts-humanities.net http://www.arts-humanities.net/wiki/music_audio_graphics_lights_effects_performance One of the most widely used tools across the performing arts is Max/MSP developed by Cycling ’74 which is a graphical programming environment for music, audio and multimedia. It works on the principle that users manipulate ’objects’ that represent actions and entities and when these are moved around into different sequences, the embedded code moves with the objects. [read more...] Music & Sound http://www.arts-humanities.net/wiki/music_audio_graphics_lights_effects_performance#comments Dance Drama and Theatre Music 3d modelling - vector graphical programming environment Jitter Max/MSP performance SuperCollider virtual reality http://www.arts-humanities.net/crss/node/237 Methods Network Music & Sound Thu, 26 Jul 2007 11:35:40 +0000 neil.grindley 237 at http://www.arts-humanities.net http://www.arts-humanities.net/wiki/musicology_ict_methods_music In all arts and humanities disciplines there are areas of enquiry that more or less lend themselves to computational methods of research and the field of music is no exception. For the purposes of the 2001 Research Assessment Exercise (RAE), the fields encompassed by the discipline of ‘music’ include: [read more...] Music & Sound http://www.arts-humanities.net/wiki/musicology_ict_methods_music#comments Music digital musicology musicology http://www.arts-humanities.net/crss/node/165 Methods Network Music & Sound Wed, 11 Jul 2007 14:22:52 +0000 neil.grindley 165 at http://www.arts-humanities.net http://www.arts-humanities.net/wiki/outputs_icts_research_process_creative_performing_ This page will be the site for the outputs of the ICTs and the Research Process in the Creative and Performing Arts workshop run by HATII at the University of Glasgow and the Network of Expert Centres for the Digital Arts and Humanities. [read more...] http://www.arts-humanities.net/wiki/outputs_icts_research_process_creative_performing_#comments Art and Design Dance Drama and Theatre Media and Film Studies Music creative digital art Digital performance digital preservation ICT Network of Centres performance http://www.arts-humanities.net/crss/node/1858 Fri, 17 Oct 2008 14:26:51 +0000 Daisy Abbott 1858 at http://www.arts-humanities.net http://www.arts-humanities.net/wiki/performance_audience_performance Examples have been cited elsewhere (see wiki article - The Cast (Performance)) where the movements of performers have been translated into digital signals and have been used to animate or actuate virtual dance partners, either in the form of digital representations of figures (BIPED by Merce Cunningham) or robotic devices (Afasia by Marcel.lí Antúnez Roca). [read more...] Methods Network http://www.arts-humanities.net/wiki/performance_audience_performance#comments Dance Drama and Theatre Music Digital motion capture MidiDancer performance Telematic Art http://www.arts-humanities.net/crss/node/239 Methods Network Thu, 26 Jul 2007 11:53:58 +0000 neil.grindley 239 at http://www.arts-humanities.net http://www.arts-humanities.net/wiki/preservation_museums_cultural_heritage Preservation issues are quite obviously very central to the concerns of those working in the MCH sector. As is often the case when considering the application of digital tools to an area of activity, preservation can be examined in two different ways: [read more...] Methods Network http://www.arts-humanities.net/wiki/preservation_museums_cultural_heritage#comments Librarianship, Information and Museum Studies Curation digital preservation information management http://www.arts-humanities.net/crss/node/261 Methods Network Mon, 30 Jul 2007 11:21:16 +0000 neil.grindley 261 at http://www.arts-humanities.net http://www.arts-humanities.net/wiki/props_costumes_instruments_performance Having considered the use of robotics (see The Cast (Performance)), it is perhaps logical to look at areas of performance practice that make use of extensions or additions to the human body, a sort of ‘augmented-reality’ in contrast to the full-on ‘virtual reality’ of the robot as human surrogate. [read more...] Methods Network http://www.arts-humanities.net/wiki/props_costumes_instruments_performance#comments Dance Drama and Theatre Music 3D virtual reality environments cyborg performance RFID http://www.arts-humanities.net/crss/node/227 Methods Network Tue, 24 Jul 2007 16:35:57 +0000 neil.grindley 227 at http://www.arts-humanities.net http://www.arts-humanities.net/wiki/quantitative_analysis_archaeology The use of statistics software has a long history in archaeology and continues to be used for a range of analysis functions including similarity and clustering calculations. There are a range of freeware packages available (see: