Machine Anthropology Automating the Collection, Processing and Analysis of Ethnographic Text as Data
Combining data science, anthropology and political sociology, this projects develops computational tools for the automated or semi-automated collection, processing and analysis of ethnographic data, including fieldwork data. In doing so, we hope to delineate a “machine anthropological” analytical framework for the study of human socio-cultural life.
The project has three aims:
- to map the morphology and temporality of key political events based data from the ERC-funded projects DISTRACT
- to develop computational methods for the collection, processing, and analysis of ethnographic data including fieldnotes;
- to formulate a theoretical framework for a new computational anthropology.
Folkemødet ("The People's Meeting") is an annual politics and democracy festival event held on the Danish island of Bornholm.
During the second week of June 2021, several SODAS researchers associated with the Data Plus project Ethnographic Text as Data and the ERC funded DISTRACT project collected qualitative and quantitative data from the political festival in collaboration with Foreningen Folkemødet, the non-profit organisation behind Folkemødet.
Read more about the collaboration between SODAS researchers and Folkemødet in this a press release from Foreningen Folkemødet (in Danish), as well as at the DISTRACT project site.
Researchers
| Name | Title | Phone | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Search in Name | Search in Title | Search in Phone | |
| Merhout, Friedolin | Associate Professor | +4535324127 | |
| Pedersen, Morten Axel | Professor | +4535323475 |
Funded by:
University of Copenhagen Data+ pool
Project name: Machine Anthropology Automating the Collection, Processing and Analysis of Ethnographic Text as Data
Period: 2021-2024
Contact
Professor Morten Axel Pedersen
SODAS
Phone: (+45) 35 32 34 75
Mail: map@sodas.ku.dk