Digital Humanities 2019 Workshop – The Case of Interview Data: A multidisciplinary approach to the use of technology in research using interview methods

When considering research processes that involve interview
data, we observe a variety of scholarly approaches, which are typically not
shared across disciplines. Scholars hold on to engrained research practices
drawn from specific research paradigms and they seldom venture outside their
comfort zone. The inability to ‘reach across’ methods and tools arises from
tight disciplinary boundaries, where terminology and literature may not
overlap, or from different priorities placed upon digital skills in research.
We believe that offering accessible and customised information on how to
appreciate and use technology can help to bridge these gaps.

This half-day workshop aims to break down some of these
barriers by offering scholars who work with interview data the opportunity to
apply, experiment and exchange tools and methods that have been developed in
the realm of Digital Humanities. It will provide a fruitful cross-disciplinary
knowledge exchange session that will:

1.  Show how
you can convert your AV-material into a suitable format and then use automatic
speech recognition (ASR) via the OH-portal

2.  Demonstrate
the correction of the ASR-results and the annotation of the resulting text

3.  Demonstrate
how you can get started with free online text-analysis tools

4.  Demonstrate
the possibility of emotion extraction with tools

Organisers  

As a multidisciplinary group of European scholars, tools and
data professionals, spanning the fields of speech technology, social sciences,
human computer interaction, oral history and linguistics, we are interested in
strengthening the position of interview data in Digital Humanities. Since 2016
we have organised a series of workshops, supported by CLARIN on this topic (see website). The group have
developed the T-Chain, a tool that
supports transcription and alignment of audio and text in multiple languages,
and have developed a successful workshop format for experimenting with a
variety of annotation, text analysis and emotion recognition tools as they
apply to interview data.

The workshop is located at TivoliVredenburgh, and is running
as part of the Digital Humanities (DH)
Conference 2019. Please ensure you are registered for this workshop on the DH19 website before adding yourself to the Eventbrite.

We look forward to seeing you in Utrecht!