{"id":4141,"date":"2013-08-23T06:01:47","date_gmt":"2013-08-23T06:01:47","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.eltweekly.com\/elt-newsletter\/?p=4141"},"modified":"2013-08-23T06:01:47","modified_gmt":"2013-08-23T06:01:47","slug":"vol-5-issue-31-2-day-workshop-on-role-of-computer-applications-in-research-methodology-for-humanities-and-social-sciences-october-22-23-ahmedabad-india","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/eltweekly.humbeestudio.xyz\/?p=4141","title":{"rendered":"Vol. 5 Issue 31 \u2013 2-Day Workshop on Role of Computer Applications in research methodology for Humanities and Social Sciences, October 22-23, Ahmedabad – India"},"content":{"rendered":"

ELTWeekly Vol. 5 Issue#31 | August 26, 2013 |\u00a0ISSN 0975-3036<\/strong><\/strong><\/strong><\/strong><\/strong><\/strong><\/strong><\/p>\n

Over the two most recent decades we have witnessed an increasing reliance on communication and information technologies in knowledge creation and communication processes. Almost every academic discipline has been affected by the ubiquitous and innovative nature of technologies as information and communication technologies (ICTs) become tools for knowledge production, objects of study, or form a new disciplinary domain. Accounts of new media implementations and explorations in the humanities and social sciences are increasingly presented under the digital humanities rubric. This increasingly common catchphrase entails a range of ICT\u2013related initiatives \u2014 such as digital libraries, software usage, visualization, text mining, geographic information systems (GIS), multimedia, social networking, and teaching with technology, open access, and digital culture.<\/span><\/p>\n

The goal of this workshop is to explore the field labeled as \u2018digital research tools\u2019 to understand the meanings associated with it from the perspectives of research scholars in social sciences and humanities. It is based on a study that investigated how ICTs support the research and scholarly discourse of humanities scholars as well as how such scholars perceive new media. Within this context, ICTs denote digital content, involving such media as digital collections and databases; search engines for searching, discovering, retrieving, and verifying information; and, communication applications such as e\u2013mail, mailing lists, blogs, and wikis that enable communication and collaboration among research scholars. This workshop focuses on the interpretation of digital humanities and social sciences based on the accounts of the study\u2019s informants. The workshop will start with a tour to INFLIBNET to illustrate the range of ICT\u2013based initiatives that are associated with the domain. Then, it will describe the goals and the methodology of the research that formed the basis for this analysis.<\/span><\/p>\n

The workshop shall concentrate primarily how use of computer applications has changed research in the humanities and social sciences. Besides creating digitized version of books and journals, it is offering us new opportunities to collect, describe, and interpret information for research in humanities and social sciences. Now we can analyse a large amount of data and examine relationships among variables in this data rather too quickly than before. We can also analyse such data differently using computer applications. For example, we can use text mining, video screen capture, eye tracking technology to analyse data; along with data, other media data can be examined, and even combined with other data. Text on web sites, blogs, and other social networks offers data for social or cultural studies research, and they can be analysed using social network analysis software.<\/span><\/p>\n

It is believed that such kinds of research require skills and understanding in how data can be collected, organised and interpreted. It is also believed that our researchers currently lack in those skills and understanding; and therefore, they need training; and this workshop aims to develop skills in collecting, repurposing, and organizing data for computer-assisted analysis.<\/span><\/p>\n

The proposed sessions shall include:<\/span><\/p>\n