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Cuthbert, M. S., S. Risi, L. Tagliaferri, E. Zimmer, A. Abreu, I. Ademolu-Oden... more Full citation:
Cuthbert, M. S., S. Risi, L. Tagliaferri, E. Zimmer, A. Abreu, I. Ademolu-Odeneye, D. Atia, R. Bansal, E. Boal,
A. Castillejos, M. Duan, M. Gallegos, M. Garza, M. Kim, K. Murray, C. Pan, M. Songonuga, F. Tran,
S. York, E. Caragay, A. Culbertson, H. Dacosta, A. Ismoldayeva, E. Itambo, K. Merrill, C. Minsky, I. Redlon,
S. Sundaram, K. Xu, D. Yen, S. Zhi, N. Fountain, R. Ahmed. “Archival History of Computing at MIT,
1950–62.” Online resource. 2019. <https://comphist.digitalhumanitiesmit.org>.
Encouraging attention to paratexts beyond the prefatory, William Sherman argues the “words and si... more Encouraging attention to paratexts beyond the prefatory, William Sherman argues the “words and signs” marking a text’s end “do more to make . . . a book, and announce it as such, than any other feature.” How might such moments of consolidation also suggest new beginnings for reading? Examining the 1590 Faerie Queene, and its “Letter of the Authors,” provides a sense of possibilities. While many, including Andrew Zurcher, have discussed the “Letter’s” near-terminal placement, modes of reading facilitated by this location remain to be explored fully. Introductory in tone, yet retrospective in effect, the “Letter” provides perspective on a polyvalent narrative, underscoring, in Helen Smith and Louise Wilson’s words, the paratext’s ability to signal “points of entry, interpretation, and contestation,” in a time when much reading was rereading. With an eye to the prevalence of this placement, I will explore ways such a concluding gesture need not signal closure.
How might the opportunities provided by digitization mobilize the insights of prior scholarship? ... more How might the opportunities provided by digitization mobilize the insights of prior scholarship? The announced digitization of the full Stationers' Company archive by 2018 raises questions as to how navigation of these records will be managed, both to enable access and to support new and enduring forms of use. Working backwards from a single Shakespearean entry in Liber B, as transcribed by Edward Arber, this paper will examine possibilities and pitfalls, with an eye to potential recommendations. Here, the edition may serve as argument in a new key.
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Cuthbert, M. S., S. Risi, L. Tagliaferri, E. Zimmer, A. Abreu, I. Ademolu-Oden... more Full citation:
Cuthbert, M. S., S. Risi, L. Tagliaferri, E. Zimmer, A. Abreu, I. Ademolu-Odeneye, D. Atia, R. Bansal, E. Boal,
A. Castillejos, M. Duan, M. Gallegos, M. Garza, M. Kim, K. Murray, C. Pan, M. Songonuga, F. Tran,
S. York, E. Caragay, A. Culbertson, H. Dacosta, A. Ismoldayeva, E. Itambo, K. Merrill, C. Minsky, I. Redlon,
S. Sundaram, K. Xu, D. Yen, S. Zhi, N. Fountain, R. Ahmed. “Archival History of Computing at MIT,
1950–62.” Online resource. 2019. <https://comphist.digitalhumanitiesmit.org>.
Encouraging attention to paratexts beyond the prefatory, William Sherman argues the “words and si... more Encouraging attention to paratexts beyond the prefatory, William Sherman argues the “words and signs” marking a text’s end “do more to make . . . a book, and announce it as such, than any other feature.” How might such moments of consolidation also suggest new beginnings for reading? Examining the 1590 Faerie Queene, and its “Letter of the Authors,” provides a sense of possibilities. While many, including Andrew Zurcher, have discussed the “Letter’s” near-terminal placement, modes of reading facilitated by this location remain to be explored fully. Introductory in tone, yet retrospective in effect, the “Letter” provides perspective on a polyvalent narrative, underscoring, in Helen Smith and Louise Wilson’s words, the paratext’s ability to signal “points of entry, interpretation, and contestation,” in a time when much reading was rereading. With an eye to the prevalence of this placement, I will explore ways such a concluding gesture need not signal closure.
How might the opportunities provided by digitization mobilize the insights of prior scholarship? ... more How might the opportunities provided by digitization mobilize the insights of prior scholarship? The announced digitization of the full Stationers' Company archive by 2018 raises questions as to how navigation of these records will be managed, both to enable access and to support new and enduring forms of use. Working backwards from a single Shakespearean entry in Liber B, as transcribed by Edward Arber, this paper will examine possibilities and pitfalls, with an eye to potential recommendations. Here, the edition may serve as argument in a new key.
