Data-Scopes

Data Scopes is a concept for dealing with complex data in a humanities research context. With this concept we want to communicate to contribute to methodological reflection on the processes of preparing and analyzing humanities research data, and how they shape and contribute to interpretation. The Data Scopes concept and framework were developed by Rik Hoekstra and Marijn Koolen at the Humanities Cluster of the Royal Netherlands Academy of Arts and Sciences.

Understanding Data through Data Scopes

• Data Scopes and Scale

Workshops

There have been a number of workshops on Data Scopes:

• Data Scopes for digital humanities researchers 2019 (in Dutch)
• Data Scopes for developers 2018 (in English)
• Data Scopes for digital humanities researchers 2018 (in Dutch)

Literature

• Rik Hoekstra, Marijn Koolen. Data Scopes for Digital History Research. Historical Methods: A Journal of Quantitative and Interdisciplinary History, Volume 51, no. 3, pages 1-16, 2018. (preprint)

• Rik Hoekstra, Marijn Koolen, Marijke van Faassen. Data Scopes: towards Transparent Data Research in Digital Humanities. In Digital Humanities 2018, DH 2018, Book of Abstracts, El Colegio de Mexico, UNAM, and RedHD, Mexico City, Mexico, June 26-29, 2018, pages 211, 2018.