http://freestatistics.altervista.org/stat.php) in addition to the widely used and venerable packages such as SPSS and Minitab. Methods Network http://www.arts-humanities.net/wiki/quantitative_analysis_archaeology#comments Archaeology statistics http://www.arts-humanities.net/crss/node/132 Methods Network Mon, 02 Jul 2007 17:30:45 +0000 neil.grindley 132 at http://www.arts-humanities.net http://www.arts-humanities.net/wiki/quantitative_methods_history The use of quantitative methods is an intrinsic part of historical research but has not always met with blanket favour over the years in all areas of the discipline. In a recent essay, William Thomas (Thomas, W. (2004), ‘Computing and the Historical Imagination’, in Schreibman, S., Siemens, R., Unsworth, J., (eds), A companion to Digital Humanities, (pp. [read more...] Methods Network http://www.arts-humanities.net/wiki/quantitative_methods_history#comments History cliometrics http://www.arts-humanities.net/crss/node/205 Methods Network Wed, 18 Jul 2007 16:51:24 +0000 neil.grindley 205 at http://www.arts-humanities.net http://www.arts-humanities.net/wiki/querying_analysis_data_electronic_texts The range of functionality that TuStep (TUebingen System of Text Processing Programs - http://www.zdv.uni-tuebingen.de/tustep/tustep_eng.html) offers makes it the ideal candidate to begin a section devoted to some of the tools and techniques that are (or will be) available to scholars wishing to query and analyze digital texts. [read more...] Methods Network http://www.arts-humanities.net/wiki/querying_analysis_data_electronic_texts#comments Classics and Ancient History English Literature and Languages European Literature and Languages Non-European Literature and Languages electronic texts text analysis text processing http://www.arts-humanities.net/crss/node/111 Methods Network Fri, 29 Jun 2007 11:49:43 +0000 neil.grindley 111 at http://www.arts-humanities.net http://www.arts-humanities.net/wiki/remote_sensing_archaeology Remote Sensing is the term used for the technique of gathering images using equipment that is at some degree removed from the subject matter and therefore covers a very wide range of techniques for analysing the environment. [read more...] Methods Network http://www.arts-humanities.net/wiki/remote_sensing_archaeology#comments Archaeology Digital remote sensing http://www.arts-humanities.net/crss/node/121 Methods Network Mon, 02 Jul 2007 15:38:45 +0000 neil.grindley 121 at http://www.arts-humanities.net http://www.arts-humanities.net/wiki/representation_visualization_museums_cultural_heri Summarising digital tools for the representation and visualization of cultural heritage is difficult, but perhaps not as difficult as defining what range of objects those representations might need to describe. [read more...] Methods Network http://www.arts-humanities.net/wiki/representation_visualization_museums_cultural_heri#comments Librarianship, Information and Museum Studies Visual analysis/visualisation http://www.arts-humanities.net/crss/node/266 Methods Network Mon, 30 Jul 2007 12:02:03 +0000 neil.grindley 266 at http://www.arts-humanities.net http://www.arts-humanities.net/wiki/review_drh_protocol The DRH(A) series of conferences has long had a kind of a charter known as the DRHA Protocol, originally worked out by Lou Burnard and Harold Short, with input from many other former members of the community. This document defines what the conference is for, and (in some detail), how it should be run. It probably doesn't need radical revision, but it does need to be brought up to date. [read more...] Digital Resources in the Humanities and Arts http://www.arts-humanities.net/wiki/review_drh_protocol#comments http://www.arts-humanities.net/crss/node/1855 Digital Resources in the Humanities and Arts Thu, 16 Oct 2008 16:35:39 +0000 lou.burnard 1855 at http://www.arts-humanities.net http://www.arts-humanities.net/wiki/science_based_methods_archaeology Radiocarbon dating can be carried out using tools such as OxCal (http://c14.arch.ox.ac.uk/embed.php?File=oxcal.html). This is a system for measuring the rate of decay of the radioactive isotope 14C, a naturally occurring ubiquitous entity found in all life-forms that has a half life of around 5730 years. Other forms of scientific-based enquiry include luminescence and uranium series analysis. Methods Network http://www.arts-humanities.net/wiki/science_based_methods_archaeology#comments Archaeology radiocarbon dating http://www.arts-humanities.net/crss/node/131 Methods Network Mon, 02 Jul 2007 17:18:17 +0000 neil.grindley 131 at http://www.arts-humanities.net http://www.arts-humanities.net/wiki/stage_scenery_performance Digital techniques associated with this section largely overlap with the types of tools mentioned in relation to ‘The Performance