The network turn : changing perspectives in the humanities / Ruth Ahnert, Sebastian E. Ahnert, Catherine Nicole Coleman, Scott B. Weingart.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Ahnert, Ruth, author.

Ahnert, Sebastian E., author.

Coleman, Catherine Nicole, author.

Weingart, Scott B., author.

Series:

Cambridge elements. Elements in publishing and book culture, 2514-8524.

Cambridge elements. Elements in publishing and book culture, 2514-8524

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Social networks.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (115 pages) : digital, PDF file(s).

Edition:

1st ed.

Place of Publication:

Cambridge : Cambridge University Press, 2020.

Language Note:

In English.

Summary:

We live in a networked world. Online social networking platforms and the World Wide Web have changed how society thinks about connectivity. Because of the technological nature of such networks, their study has predominantly taken place within the domains of computer science and related scientific fields. But arts and humanities scholars are increasingly using the same kinds of visual and quantitative analysis to shed light on aspects of culture and society hitherto concealed. This Element contends that networks are a category of study that cuts across traditional academic barriers, uniting diverse disciplines through a shared understanding of complexity in our world. Moreover, we are at a moment in time when it is crucial that arts and humanities scholars join the critique of how large-scale network data and advanced network analysis are being harnessed for the purposes of power, surveillance, and commercial gain. This title is also available as Open Access on Cambridge Core.

Contents:

Introduction

Part I. Frameworks

1. Networks are always metaphorical

2. Historical threads

Part II. Cultural Networks

3. Culture is data

4. Visual networks

Part III. Manoeuvres

5. Quantifying culture

6. Networking the 'Divided Kingdom'

Epilogue

Notes:

Title from publisher's bibliographic system (viewed on 08 Jan 2021).

Includes bibliographical references.

ISBN:

9781108856690

1108856691

9781108857741

1108857744

9781108866804

1108866808

OCLC:

1237404508