The presentation I gave at the Digital Methods Initiative Summer School for the launch of the book "Issue Mapping for an Ageing Europe" by Richard Rogers, Natalia Sanchez and Aleksandra Kil.
6. 3. Digital inscriptions:
proxies VS actions
inscriptions are
indicators of the
evolution of the
controversies
(tracking)
Michel, J.-B. et al. (2011).
Quantitative analysis of culture using
millions of digitized books. Science
331(6014), 176–82.
7. 3. Digital inscriptions:
proxies VS actions
inscriptions are
indicators of the
evolution of the
controversies
(tracking)
Moretti, F., & Pestre, D. (2015).
Bankspeak. The Language of the
Wolrd Bank Reports.
New Left Review, 92 (March-April)
8. 3. Digital inscriptions:
proxies VS actions
inscriptions are the
actions through which
issues are developed
(tracing)
Rogers, R. (2013).
Digital Methods.
Cambridge Mass.: MIT Press
9. 4. Data sources:
specialized VS repurposed
have questions, will find data! Controversy mapping
privilege specialization and variety
climaps.eu
10. 4. Data sources:
specialized VS repurposed
have data, will find questions!
Issue mapping privilege data
availability and homogeneity)
wiki.digitalmethods.net/Dmi/To
olTrackerTracker
11. 5. Data units definition:
exogenous VS endogenous
in controversy mapping
data units are imposed by
researchers
climaps.eu
12. 5. Data units definition:
exogenous VS endogenous
in issue mapping,
data units are imposed by
media formats
Marres, N., & Gerlitz, C.
(2015.). Interface Methods
Info. Com /& Society
13. 6. Time and space:
standard VS local
controversies can be
projected on standard time
and space
climaps.eu
14. 6. Time and space:
standard VS local
issues project
their own specific
time and space
www.medialab.sciences-
po.fr/blog/scientometrics-
landscapes/
15. 7. Actors:
agents VS addresses
in controversies an actor is
anything that acts
(= makes a difference)
projetmedea.hypotheses.org
16. 7. Actors:
agents VS addresses
in issues an actor is anything
that can point or be pointed
hyphe.medialab.sciences-po.fr
17. 8. Moving across media:
connecting VS comparing
the same controversy
can move through
different media
oifcontroversy.weebly.com
18. 8. Moving across media:
connecting VS comparing
similar issues can be compared
in different media
climaps.eu
19. Controversies Issues
1. relation with media mediatized media native
2. mapping focus difference repetition
3. digital inscriptions proxies actions
4. data sources specialized repurposed
5. data units exogenous endogenous
6. time and space standard local
7. actors agents addresses
8. cross-media connecting comparing
A tale of two cities
Culturomics can be used to detect censorship. (A) Usage frequency of ‘Marc Chagall’ in German (red) as compared to English (blue). (B) Suppression of Leon Trotsky (blue), Grigory Zinoviev (green), and Lev Kamenev (red) in Russian texts, with noteworthy events indicated: Trotsky's assassination (blue arrow), Zinoviev and Kamenev executed (red arrow), the ‘Great Purge’ (red highlight), perestroika (grey arrow). (C) The 1976 and 1989 Tiananmen Square incidents both lead to elevated discussion in English texts. Response to the 1989 incident is largely absent in Chinese texts (blue), suggesting government censorship. (D) After the ‘Hollywood Ten’ were blacklisted (red highlight) from American movie studios, their fame declined (median: wide grey). None of them were credited in a film until 1960's (aptly named) ‘Exodus’. (E) Writers in various disciplines were suppressed by the Nazi regime (red highlight). In contrast, the Nazis themselves (thick red) exhibited a strong fame peak during the war years. (F) Distribution of suppression indices for both English (blue) and German (red) for the period from 1933-1945. Three victims of Nazi suppression are highlighted at left (red arrows). Inset: Calculation of the suppression index for ‘Henri Matisse’.