1. digital methods
tool medley
Digital Methods Summer School 2013, Amsterdam, 24 June - 5 July
Tomás Saraceno, galaxies forming along filaments, Venice Biennial 2009
anne helmond
www.digitalmethods.net
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1. a diverse assortment or mixture
2. a musical composition made up of a series of songs or
short pieces
<a medley of snack foods available on the buffet table>
10. research question -> operationalization &
method: often a chain of tools
cablegate
11. Question: Do the sources acknowledge cablegate?
The Response of the Source
1.Get all links for US embassy websites:
http://www.usembassy.gov/
2.Compile list of embassies mentioned in cables:
http://wikileaks.ch/cablegate.html
3.Compare lists
4.Query mentioned embassies for:
1. wikileaks
2. "Julian Assange"
3. Assange
4. cablegate
5.Get number of cables per embassy
6.Visualize output
https://wiki.digitalmethods.net/Dmi/ResponsesoftheSources
22. digital methods
search as research
the nationality of rights types
Research project by the Digital Methods Initiative Summer School 09
https://wiki.digitalmethods.net/Dmi/NationalityofIssues
23. the point of departure of search as research, or
societal search, may be summarized as follows:
we look at Google results and see
society, instead of Google. That is to say,
including its ‘artifacts,’ engine results put much on
display – from source competition and standing
to longevity and commitment. (Rogers)
search as research
digital methods
24. Can the search engine be repurposed to
show which rights are specific per country?
research question
26. “Query design” is the practice of formulating a
query so the results can be interpreted as
indications and findings (however clue-like), as
opposed to mere information retrieved or
optimization and manipulation exposed (however
fascinating). (Rogers 2013, 111)
search as research
“query design”
27. Google.se with query“rattigheter”(13.07.09)
Google.fi with query“oikeudet”(13.07.09)
Google.ee with query“oigused”(15.07.09)
Google.lv with query“tiesibas”(16.07.09)
Google.co.uk with query“rights”(13.07.09)
Google.nl with query“rechten”(13.07.09)
Google.fr with query“droits”(14.07.09)
Google.pt with query“direitos”(14.07.09)
Google.es with query“derechos”(13.07.09)
28. the nationalities of issues
https://wiki.digitalmethods.net/Dmi/NationalityofIssues
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31. mapping the dutch blogosphere
tool: issuecrawler
https://wiki.digitalmethods.net/Dmi/DutchBlogosphere2003