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Data scopes for digital history research

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  • Rik Hoekstra
  • Marijn Koolen

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The term Macroscope has recently been introduced as an instrument to study historical big data using digital tools. In this paper we argue the need for a more elaborate set of concepts to describe and reason about the interactions to select, enrich, connect, analyse and evaluate historical data using digital tools. Interactions change the data and are essential in understanding any subsequent analysis. It makes them part of historical research methodology, but there is little consensus on how these steps can or should be performed. Moreover, they are rarely reported and discussed. We introduce the term data scope as an instrument encompassing these choices and interactions. Elaborating on these processes encourages deeper reflection on and discussion of the interactions and their consequences for research outcomes.

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  • Rik Hoekstra & Marijn Koolen, 2019. "Data scopes for digital history research," Historical Methods: A Journal of Quantitative and Interdisciplinary History, Taylor & Francis Journals, vol. 52(2), pages 79-94, April.
    • Handle: RePEc:taf:vhimxx:v:52:y:2019:i:2:p:79-94
    DOI: 10.1080/01615440.2018.1484676
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    1. Sanna Kumpulainen & Elina Late, 2022. "Struggling with digitized historical newspapers: Contextual barriers to information interaction in history research activities," Journal of the Association for Information Science & Technology, Association for Information Science & Technology, vol. 73(7), pages 1012-1024, July.
    2. Laurent Gauthier, 2022. "Extending Cliometrics to Ancient History with Complexity," Working Papers hal-03754911, HAL.

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