Hello Everyone!
The LACUNY Emerging Technologies Committee hopes you can join us for our November fall workshop on Text Analysis!
Text Analysis Workshop
November 16, 2016
10am-12:30pm
Lloyd Sealy Library (Classroom)
John Jay College of Criminal Justice
524 W 59th St, New York, NY 10019
Workshop leader: Robin Davis, Emerging Technologies & Online Learning Librarian at John Jay
Join us for an introductory workshop focused on text analysis, a fundamental skill in digital humanities work. In this workshop, you’ll learn how treating a novel as a “bag of words” can yield interesting results. We’ll tour several text analysis projects that use the bag of words approach. You will experiment with Voyant Tools, topic modeling software, and even begin to tweak ready-made Python code to look for patterns in the public domain book of your choice.
You don’t need any experience with code, programming, or the digital humanities to attend this workshop. We will meet in a computer lab, but you can bring your laptop if you wish.
Examples of questions you’ll be able to answer after this workshop:
• How can I see every noun that follows the word “good” in all Shakespeare plays?
• How can I automatically make a list of every character name in a given book?
• Do Gothic writers tend to write longer sentences than science fiction writers?
RSVP at https://www.eventbrite.com/e/lacuny-emerging-technologies-committee-text-analysis-workshop-tickets-29053359380
If there are any questions, feel free to contact co-chairs Mark Eaton or Leslie Ward.
–The LACUNY Emerging Technologies Committee
