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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 […]

October 12, 2018October 11, 2018 Chava Gourarie Behind the scenes, Interviews

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 […]

July 17, 2017July 17, 2017 Felippe Rodrigues Behind the scenes, Interviews

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 […]

April 27, 2017April 27, 2017 Erin Parish Insights
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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 […]

August 10, 2016April 27, 2017 Allison Shultes Interviews

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 […]

March 24, 2015March 25, 2015 Aleszu Bajak Insights
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