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  • CDCS Text mining lab: Call for projects 

The Centre for Data, Culture & Society is calling for project proposals using defoe, a new text mining platform that has been developed at the University of Edinburgh. 

defoe uses high performance computing to manipulate and mine huge digitised archives, such as the British Library books and newspapers collections and the Encyclopaedia Britannica, allowing visualisation and analysis. We're looking for researchers to work with us over the next few months to explore what kinds of questions we can ask and answer using defoe and how we might develop the platform further.  FIND OUT MORE

 

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Illustration and cover page of first edition text of 'Evelina' by Frances Burney; portrait of Frances Burney
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Marie Skłodowska-Curie Actions Fellowship Will Explore Romantic Theatre Using Digital Methods

Illicit Antiquities Trade on Social Media
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Interdisciplinary Expertise at 'Illicit Antiquities Trade on Social Media' Workshop

Blaeu maps at the National Library of Scotland
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Ewan McAndrew, CC-BY-SA

Scottish Witches Mapping Project Wins Best Data Visualisation at 2019 DH Awards

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Research Clusters

Fintech Mashup
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FinTech

Media & Communications
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Media and Communications

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Events

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Original images courtesy of the University of Edinburgh Image Collections; graphic mashup created using Canva
8 Apr 2020, 16:00 – 18:00

CANCELLED - The Digital Archive and the Politics of Digitisation

Data-in-Progress Seminar Series
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10 Apr 2020, 13:30 – 15:00

Data-in-Progress Seminar Series

Training Event
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14 Apr 2020, 13:00 – 14:30

Training: Statistics and Visualisation with R

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The AtlaS.WH Project – Sustainability of the Urban World Heritage Sites

The Centre for Data, Culture & Society is an associate partner of the AtlaS.WH project, which aims to produce new Management and Sustainability Plans for five World Heritage sites in Portugal, Italy, Scotland, Spain and France, including the Old and New Towns of Edinburgh. 

The project aims to establish a network of World Heritage sites to disseminate best practices and reinforce cooperation. 

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Atlas.WH project group members in Florence, Italy
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Courtesy of AtlaS.WH (Edinburgh World Heritage)

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We have close working relationships across the university and beyond, with national institutions, culture and heritage sectors and industry partners.

 

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We want to grow capacity for data-led research across the College of Arts, Humanities and Social Sciences and beyond. 

We provide a wide range of support and resources, enabling researchers at all career stages to develop their skills and get involved in our community.