{"product_id":"hermeneutica-geoffrey-rockwell-9780262545891","title":"Hermeneutica: Computer-Assisted Interpretation in the Humanities","description":"\u003cb\u003eAn introduction to text analysis using computer-assisted interpretive practices, accompanied by example essays that illustrate the use of these computational tools.\u003c\/b\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eThe image of the scholar as a solitary thinker dates back at least to Descartes' \u003ci\u003eDiscourse on Method\u003c\/i\u003e. But scholarly practices in the humanities are changing as older forms of communal inquiry are combined with modern research methods enabled by the Internet, accessible computing, data availability, and new media. \u003ci\u003eHermeneutica\u003c\/i\u003e introduces text analysis using computer-assisted interpretive practices. It offers theoretical chapters about text analysis, presents a set of analytical tools (called Voyant) that instantiate the theory, and provides example essays that illustrate the use of these tools. Voyant allows users to integrate interpretation into texts by creating hermeneutica--small embeddable \"toys\" that can be woven into essays published online or into such online writing environments as blogs or wikis. The book's companion website, Hermeneuti.ca, offers the example essays with both text and embedded interactive panels. The panels show results and allow readers to experiment with the toys themselves.\u003cbr\u003eThe use of these analytical tools results in a hybrid essay: an interpretive work embedded with hermeneutical toys that can be explored for technique. The hermeneutica draw on and develop such common interactive analytics as word clouds and complex data journalism interactives. Embedded in scholarly texts, they create a more engaging argument. Moving between tool and text becomes another thread in a dynamic dialogue.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Geoffrey Rockwell, Stefan Sinclair\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-10:\u003c\/b\u003e 0262545896\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9780262545891\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e MIT Press\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 06\/07\/2022\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 256\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 0.76lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 9.00h x 6.00w x 0.54d","brand":"Geoffrey Rockwell","offers":[{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":44072184021247,"sku":"9780262545891","price":35.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0662\/2982\/9887\/files\/img_27200a2d-d571-4d7f-b8cf-a4470c518ace.jpg?v=1685440437","url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/hermeneutica-geoffrey-rockwell-9780262545891","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}