The place of models and modelling in Digital Humanities: some reflections from a Research Software Engineering perspective

Arianna Ciula; Geoffroy Noel; Paul Caton; Ginestra Ferraro; James Smithies; Jose Miguel Monteiro Vieira

The place of models and modelling in Digital Humanities: some reflections from a Research Software Engineering perspective

Arianna Ciula, Geoffroy Noel, Paul Caton, Ginestra Ferraro, James Smithies, Jose Miguel Monteiro Vieira

King's Digital Lab

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This paper offers a position on the role of models and modelling in the context of Research Software Engineering (RSE) in Digital Humanities (DH). Our hypothesis is that within the context that King’s Digital Lab operates, shaped by historical and management factors, the production of models is arguably the core contribution of RSE to the epistemology of DH. However, we argue that, when analysed from a holistic RSE perspective, encompassing but not limited to empirical and predictive modelling, these modelling activities have not been studied systematically enough to support such a claim in straight-forward ways. Our contribution can only gesture at some ideas and sketch a framework that would need further research.

Original language	English
Title of host publication	Vielfalt und Integration - diversitá ed integrazione - diversité et intégration
Subtitle of host publication	Sprache(n) in sozialen und digitalen Räumen Eine Festschrift für Elisabeth Burr
Editors	Marie Annisius, Elena Arestau, Julia Burkhardt, Nastasia Herold, Rebecca Sierig
Place of Publication	Leipzig
Publisher	Universitätsbibliothek, Leipzig, Germany
Pages	261-281
Publication status	Published - 11 May 2023

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Ciula, A., Noel, G., Caton, P., Ferraro, G., Smithies, J., & Monteiro Vieira, J. M. (2023). The place of models and modelling in Digital Humanities: some reflections from a Research Software Engineering perspective. In M. Annisius, E. Arestau, J. Burkhardt, N. Herold, & R. Sierig (Eds.), Vielfalt und Integration - diversitá ed integrazione - diversité et intégration: Sprache(n) in sozialen und digitalen Räumen Eine Festschrift für Elisabeth Burr (pp. 261-281). Universitätsbibliothek, Leipzig, Germany. https://nbn-resolving.org/urn:nbn:de:bsz:15-qucosa2-852367

Ciula, Arianna ; Noel, Geoffroy ; Caton, Paul et al. / The place of models and modelling in Digital Humanities : some reflections from a Research Software Engineering perspective. Vielfalt und Integration - diversitá ed integrazione - diversité et intégration: Sprache(n) in sozialen und digitalen Räumen Eine Festschrift für Elisabeth Burr. editor / Marie Annisius ; Elena Arestau ; Julia Burkhardt ; Nastasia Herold ; Rebecca Sierig. Leipzig : Universitätsbibliothek, Leipzig, Germany, 2023. pp. 261-281

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Ciula, A , Noel, G , Caton, P , Ferraro, G , Smithies, J & Monteiro Vieira, JM 2023, The place of models and modelling in Digital Humanities: some reflections from a Research Software Engineering perspective. in M Annisius, E Arestau, J Burkhardt, N Herold & R Sierig (eds), Vielfalt und Integration - diversitá ed integrazione - diversité et intégration: Sprache(n) in sozialen und digitalen Räumen Eine Festschrift für Elisabeth Burr. Universitätsbibliothek, Leipzig, Germany, Leipzig, pp. 261-281. < https://nbn-resolving.org/urn:nbn:de:bsz:15-qucosa2-852367>

The place of models and modelling in Digital Humanities: some reflections from a Research Software Engineering perspective. / Ciula, Arianna ; Noel, Geoffroy ; Caton, Paul et al.
Vielfalt und Integration - diversitá ed integrazione - diversité et intégration: Sprache(n) in sozialen und digitalen Räumen Eine Festschrift für Elisabeth Burr. ed. / Marie Annisius; Elena Arestau; Julia Burkhardt; Nastasia Herold; Rebecca Sierig. Leipzig: Universitätsbibliothek, Leipzig, Germany, 2023. p. 261-281.

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Ciula A , Noel G , Caton P , Ferraro G , Smithies J , Monteiro Vieira JM. The place of models and modelling in Digital Humanities: some reflections from a Research Software Engineering perspective. In Annisius M, Arestau E, Burkhardt J, Herold N, Sierig R, editors, Vielfalt und Integration - diversitá ed integrazione - diversité et intégration: Sprache(n) in sozialen und digitalen Räumen Eine Festschrift für Elisabeth Burr. Leipzig: Universitätsbibliothek, Leipzig, Germany. 2023. p. 261-281

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