How might editors annotate what they cannot identify? Under such circumstances, might a TEI archi... more How might editors annotate what they cannot identify? Under such circumstances, might a TEI archive’s own markup lead the way to new discoveries? Within Digital Mitford: The Mary Russell Mitford Archive, the challenge of locating the mysterious “Miss James” proves emblematic. Referenced solely by patronym, “Miss James” became a topic of conjecture when multiple editors shared questions about the same elusive figure. In letters penned by Mitford in 1819 and after, “Miss James” emerged as Mary Mitford’s trusted friend and advisor. She was also an opinionated humorist, offering assessments of everything from mutual acquaintances to literary works. Yet while her Christian name and profession were later discovered by project editors, her history remains largely unearthed.
What insights might processing Digital Mitford’s own markup reveal about such a figure? Inspired by Douglas Duhaime’s visualized co-citations in the EEBO-TCP corpus, we view clusters of related data as forms of annotation—ones that, rendered judiciously, aid both scholars and those newer to Mitford’s oeuvre.[1] Working with XQuery on our eXist database of project files, we first assess the prevalence of relational categories tagged by our editors, then use these counts to weight lists of high-frequency tokens in ranges indexed by a key term.[2] Visualized, the resulting bouquets of knowledge suggest lines of inquiry—ones “locating” the unknown while enhancing perspectives the TEI archive itself may offer.
[1] See Duhaime, Douglas. “Co-Citation Networks in the EEBO-TCP Corpus.” 26 July 2014. <http://douglasduhaime.com/blog/co-citation-networks-in-the-eebo-tcp-corpus>. Our model builds upon Christopher Ricks’ metaphor of scholarly annotation as “supererogation” (Allusion to the Poets, OUP, 2002). While its visualization is in progress, one mock-up may be found at <http://bit.ly/1gJXWsV>.
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Cuthbert, M. S., S. Risi, L. Tagliaferri, E. Zimmer, A. Abreu, I. Ademolu-Odeneye, D. Atia, R. Bansal, E. Boal,
A. Castillejos, M. Duan, M. Gallegos, M. Garza, M. Kim, K. Murray, C. Pan, M. Songonuga, F. Tran,
S. York, E. Caragay, A. Culbertson, H. Dacosta, A. Ismoldayeva, E. Itambo, K. Merrill, C. Minsky, I. Redlon,
S. Sundaram, K. Xu, D. Yen, S. Zhi, N. Fountain, R. Ahmed. “Archival History of Computing at MIT,
1950–62.” Online resource. 2019. <https://comphist.digitalhumanitiesmit.org>.
Cuthbert, M. S., S. Risi, L. Tagliaferri, E. Zimmer, A. Abreu, I. Ademolu-Odeneye, D. Atia, R. Bansal, E. Boal,
A. Castillejos, M. Duan, M. Gallegos, M. Garza, M. Kim, K. Murray, C. Pan, M. Songonuga, F. Tran,
S. York, E. Caragay, A. Culbertson, H. Dacosta, A. Ismoldayeva, E. Itambo, K. Merrill, C. Minsky, I. Redlon,
S. Sundaram, K. Xu, D. Yen, S. Zhi, N. Fountain, R. Ahmed. “Archival History of Computing at MIT,
1950–62.” Online resource. 2019. <https://comphist.digitalhumanitiesmit.org>.
What insights might processing Digital Mitford’s own markup reveal about such a figure? Inspired by Douglas Duhaime’s visualized co-citations in the EEBO-TCP corpus, we view clusters of related data as forms of annotation—ones that, rendered judiciously, aid both scholars and those newer to Mitford’s oeuvre.[1] Working with XQuery on our eXist database of project files, we first assess the prevalence of relational categories tagged by our editors, then use these counts to weight lists of high-frequency tokens in ranges indexed by a key term.[2] Visualized, the resulting bouquets of knowledge suggest lines of inquiry—ones “locating” the unknown while enhancing perspectives the TEI archive itself may offer.
[1] See Duhaime, Douglas. “Co-Citation Networks in the EEBO-TCP Corpus.” 26 July 2014. <http://douglasduhaime.com/blog/co-citation-networks-in-the-eebo-tcp-corpus>. Our model builds upon Christopher Ricks’ metaphor of scholarly annotation as “supererogation” (Allusion to the Poets, OUP, 2002). While its visualization is in progress, one mock-up may be found at <http://bit.ly/1gJXWsV>.
[2] See The Digital Mitford Codebook <https://docs.google.com/document/d/1r-8NGPJL1pZ20pnfvoX5OT0DkcDi- NBp5urJiZwx1sY/pub>. On ordered lists, see Witmore, Michael. “Finding ‘Distances’ Between Shakespeare’s Plays 2: Projecting Distances onto New Bases with PCA.” 6 July 2015. <http://winedarksea.org/?p=2271>