A ropes course for exploring the territory. Why textual data from the past is dangerous ; From fantasy to engagement ; Words are keys and words are barriers ; Critical search, a theory ; To predict or to describe? -- The many windows of the house of the past. The many windows of the house of the past ; Of memory ; The distinctiveness of certain eras ; The measure of influence ; Of rock and fire ; Whither modernity ; What computers can explain and when to stop : a case study in the political history of climate change -- Critical thinking with data makes stronger disciplines. A world map of culture, purged of bias ; The future of the art
Summary
"The Dangerous Art of Text Mining celebrates the bold new research now possible because of text mining, the art of counting words over time. But the book is based on a warning: without help from the humanities, data science can distort the past and lead to perilous errors"-- Provided by publisher
Bibliography
Includes bibliographical references and index
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