BEGIN:VCALENDAR VERSION:2.0 PRODID:-//Sabre//Sabre VObject 4.6.0//EN CALSCALE:GREGORIAN BEGIN:VTIMEZONE TZID:Europe/Zurich X-LIC-LOCATION:Europe/Zurich TZURL:http://tzurl.org/zoneinfo/Europe/Zurich BEGIN:DAYLIGHT TZOFFSETFROM:+0100 TZOFFSETTO:+0200 TZNAME:CEST DTSTART:19810329T020000 RRULE:FREQ=YEARLY;BYMONTH=3;BYDAY=-1SU END:DAYLIGHT BEGIN:STANDARD TZOFFSETFROM:+0200 TZOFFSETTO:+0100 TZNAME:CET DTSTART:19961027T030000 RRULE:FREQ=YEARLY;BYMONTH=10;BYDAY=-1SU END:STANDARD END:VTIMEZONE BEGIN:VEVENT UID:news326@dhlab.philhist.unibas.ch DTSTAMP;TZID=Europe/Zurich:20191125T162611 DTSTART;TZID=Europe/Zurich:20191212T000000 SUMMARY:Doctoral Training School "Distant Reading - Tools and Methods" DESCRIPTION:Distant reading\, driven by the development of digital technolo gy in the human sciences\, has emerged as one of the most prolific approac hes to literary texts. Maps\, graphics and trees\, in Moretti's (2005) wor ds\, allow us to reread famous works in a new way\, or to look at large am ounts of texts that have long been forgotten. However\, often\, approaches to distant reading disregard the acquisition of the data to be observed: Where do they come from? How are they created?\\r\\nOur training school pr oposes to return to the crucial stage of data acquisition\, focusing on de tails of the production chain of literary data. During the two-day course\ , we will start with OCR (optical character recognition)\, which makes it possible to transform an image into machine-readable text\, addressing the difficulties introduced by the variation of graphic systems or the materi ality of old artifacts. The second - decisive - step is the encoding in XM L-TEI\, which transforms the text into a usable database and allows to add more information to the text (e.g.\, author\, gender\, period) for ensuin g analysis. The third and final step is the analysis with R\, which allows hypotheses to be tested and patterns to be explored by analysing and visu alising data.\\r\\nThis course is part of a collective work carried out wi thin the European COST "Distant reading" project of which the organizers a re the Swiss representatives.\\r\\nWith a strong emphasis on practical exp erience\, this training school is geared towards building the framework fo r a first multilingual Swiss literary corpus (French\, Italian and German) . Tasks participating in its construction during the training school will provide an opportunity to discuss pertainent issues.\\r\\nThe working lang uage of the training school is English\, knowledge of at least one of the three languages of the literary data (French\, Italian\, German) is also r equired.\\r\\nRegistration process: Target group of the training school ar e doctoral students affiliated with the universities of Basel\, Bern\, Fri bourg\, Geneva\, Neuchâtel and Lausanne as well as from the EPFL. Post-do c researchers can apply via a short email pending registration of PhD stud ents who have priority.\\r\\nPlease register by sending an email to alexan dre.camus@unil.ch [mailto:alexandre.camus@unil.ch]\\r\\nParticipation is f ree of charge for doctoral students. All travel and accommodation expenses are covered by the doctoral program. X-ALT-DESC:

Distant reading\, driven by the development of digital techno logy in the human sciences\, has emerged as one of the most prolific appro aches to literary texts. Maps\, graphics and trees\, in Moretti's (2005) w ords\, allow us to reread famous works in a new way\, or to look at large amounts of texts that have long been forgotten. However\, often\, approach es to distant reading disregard the acquisition of the data to be observed : Where do they come from? How are they created?

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Our training scho ol proposes to return to the crucial stage of data acquisition\, focusing on details of the production chain of literary data. During the two-day co urse\, we will start with OCR (optical character recognition)\, which make s it possible to transform an image into machine-readable text\, addressin g the difficulties introduced by the variation of graphic systems or the m ateriality of old artifacts. The second - decisive - step is the encoding in XML-TEI\, which transforms the text into a usable database and allows t o add more information to the text (e.g.\, author\, gender\, period) for e nsuing analysis. The third and final step is the analysis with R\, which a llows hypotheses to be tested and patterns to be explored by analysing and visualising data.

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This course is part of a collective work carrie d out within the European COST "\;Distant reading"\; project of wh ich the organizers are the Swiss representatives.

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With a strong em phasis on practical experience\, this training school is geared towards bu ilding the framework for a first multilingual Swiss literary corpus (Frenc h\, Italian and German). Tasks participating in its construction during th e training school will provide an opportunity to discuss pertainent issues .

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The working language of the training school is English\, knowled ge of at least one of the three languages of the literary data (French\, I talian\, German) is also required.

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Registration process: Target gr oup of the training school are doctoral students affiliated with the unive rsities of Basel\, Bern\, Fribourg\, Geneva\, Neuchâtel and Lausanne as w ell as from the EPFL. Post-doc researchers can apply via a short email pen ding registration of PhD students who have priority.

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Please regist er by sending an email to alexand re.camus@unil.ch

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Participation is free of charge for doctoral students. All travel and accommodation expenses are covered by the doctora l program.

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