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Title |
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19. Mining the Past – Data-Intensive Knowledge Discovery in the Study of Historical Textual Traditions - Studying the Religious Mind |
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Creator |
Author's name, affiliation, country |
Kristoffer Nielbo; Interacting Minds Centre, Aarhus University; Denmark |
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Creator |
Author's name, affiliation, country |
Ryan Nichols; United States |
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Creator |
Author's name, affiliation, country |
Edward Slingerland; University of British Columbia; Canada |
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Subject |
Discipline(s) |
Religious Studies; Anthropology; History |
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Keyword(s) |
cognitive science of religion; anthropology of religion; evolutionary religion; religion and culture; history of religion; ethnography; lived religion; psychology of religion; religious experience; religious behaviour; rites; rituals; worship |
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cognitive science of religion; anthropology; history |
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Description |
Abstract |
Text-heavy and unstructured data constitute the primary source materials for many historical reconstructions. In history and the history of religion, text analysis has typically been conducted by systematically selecting a small sample of texts and subjecting it to highly detailed reading and mental synthesis. But two interrelated technological developments have rendered a new data-intensive paradigm – one that can usefully supplement qualitative analysis – possible in the study of historical textual traditions. First, the availability of significant computing power has made it possible to run algorithms for automated text analysis on most personal computers. Second, the rapid increase in full text digital databases relevant to the study of religion has considerably reduced costs related to data acquisition and digitization. However, a limited understanding of the scope, advantages, and limitations of data-intensive methods have created real obstacles to the implementation of this paradigm in historical research. This is unfortunate, because history offers a rich and uncharted field for data-intensive knowledge discovery, and historians already have the much sought after and necessary domain expertise. In this article we seek to remove obstacles to the data intensive paradigm by presenting its methods and models for handling text-heavy data. |
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Publisher |
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Equinox Publishing Ltd |
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04-Oct-2022 |
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Peer-reviewed Article |
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PDF |
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Identifier |
Uniform Resource Identifier |
https://journals.equinoxpub.com/index.php/books/article/view/43019 |
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Identifier |
Digital Object Identifier |
10.1558/equinox.43019 |
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Journal/conference title; vol., no. (year) |
Equinox eBooks Publishing; Studying the Religious Mind |
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Language |
English=en |
en |
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Copyright 2014 Equinox Publishing Ltd |