Integrated interdisciplinary workflows for research on historical newspapers: Perspectives from humanities scholars, computer scientists, and librarians

This article considers the interdisciplinary opportunities and challenges of working with digital cultural heritage, such as digitized historical newspapers, and proposes an integrated digital hermeneutics workflow to combine purely disciplinary research approaches from computer science, humanities,...

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Published in:Journal of the American Society for Information Science and Technology 2022-02, Vol.73 (2), p.225-239
Main Authors: Oberbichler, Sarah, Boroş, Emanuela, Doucet, Antoine, Marjanen, Jani, Pfanzelter, Eva, Rautiainen, Juha, Toivonen, Hannu, Tolonen, Mikko
Format: Article
Language:English
Subjects:
Computer science
Computers
Cultural Background
Cultural heritage
Cultural resources
Data search
Digitization
Exegesis & hermeneutics
Hermeneutics
Humanities
Interdisciplinary aspects
Interdisciplinary research
Interdisciplinary studies
Research Methodology
Research Needs
Traditions
Workflow
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Summary:This article considers the interdisciplinary opportunities and challenges of working with digital cultural heritage, such as digitized historical newspapers, and proposes an integrated digital hermeneutics workflow to combine purely disciplinary research approaches from computer science, humanities, and library work. Common interests and motivations of the above‐mentioned disciplines have resulted in interdisciplinary projects and collaborations such as the NewsEye project, which is working on novel solutions on how digital heritage data is (re)searched, accessed, used, and analyzed. We argue that collaborations of different disciplines can benefit from a good understanding of the workflows and traditions of each of the disciplines involved but must find integrated approaches to successfully exploit the full potential of digitized sources. The paper is furthermore providing an insight into digital tools, methods, and hermeneutics in action, showing that integrated interdisciplinary research needs to build something in between the disciplines while respecting and understanding each other's expertise and expectations.
ISSN:2330-1635
2330-1643
DOI:10.1002/asi.24565