Aiding the Interpretation of Ancient Documents
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Aiding the Interpretation of Ancient Documents. / Roued-Cunliffe, Henriette.
2012. Paper presented at Digital Humanities 2012, Hamborg, Germany.Research output: Contribution to conference › Paper › Research › peer-review
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T1 - Aiding the Interpretation of Ancient Documents
AU - Roued-Cunliffe, Henriette
N1 - Conference paper for the Digital Humanities Conference 17-22 July 2012, Hamburg, Germany.
PY - 2012
Y1 - 2012
N2 - How can Decision Support System (DSS) software aid the interpretation process involved in the reading of ancient documents? This paper discusses the development of a DSS prototype for the reading of ancient texts. In this context the term ‘ancient documents’ is used to describe mainly Greek and Latin texts and the term ‘scholars’ is used to describe readers of these documents (e.g. papyrologists, epigraphers, palaeographers). However, the results from this research can be applicable to many other texts ranging from Nordic runes to 18th Century love letters.In order to develop an appropriate tool it is important first to comprehend the interpretation process involved in reading ancient documents. This is not a linear process but rather a recursive process where the scholar moves between different levels of reading, such as ‘understanding the meaning of a character’ or ‘understanding the meaning of a phrase’ (Youtie 1963; Terras 2006). This realization has been paramount to the development of the DSS prototype.
AB - How can Decision Support System (DSS) software aid the interpretation process involved in the reading of ancient documents? This paper discusses the development of a DSS prototype for the reading of ancient texts. In this context the term ‘ancient documents’ is used to describe mainly Greek and Latin texts and the term ‘scholars’ is used to describe readers of these documents (e.g. papyrologists, epigraphers, palaeographers). However, the results from this research can be applicable to many other texts ranging from Nordic runes to 18th Century love letters.In order to develop an appropriate tool it is important first to comprehend the interpretation process involved in reading ancient documents. This is not a linear process but rather a recursive process where the scholar moves between different levels of reading, such as ‘understanding the meaning of a character’ or ‘understanding the meaning of a phrase’ (Youtie 1963; Terras 2006). This realization has been paramount to the development of the DSS prototype.
M3 - Paper
Y2 - 17 July 2012 through 22 July 2012
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