The map is not the territory, and the name is not the thing named. – Gregory Bateson1 Our spatial perception of the world in which we live is undoubtedly shaped significantly by maps. Political maps, which are frequently used, convey the size and political unity of territories through colored polygons and borders.
by Ian Marino, Thorsten Wübbena 1 During the last two days of January 2025, the IEG had the pleasure of holding an online workshop in the context of the joint project “LivArch – Documenting Russia’s war against Ukraine: The challenges of living archives for historical knowledge production”. This project, which was featured on this very blog post a few months ago, focuses on the challenges posed by Russia’s war against Ukraine, where
by Johanna Mauermann and Sarah Oberbichler When it comes to analysing large collections of historical documents – like digitized historical newspapers – language models are incredibly powerful tools. But as these technologies become more common in humanities research, scholars also need to think critically about how they use them. One big question researchers face when using language models for their analysis is about bias.
Ein Rückblick auf drei Jahre „Digitale Kartenwerkstatt Altes Reich“ (DigiKAR) zeigt, dass die Zusammenarbeit verschiedener Disziplinen neue Zugänge zu historischen Fragestellungen ermöglicht und innovative Forschung schafft.
von Annika Bärwald und Josefa Cassimo Wie verwandelt man einen Datensatz voller heterogener prosopografischer Angaben in eine einfache, aber funktionale Datenbank, mit der andere Forschende weiterarbeiten können? Wie wird man in diesem Prozess historisch marginalisierten Personen gerecht, deren Lebenswege, Arbeitsverhältnisse und Mobilitätspfade meist nur fragmentarisch überliefert sind?
by Ian Kisil Marino There is a dimension of historians’ work that is often overlooked when considering the nature of our profession: the archive. This reference is not to the traditional concept of the archive as merely the location where historians search for historical sources, but rather to the creation of archives. Today’s digital transformation is shaping the archives that future historians will explore.
von Judit Garzón Rodríguez In einer zunehmend digitalen Welt sind Datenkompetenzen für die Geistes- und Kulturwissenschaften von entscheidender Bedeutung. Doch während digitale Datenkompetenzen in Disziplinen wie Informatik und Naturwissenschaften längst integraler Bestandteil der Ausbildung sind, bleibt der Zugang zu entsprechenden Schulungen in den Geistes- und Kulturwissenschaften oft begrenzt.
von Martin Prell Daten und Zielstellung Im Juli 2024 hatte ich dank eines FAIR-Data-Stipendiums von NFDI4Memory am DH Lab des IEG die Gelegenheit, ein Datenset zu transformieren, das wenige Jahre zuvor am Lehrstuhl für Geschlechtergeschichte der Universität Jena entstanden war: Das in der staatlichen Bücher- und Kupferstichsammlung Greiz befindliche handschriftliche Reisetagebuch zur Kavalierstour des pietistischen Grafen und
And if so, how? Where to start a network research project?
by Sarah Oberbichler Digitized historical newspapers have been a crucial source for my research over the past decade. Exactly ten years ago, in 2014, I began my research journey with historical newspapers at the University of Innsbruck in Austria.
by Sofia Baroncini Once upon a time… My story starts with curiosity. During my master’s thesis in Visual Arts at the University of Bologna, I could choose some courses from a long list. Among them, I noticed one course entitled “Digital Humanities”, taught by Professor Francesca Tomasi.
