Tag: digital humanities
How data helped visualize the family separation crisis
Early this summer, at the height of the family separation crisis – where children were being forcibly separated from their parents at our nation’s border – a team of scholars […]
Exploring the rhythm of Brazilian literature through textual analysis and visualization
Much like Spanish or French, Portuguese is very musical to the ear. Inextricably linked to that melodic feeling is the language’s rhythm. To explore that cadence, visual journalist Rodolfo Almeida […]
Mapping the geography of racism: Why deep dives in data matter
Drawing from the work of “Mapping Inequality,” a ProPublica investigative report published earlier this month uncovered a phenomenon similar to redlining in the car insurance industry today. The report found insurers charged premiums […]
How one digital humanist visualized the shapes of 50,000 novels
This September, the University of Miami will host the first ever symposium exploring the intersection between data journalism and the digital humanities. The conference is premised on the idea that the two […]
Tapping digital tools to study how the west was won
The U.S. postal system remains an exceptional feat, a system in which a letter can travel thousands of miles in a few days for a fraction of a dollar. Its […]