Mixing Methods

Mixing Methods

Practical Insights from the Humanities in the Digital Age

Edited by Birgit Schneider, Beate Löffler, Tino Mager and Carola Hein
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Publication Date: 3rd June 2025

This book focusses on driving innovation and conceptualising the humanities in the 21st century. Read More
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This book focusses on driving innovation and conceptualising the humanities in the 21st century. Read More
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The digital transformation is accompanied by two simultaneous processes: digital humanities challenging the humanities, their theories, methodologies and disciplinary identities, and pushing computer science to get involved in new fields. But how can qualitative and quantitative methods be usefully combined in one research project? What are the theoretical and methodological principles across all disciplinary digital approaches? This volume focusses on driving innovation and conceptualising the humanities in the 21st century. Building on the results of 10 research projects, it serves as a useful tool for designing cutting-edge research that goes beyond conventional strategies.
Details
  • Price: $45.00
  • Pages: 272
  • Publisher: transcript publishing
  • Imprint: Bielefeld University Press
  • Series: Digital Humanities Research
  • Publication Date: 3rd June 2025
  • Trim Size: 5.83 x 8.86 in
  • Illustration Note: 7 ill., 30 col. ill.
  • ISBN: 9783837669138
  • Format: Paperback
  • BISACs:
    ART / History / General
    HISTORY / Social History
    SOCIAL SCIENCE / Media Studies
Author Bio

Birgit Schneider is a professor for knowledge cultures and media environments at the Department of European Media Studies at Universität Potsdam, Germany. She studied art and media studies as well as media art and philosophy in Karlsruhe, London and Berlin.
Beate Löffler researches and teaches at Technische Universität Dortmund. She received an engineering degree in architecture in Potsdam and studied history and art history in Dresden afterwards.
Tino Mager is an assistant professor of the history and theory of architecture and urbanism at the University of Groningen. He studied media technology in Leipzig and art history and communication science in Berlin, Barcelona and Tokyo.
Carola Hein is a professor of the history of architecture and urban planning at Delft University of Technology. She studied architecture and urban planning in Hamburg and Brussels.

Table of Contents

Frontmatter 1
Editorial 2
Contents 5
Preface 9
Mixing Methods. Practical Insights from the Humanities in the Digital Age 13
Mixed Methods and the Digital Humanities 27
PARAPHRASE 45
Innovation in Loops: Developing Tools and Redefining Theories within the Project 'Digital Plato' (Digital Plato) 47
SIMILARITY 61
Reading at Scale. A Digital Analysis of German Novellas from the 19th Century (Reading at Scale) 63
CORPUS 79
On Designing Collaboration in a Mixed-Methods Scenario. Reflecting Quantitative Drama Analytics (QuaDrama) 81
HUMAN-IN-THE-LOOP 103
Dhimmis and Muslims - Analyzing Multi-Religious Spaces in the Medieval Muslim World (DhiMu) 105
VISUALIZATION 123
Computer Vision and Architectural History at Eye Level: Mixed Methods for Linking Research in the Humanities and in Information Technology (ArchiMediaL) 125
CANON 145
Musical Schemata: Modelling Challenges and Pattern Finding (BachBeatles) 147
MODELLING 165
Free Verse Prosodies: Identifying and Classifying Spoken Poetry Using Literary and Computational Perspectives (Rhythmicalizer) 167
MACHINE LEARNING 187
Interpreting Climate Images on the Internet: Mixing Algorithmic and Interpretive Views to Enable an Intercultural Comparison (ANCI) 189
QUANTIFICATION 213
Detecting Authorship, Hands, and Corrections in Historical Manuscripts. A Mixedmethods Approach towards the Unpublished Writings of an 18th Century Czech Emigré Community in Berlin (Handwriting) 215
UNCERTAINTY 237
Encoding, Processing and Interpreting Vagueness and Uncertainty in Historical Texts - A Pilot Study Based on Multilingual 18th Century Texts of Dimitrie Cantemir (HerCoRe) 239
HETEROGENEITY 259
Authors 261

The digital transformation is accompanied by two simultaneous processes: digital humanities challenging the humanities, their theories, methodologies and disciplinary identities, and pushing computer science to get involved in new fields. But how can qualitative and quantitative methods be usefully combined in one research project? What are the theoretical and methodological principles across all disciplinary digital approaches? This volume focusses on driving innovation and conceptualising the humanities in the 21st century. Building on the results of 10 research projects, it serves as a useful tool for designing cutting-edge research that goes beyond conventional strategies.
  • Price: $45.00
  • Pages: 272
  • Publisher: transcript publishing
  • Imprint: Bielefeld University Press
  • Series: Digital Humanities Research
  • Publication Date: 3rd June 2025
  • Trim Size: 5.83 x 8.86 in
  • Illustrations Note: 7 ill., 30 col. ill.
  • ISBN: 9783837669138
  • Format: Paperback
  • BISACs:
    ART / History / General
    HISTORY / Social History
    SOCIAL SCIENCE / Media Studies

Birgit Schneider is a professor for knowledge cultures and media environments at the Department of European Media Studies at Universität Potsdam, Germany. She studied art and media studies as well as media art and philosophy in Karlsruhe, London and Berlin.
Beate Löffler researches and teaches at Technische Universität Dortmund. She received an engineering degree in architecture in Potsdam and studied history and art history in Dresden afterwards.
Tino Mager is an assistant professor of the history and theory of architecture and urbanism at the University of Groningen. He studied media technology in Leipzig and art history and communication science in Berlin, Barcelona and Tokyo.
Carola Hein is a professor of the history of architecture and urban planning at Delft University of Technology. She studied architecture and urban planning in Hamburg and Brussels.

Frontmatter 1
Editorial 2
Contents 5
Preface 9
Mixing Methods. Practical Insights from the Humanities in the Digital Age 13
Mixed Methods and the Digital Humanities 27
PARAPHRASE 45
Innovation in Loops: Developing Tools and Redefining Theories within the Project 'Digital Plato' (Digital Plato) 47
SIMILARITY 61
Reading at Scale. A Digital Analysis of German Novellas from the 19th Century (Reading at Scale) 63
CORPUS 79
On Designing Collaboration in a Mixed-Methods Scenario. Reflecting Quantitative Drama Analytics (QuaDrama) 81
HUMAN-IN-THE-LOOP 103
Dhimmis and Muslims - Analyzing Multi-Religious Spaces in the Medieval Muslim World (DhiMu) 105
VISUALIZATION 123
Computer Vision and Architectural History at Eye Level: Mixed Methods for Linking Research in the Humanities and in Information Technology (ArchiMediaL) 125
CANON 145
Musical Schemata: Modelling Challenges and Pattern Finding (BachBeatles) 147
MODELLING 165
Free Verse Prosodies: Identifying and Classifying Spoken Poetry Using Literary and Computational Perspectives (Rhythmicalizer) 167
MACHINE LEARNING 187
Interpreting Climate Images on the Internet: Mixing Algorithmic and Interpretive Views to Enable an Intercultural Comparison (ANCI) 189
QUANTIFICATION 213
Detecting Authorship, Hands, and Corrections in Historical Manuscripts. A Mixedmethods Approach towards the Unpublished Writings of an 18th Century Czech Emigré Community in Berlin (Handwriting) 215
UNCERTAINTY 237
Encoding, Processing and Interpreting Vagueness and Uncertainty in Historical Texts - A Pilot Study Based on Multilingual 18th Century Texts of Dimitrie Cantemir (HerCoRe) 239
HETEROGENEITY 259
Authors 261