Debates about the possibility of an open culture―or indeed about the possibility of an open debate about the openness of culture―often turn on questions of standards. But since no benchmark can be absolute, judgement is a proliferation of comparisons. Through a series of case studies in everyday and academic comparison (literature, history, politics, philosophy), Haun Saussy calls out the typical vices of comparison and proposes ways to unseat them. For however much it is abused, distorted, and manipulated, comparison retains an essential link to the idea of justice.

Are We Comparing Yet?: On Standards, Justice, and Incomparability (BiUP General)

Literature & Fiction

Saussy, Haun

History & Criticism

Bielefeld University Press

Digital archives are transforming the Humanities and the Sciences. Digitized collections of newspapers and books have pushed scholars to develop new, data-rich methods. Born-digital archives are now better preserved and managed thanks to the development of open-access and commercial software. Digital Humanities have moved from the fringe to the center of academia. Yet, the path from the appraisal of records to their analysis is far from smooth. This book explores crossovers between various disciplines to improve the discoverability, accessibility, and use of born-digital archives and other cultural assets.

Archives, Access and Artificial Intelligence: Working with Born-Digital and Digitized Archival Collections (Digital Humanities Research)

Politics & Social Sciences

Social Sciences

Luhmann's theory is fascinating and complex. It offers incomparably enlightening insights, references and research opportunities, but reveals its utility only after a quite high competence threshold. Using the reticular form of the glossary, this book makes the theory accessible while maintaining its complexity. Without being obstructed by knowledge gaps or by references to concepts presented elsewhere, readers inside and outside sociology get the required support to explore sociological systems theory and to engage with it. Luhmann himself, in his introduction, praises the form of the glossary to cope with the challenges of the theoretical description of our highly complex society.

Unlocking Luhmann: A Keyword Introduction to Systems Theory (BiUP General)

Esposito, Elena

Baraldi, Claudio

Corsi, Giancarlo

Sociology

Imagining Unequals, Imagining Equals: Concepts of Equality in History and Law (BiUP General)

History

Historical Study & Educational Resources

The Novel in the Spanish Silver Age: A Digital Analysis of Genre Using Machine Learning (Digital Humanities Research)

Arts & Photography

Tello, José Calvo

Across the globe, a growing number of social movements, such as demonstrations in support of equal civil status or reproductive freedom and against sexualized violence, show that women's and gender rights are highly contested. Against the backdrop of a long history of unequal rights implementation, the contributors to this volume deal with the questions of why and in which ways gender equality has become contested in various political contexts. Local case studies examine the relevant structural, institutional, and socio-cultural causes of the global challenges to equality. This book follows an interdisciplinary approach and unites scholars from law, linguistics, cultural studies, history, social sciences, and gender studies in diverse contexts.

Global Contestations of Gender Rights (BiUP General)

The Notion of »holy« in Ancient Armenian Texts from the Fifth Century CE: A Comparative Approach Using Digital Tools and Methods (Digital Humanities Research)

Jurczyk, Thomas

Ancient Civilizations

Emotional Imprints of War: A Computer-Assisted Analysis of Emotions in Dutch Parliamentary Debates, 1945-1989 (Digital Humanities Research)

Lange, Milan van

The digital transformation is accompanied by two simultaneous processes: digital humanities challenging the humanities, their theories, methodologies and disciplinary identities, and pushing computer science to get involved in new fields. But how can qualitative and quantitative methods be usefully combined in one research project? What are the theoretical and methodological principles across all disciplinary digital approaches? This volume focusses on driving innovation and conceptualising the humanities in the 21st century. Building on the results of 10 research projects, it serves as a useful tool for designing cutting-edge research that goes beyond conventional strategies.

Mixing Methods: Practical Insights from the Humanities in the Digital Age (Digital Humanities Research)

The richness of social and cultural theory in the humanities offers countless opportunities for using theory-informed concepts in data-based analysis workflows. The contributors to this volume thus encourage further research utilizing out-of-the-box models and approaches to space and place in the field of Digital Humanities. The collection follows the two complementary goals of providing promising conceptualisations of space and place for a broad audience from Digital Humanities, and of presenting current work in Digital Humanities using different conceptualisations of space and place or offering innovative methods for their analysis.

Geographical Research in the Digital Humanities: Spatial Concepts, Approaches and Methods (Digital Humanities Research)

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