Strategies and Recommendations for the Management of Uncertainty in Research Tools and Environments for Digital History

This paper takes a high-level view of both the sources and status of uncertainty in historical research and the manners in which possible negative effects of this omnipresent characteristic might be managed and mitigated. It draws upon both the experience of a number of digital projects and research...

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書誌詳細
第一著者: Jennifer Edmond
フォーマット: 論文
言語:English
出版事項: MDPI AG 2019-09-01
シリーズ:Informatics
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オンライン・アクセス:https://www.mdpi.com/2227-9709/6/3/36
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要約:This paper takes a high-level view of both the sources and status of uncertainty in historical research and the manners in which possible negative effects of this omnipresent characteristic might be managed and mitigated. It draws upon both the experience of a number of digital projects and research into the many-faceted concept of uncertainty in data, and in particular, it explores the conflicting strategies for the management of uncertainty in historical research processes that are reflected in the historiographical and digital humanities literature. Its intention is to support a dialogue between the humanities and computer science, able to realise the promise of digital humanities without a reversion to a new positivism in disciplines such as history and literary studies and it therefore concludes with recommendations for the developers of research tools and environments for digital history.
ISSN:2227-9709