05.610.070 Data processing

Course offering details

Instructors: Dr. Wei Ding

Event type: online: Practice class

Displayed in timetable as: Data processing

Hours per week: 2

Language of instruction: Englisch

Min. | Max. participants: - | 30

Registration group: Softdkill

Contents:
This course offers an introduction to text analysis tools applied in Digital Humanities research and Python programming for data analysis and visualization.
The goals of this course are


  • to understand basic concepts and the differences between unstructured, semi-structured, and structured data
  • to develop familiarity with a range of data formats and a variety of digital tools to create, organize, and explore data
  • to analyze and visualize different datasets via Python

Recommended reading list:
Ted Underwood. Seven Ways Humanists Are Using Computers to Understand Text. 2015
https://tedunderwood.com/2015/06/04/seven-ways-humanists-are-using-computers-to-understand-text/

Text analysis via Voyant tools (http://voyant-tools.org)

Montfort, Nick. Exploratory programming for the arts and humanities. MIT Press, 2021.

Sweigart, Al. Automate the boring stuff with Python: practical programming for total beginners. No Starch Press, 2019.
 

Digital teaching:
Course participants will be emailed an invitation link before the start of the course.
"Frequently asked questions about Microsoft Teams":
https://www.zdv.uni-mainz.de/haeufige-fragen-zu-microsoft-teams-an-der-jgu/

Appointments
Date From To Room Instructors
1 Wed, 26. Oct. 2022 15:15 18:45 Digitale Veranstaltung Dr. Wei Ding
2 Wed, 2. Nov. 2022 15:15 18:45 Digitale Veranstaltung Dr. Wei Ding
3 Wed, 9. Nov. 2022 15:15 18:45 Digitale Veranstaltung Dr. Wei Ding
4 Wed, 16. Nov. 2022 15:15 18:45 Digitale Veranstaltung Dr. Wei Ding
5 Wed, 23. Nov. 2022 15:15 18:45 Digitale Veranstaltung Dr. Wei Ding
6 Wed, 30. Nov. 2022 15:15 18:45 Digitale Veranstaltung Dr. Wei Ding
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Instructors
Dr. Wei Ding