Space’, but it may be of use to briefly mention some specifically relevant techniques. [read more...] Methods Network http://www.arts-humanities.net/wiki/stage_scenery_performance#comments Dance Drama and Theatre Music performance http://www.arts-humanities.net/crss/node/235 Methods Network Thu, 26 Jul 2007 10:55:11 +0000 neil.grindley 235 at http://www.arts-humanities.net http://www.arts-humanities.net/wiki/stochastic_methods_linguistics The early development of stochastic (mathematical and statistical) methods of analysing information have had a profound influence on more recent initiatives to deal with the prodigious amount of information that is now available to researchers, but it is plausibly as much to do with developments outside of the field of linguistics that stochastic techniques are now very firmly back on the agenda a [read more...] Methods Network http://www.arts-humanities.net/wiki/stochastic_methods_linguistics#comments Linguistics corpus linguistics stochastic methods http://www.arts-humanities.net/crss/node/179 Methods Network Wed, 11 Jul 2007 16:55:33 +0000 neil.grindley 179 at http://www.arts-humanities.net http://www.arts-humanities.net/wiki/stratigraphic_analysis_archaeology Overlapping with geological research, tools in this area assist with the creation and viewing of representations of drill-cores and the type of layering that would be seen in trenches and outcrops. Methods Network http://www.arts-humanities.net/wiki/stratigraphic_analysis_archaeology#comments Archaeology stratigraphy http://www.arts-humanities.net/crss/node/129 Methods Network Mon, 02 Jul 2007 17:12:44 +0000 neil.grindley 129 at http://www.arts-humanities.net http://www.arts-humanities.net/wiki/cast_performance Starting with an early and influential piece of software, LifeForms from Credo Interactive was used by Merce Cunningham in 1989 to choreograph dance movements prior to working with real dancers in a studio environment. [read more...] Methods Network http://www.arts-humanities.net/wiki/cast_performance#comments Art and Design Dance Drama and Theatre Music http://www.arts-humanities.net/crss/node/225 Methods Network Tue, 24 Jul 2007 16:22:46 +0000 neil.grindley 225 at http://www.arts-humanities.net http://www.arts-humanities.net/wiki/corpus_approach_art_history The amassing of detail and the application of a variety of methods has resonances with the type of approach favoured by those working with corpus information and in particular with linguistics research where the analysis of texts using a broad range of quantitative techniques has underpinned a number of areas of enquiry. [read more...] Methods Network http://www.arts-humanities.net/wiki/corpus_approach_art_history#comments art history corpus linguistics http://www.arts-humanities.net/crss/node/163 Methods Network Wed, 11 Jul 2007 13:50:49 +0000 neil.grindley 163 at http://www.arts-humanities.net http://www.arts-humanities.net/wiki/performance_space_performance Of all the different ways of interpreting this concept, perhaps the most immediately practical application of digital tools is the widespread use of CAD (computer aided design) packages to assist designers with visualizing performance spaces prior to the costly task of purchasing materials and paying for construction costs. [read more...] Methods Network http://www.arts-humanities.net/wiki/performance_space_performance#comments Art and Design Dance Drama and Theatre Music performance http://www.arts-humanities.net/crss/node/222 Methods Network Tue, 24 Jul 2007 14:09:57 +0000 neil.grindley 222 at http://www.arts-humanities.net http://www.arts-humanities.net/wiki/status_electronic_publishing_electronic_texts The emergence of Web 2.0 applications has focused attention on an area that might be defined as a many-to-many publishing model, which includes such activities as collaborative tagging, shared resource building, folksonomies, social networking, social bookmarking, collaborative editing (wikis), podcasting and RSS feed delivery. [read more...] Methods Network http://www.arts-humanities.net/wiki/status_electronic_publishing_electronic_texts#comments English Literature and Languages European Literature and Languages Non-European Literature and Languages critical editions digital editions electronic texts web 2.0 http://www.arts-humanities.net/crss/node/113 Methods Network Fri, 29 Jun 2007 13:06:05 +0000 neil.grindley 113 at http://www.arts-humanities.net http://www.arts-humanities.net/wiki/tools_web_resources_history To address the question of what is currently available to historians, one must inevitably turn first to the Web for an overview of initiatives that are the result of recent (and not-so-recent) attempts to use digital tools to break new ground in areas of historical research. [read