DIGITAL TOOLS AND RESOURCES FOR TEXTUAL DATA

In its broader meaning, 'digital philology' comprises the ecdotic, as well as the hermeneutic process carried out through the digital medium. More specifically, it concerns the relationship between ICT systems and the critical analysis of documents/texts in the digital format. Therefore the module fits into that part of the programme in "Digital and Public Humanities" specifically concerned with digital text processing. The course will be entirely taught in English.

The major objectives of the course are to provide both a theoretica and a practical introduction to the wide realm of "digital scholarly editing" by focussing in particular - though not solely - on:
(1) XML-TEI markup language and visualisation software;
(2) computer-assisted stemmatology and collation tools;
(3) ICR (Intelligent Character Recognition) technologies.

No specific prerequisites. The necessary basic notions will be provided at the beginning of the course through dedicated material which will take into account the students' background.

The module will provide a critical overview of the most important and up-to-date scholarly issues about digital text processing, including the notions of 'scholarly editing' and 'digital scholarly editing'.
The most common tools used to encode, visualise, collate and compare texts will be introduced, as well as some comprehensive platforms for the automated recognition and transcription of handwritten documents (es. Transkribus, https://transkribus.eu/Transkribus/ ).
Practical exercises based on authentic material will be done (either in class or online in compliace with the regulations in force during the 1st semester a.y. 2021-2022).

Attenders
A) Compulsory readings:
- Pierazzo, Elena 2015. Digital Scholarly Editing: Theories, Models and Methods. Farnham: Ashgate [capp. 2, 3, 5 e 6]
- Zaccarello, Michelangelo 2019. Teoria e forme del testo digitale. Roma: Carocci. [capp. 1, 2, 3, 7]
- Mancinelli, Tiziana & Elena Pierazzo 2020. Che cos’è un’edizione scientifica digitale. Roma: Carocci [tutto]

B) Text Encoding Initiative Guidelines:
TEI P5: Guidelines for Electronic Text Encoding and Interchange, http://www.tei-c.org/release/doc/tei-p5-doc/en/html/index.html
Software Oxygen (da scaricare sul proprio computer)

Non attenders
A) Compulsory readings
- Pierazzo, Elena 2015. Digital Scholarly Editing: Theories, Models and Methods. Farnham: Ashgate [intero testo]
- Zaccarello, Michelangelo 2019. Teoria e forme del testo digitale. Roma: Carocci. [intero testo]
- Mancinelli, Tiziana & Elena Pierazzo 2020. Che cos’è un’edizione scientifica digitale. Roma: Carocci [intero testo]

B) Text Encoding Initiative Guidelines:
TEI P5: Guidelines for Electronic Text Encoding and Interchange, http://www.tei-c.org/release/doc/tei-p5-doc/en/html/index.html
Software Oxygen (da scaricare sul proprio computer)

General:
3. Handbook of Stemmatology (https://www.degruyter.com/view/product/548054 ).

The written exam consists of four (4) open questions, and lasts 90 minutes. Open questions allow to test critical thought, as well as the capacity of mastering the subject through specific skills (e.g. text encoding, use of one or more tools illustrated in the module).
More specifically:
- Knowledge and understanding: checked through content questions;
- Applying knowledge and understanding: checked through practical exercises, such as text encoding exercises;
- Making judgements: checked through methodological questions;
- Communication skills: checked through open questions (whether students communicate their conclusions clearly and unambiguously, as well as the knowledge and rationale underpinning these);
- Learning skills: evaluation of the students' autonomy of judgement.

Lectures by the teacher and practical exercises (either in class or online in compliace with the regulations in force during the 1st semester a.y. 2021-2022)

English

written

This subject deals with topics related to the macro-area "Human capital, health, education" and contributes to the achievement of one or more goals of U. N. Agenda for Sustainable Development