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Contexts, Diversity, Poetry: Topic Modelling the Poetess
Kiera Obbard
University of Guelph, Canada
This short paper asks: what can be discovered about the poetess tradition of nineteenth-century Britain–a mode of writing initially lost to literary history and recovered by feminist literary scholars–when using topic modelling to conduct a distant reading of primary, critical, and bio-critical materials?
How Is Gender Portrayed on Preschool Children’s Book Covers? An Analysis of the Chinese National Library Catalogue between 2012-2022
Yi Li1, Yongning Li2
1University of Edinburgh, United Kingdom; 2Te Shi Liangcai School of Journalism and Communication, Zhejiang Sci-Tech University, Hangzhou, China
Picture book covers carry abundant visual information about the story. They also indicate gender information through titles and illustrations, which might further impact preschool children’s gender perception. This paper will investigate how ChatGPT infer gender on covers of 6,629 preschool children’s books from the 2012-2022 National Library of China catalogue.
Reading Spanish NovEllas through an Antiracist, Inclusive, and Feminist Text Encoding Framework
Sarah Revilla-Sanchez, Elizabeth Lagresa-González
University of British Columbia, Canada
This presentation will introduce the work conducted by “The Adaptive Text Encoding Initiative Network,” an interdisciplinary research group of PhD students, faculty, and DH librarians in Canada. We will report on our progress as a team and provide insights into our proposed antiracist, decolonial, and inclusive TEI guidelines.
Exploring Gender Differences in Gaming Culture: A Comparative Analysis of Male and Female Streamers’ Live Chat Interactions on Twitch.tv
Greta Pfältzer, Michael Achmann-Denkler, Christian Wolff
University of Regensburg, Germany
This study examines gendered communication in German-speaking Twitch gaming chats using BERTopic and qualitative analysis. Male streamers’ chats focus on gaming, while female streamers evoke social and emotional messages. No evidence of objectification was found, highlighting shifts in behavior or effective moderation. Findings underscore gender’s role in shaping digital interactions.
Documenting datasets as a tool for change
Sarah Lang1,2
1Max Planck Institute for the History of Science, Germany; 2University of Graz, Austria
This talk explores how documentation can serve as a powerful tool for positive change by making our research and datasets more transparent. Detailed documentation not only facilitates the effective and responsible reuse of datasets and algorithms but also promotes more inclusive scholarship and ethical research outcomes.