more...] Methods Network http://www.arts-humanities.net/wiki/tools_web_resources_history#comments History portals http://www.arts-humanities.net/crss/node/201 Methods Network Wed, 18 Jul 2007 15:39:32 +0000 neil.grindley 201 at http://www.arts-humanities.net http://www.arts-humanities.net/wiki/user_environments_museums_cultural_heritage The provision of digital information into the spaces set aside for museum, gallery and other cultural spaces encompasses some of the methods already described above (e.g. presentation/visualization) but also relates to the effective transmission of that data via a number of tools and techniques. [read more...] Methods Network http://www.arts-humanities.net/wiki/user_environments_museums_cultural_heritage#comments Librarianship, Information and Museum Studies user environments http://www.arts-humanities.net/crss/node/262 Methods Network Mon, 30 Jul 2007 11:36:02 +0000 neil.grindley 262 at http://www.arts-humanities.net http://www.arts-humanities.net/wiki/user_issues_library_information_studies The mass adoption of Web 2.0 type resources such as FlickR, Myspace, YouTube and Del.icio.us means that large numbers of users are now attempting to archive and describe digital objects without recourse to expert classification systems. [read more...] Methods Network http://www.arts-humanities.net/wiki/user_issues_library_information_studies#comments Librarianship, Information and Museum Studies http://www.arts-humanities.net/crss/node/254 Methods Network Fri, 27 Jul 2007 13:09:00 +0000 neil.grindley 254 at http://www.arts-humanities.net http://www.arts-humanities.net/wiki/user_led_approaches_music The emergent popularity of a field of research that is devoted to the analysis of music as a series of acoustic sounds can be largely attributed to the shift from analogue to digital techniques over the last quarter of a century. [read more...] Music & Sound http://www.arts-humanities.net/wiki/user_led_approaches_music#comments Music MIDI mp3 http://www.arts-humanities.net/crss/node/167 Methods Network Music & Sound Wed, 11 Jul 2007 14:29:55 +0000 neil.grindley 167 at http://www.arts-humanities.net http://www.arts-humanities.net/wiki/visualization_archaeology Though difficult to refer to as a discreet area of activity, visualization might best be understood as the method by which archaeological ideas can be effectively communicated to their target audience, which entails obvious overlaps with the functionality of many of the tools mentioned already. [read more...] Methods Network http://www.arts-humanities.net/wiki/visualization_archaeology#comments Archaeology Classics and Ancient History 3d modelling - vector Visual analysis/visualisation http://www.arts-humanities.net/crss/node/128 Methods Network Mon, 02 Jul 2007 17:01:19 +0000 neil.grindley 128 at http://www.arts-humanities.net http://www.arts-humanities.net/wiki/visualization_history Charles Joseph Minard’s visualization of the Napoleonic Army’s advance and subsequent retreat from Russia in the 1812-13 campaign is widely cited as one of the most effective graphical depictions of data drawn from statistical sources (see Fig. 3). [read more...] Methods Network http://www.arts-humanities.net/wiki/visualization_history#comments Archaeology History Visual analysis/visualisation http://www.arts-humanities.net/crss/node/209 Methods Network Wed, 18 Jul 2007 17:06:19 +0000 neil.grindley 209 at http://www.arts-humanities.net http://www.arts-humanities.net/wiki/webs_1_0_2_0_3_0_museums_cultural_heritage The delivery of the results of MCH research via innumerable websites is, in common with every other discipline, a quotidian phenomenon and of negligible significance in itself. What this obscures however, is the complexity of certain systems that present themselves simply to the user but are reliant on complex procedures and tools (e.g. [read more...] Methods Network http://www.arts-humanities.net/wiki/webs_1_0_2_0_3_0_museums_cultural_heritage#comments Librarianship, Information and Museum Studies ontologies http://www.arts-humanities.net/crss/node/258 Methods Network Fri, 27 Jul 2007 17:03:02 +0000 neil.grindley 258 at http://www.arts-humanities.net http://www.arts-humanities.net/wiki/xml_related_methods_archaeology Recent convergence between relational database systems and XML related methods has led to increasing interest in using XML to publish data from database systems and for databases to be used to store and query XML data, often by handling queries issued over the Internet. [read more...] Methods Network http://www.arts-humanities.net/wiki/xml_related_methods_archaeology#comments Archaeology XML http://www.arts-humanities.net/crss/node/118 Methods Network Mon, 02 Jul 2007 14:48:20 +0000 neil.grindley 118 at http://www.arts-humanities.net