The Ocular Proof: Humanities Visualization in Action

Dr. Stan Ruecker, of Humanities Computing gave a paper at King's College London for their Seminar in Humanities Computing. The title of the paper was The Ocular Proof: Humanities Visualization i

17 September 2010

Dr. Stan Ruecker, of Humanities Computing gave a paper at King's College London for their Seminar in Humanities Computing. The title of the paper was The Ocular Proof: Humanities Visualization in Action. The abstract reads:

In this presentation, I discuss the extent to which various forms of visualization support humanities research tasks, in particular focusing on visualizations that have been developed in research teams where I was a member. The basic question I address is: what are the characteristics of visualization that make it a likely candidate for successful use in the humanities? In addition, what forms of humanities research are most likely to find visualization useful? Typically, they will involve the creation and interrogation of patterns that are more difficult to see when working with the text alone. For example, researchers of various kinds have begun to see our Mandala Browser as a tool for doing algorithmic criticism.