Digital Humanities Archives - Abigail Joffe

A Comparison of Popular Song Lyrics Using Voyant

admin — Wed, 21 Mar 2018 11:49:55 +0000

Comparison of Lyrics in Popular Song This small study compares common themes in two collections of popular songs chosen by two groups of participants in community music groups in Ireland. The two groups for the purpose of this comparison are : Group A: residents at a nursing home in Kerry aged 70 plus and all … Continue reading "A Comparison of Popular Song Lyrics Using Voyant"

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Mapping for Good: Reflections on Crowdsourcing & Humanitarian Open Mapping

admin — Fri, 16 Feb 2018 18:37:26 +0000

Introduction In this post I give a brief insight into Crowdsourcing as it is used in the Digital Humanities and also describe my experience of using three open source, crowd-sourced mapping tools: Open Street Map Humanitarian Open Street Map (HOTosm) MapSwipe Crowdsourcing in Digital Humanities In her blog post on Crowdsourcing and Community Engagement Alicia … Continue reading "Mapping for Good: Reflections on Crowdsourcing & Humanitarian Open Mapping"

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The Cost of Free

admin — Tue, 05 Dec 2017 14:22:44 +0000

Recently I attended a music festival. A free music festival. The same free music festival my friends and I have enjoyed over the past few years, wandering from stage to stage and taking our pick of the fine music on offer. At least that was how it was until last year when it had … Continue reading "The Cost of Free"

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Digital Humanities- what’s that?

admin — Wed, 08 Nov 2017 15:13:10 +0000

I’m at the end of the first semester of my MA in Digital Arts and Humanities at UCC so it seems like a good time to sit back and reflect on what I’m doing here, where its going and what exactly Digital Humanities is. Much time seems to be spent in a debate about this and whilst … Continue reading "Digital Humanities- what’s that?"

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Songwriting Women Part 1 : Ciara O’Flynn

admin — Tue, 07 Nov 2017 18:25:32 +0000

I’m hosting a weekly radio show on Thursdays at 12pm on UCC Campus Radio 98.3fm . I’ll be shining the light on women and songwriting and in particular on some local Cork women’s voices. Here’s the first of my interviews with Ciara O’Flynn from the band Pinhole. Ciara reminisces about growing up around the Cork contemporary music … Continue reading "Songwriting Women Part 1 : Ciara O’Flynn"

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Why don’t you ? Time Well Spent & Switching Tack in Silicon Valley

admin — Thu, 02 Nov 2017 15:04:41 +0000

When I was a kid there was a programme on tv called Why Don’t you ? , the catchphrase being: “Why don’t you just switch off your televison set and go and do something less boring instead ? ” A great idea from some well meaning and morally motivated producers in the BBC, but did it … Continue reading "Why don’t you ? Time Well Spent & Switching Tack in Silicon Valley"

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Feminist Hashtivism in Ireland – DAH Colloquium Review

admin — Tue, 03 Oct 2017 18:36:06 +0000

UCCDAH Research Colloquium Review October 2017 Dr Abigail Keating: Feminist Hashtivism & The Irish Context Hashtivism (hashtag activism) is a relatively new social media phenomenon that has grown in prevalence over the last number of years to the extent that the hashtag is now a ubiquitous and recognisable symbol even to those who do not … Continue reading "Feminist Hashtivism in Ireland – DAH Colloquium Review"

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