tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-962447465856397284.post6469965541158509424..comments2024-02-22T06:54:45.079+00:00Comments on Melissa Terras' Blog: Stats and the Digital HumanitiesMelissahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00759369628908140089noreply@blogger.comBlogger19125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-962447465856397284.post-67951378748726228982012-02-19T20:15:58.246+00:002012-02-19T20:15:58.246+00:00Dear Melissa, I promise I will be "constructi...Dear Melissa, I promise I will be "constructive" as soon as you will admit that you have misrepresented the international scenario of DH/HC. I think it is your problem to provide grounded info, not mine, as you presented your work as a "survey" of Digital Humanities. <br />Actually, the info and data are out there: just search the Net with words like: Humanidades Digitales, Digitale Geisteswissenschaften, Informatica Umanistica, etc. Being a native English speaker can be a privilege, but it's not an excuse.<br />If you look at the data for Internet access you'll discover that users in the western world (Europe and the U.S.) represent only the 35.7% of the total<br />Finally, before starting a survey, you need a methodology. It doesn't seem you have got one: what you have, instead, is a pile of data arranged nicely. CheersDominguerohttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00326375245318340387noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-962447465856397284.post-5609781112417820582012-01-06T14:49:38.336+00:002012-01-06T14:49:38.336+00:00and actually, @dominguero, thinking about your com...and actually, @dominguero, thinking about your comment - in what way is twitter, or website stats just linked to the us/usa? When we say there are 167 countries featured, etc - in what way is that saying its just the us/usa? I wasnt aware that online activity was just the us/usa - so I think your comments are a little groundless. Thanks for stopping by, but do give me something to work with, rather than making snark.Melissahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00759369628908140089noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-962447465856397284.post-34878627152335589592012-01-06T14:41:56.309+00:002012-01-06T14:41:56.309+00:00@dominguero, thanks for your comments. Yes, the st...@dominguero, thanks for your comments. Yes, the stats are mostly from UK and USA. These are the ones that I have been able to find. Tell me, instead of complaining, why dont you do something productive, and provide me with some stats that are from beyond the UK or USA? Why dont you do some legwork? I have made it clear that I am interested in ALL stats that I can get, and if I cant get stats from beyond the UK or US - is that my fault? its as much your fault as mine, please suggest something constructive rather than dismissing the whole activity. I would welcome constructive insight - I am not so taken by people who just complain and dont suggest a way forward.Melissahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00759369628908140089noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-962447465856397284.post-87319841440070845722011-12-14T22:21:14.604+00:002011-12-14T22:21:14.604+00:00These stats are basically UK-US based (and biased)...These stats are basically UK-US based (and biased) and the result is a colonial-style infographics. They almost totally ignore the huge amount of DH work done in other countries (i.e. Italy, Spain, Portugal, France etc.). It would not be a bad idea if some of the ALLC / ADHO / TEI people would start reading (in) other languages. It is so sad to see how self-centered the anglo-american world of DH has become these days. <br />Namasté.Dominguerohttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00326375245318340387noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-962447465856397284.post-13435633901158006442011-12-14T18:48:41.811+00:002011-12-14T18:48:41.811+00:00Yes, that would be good to know. Short answer, unf...Yes, that would be good to know. Short answer, unfortunately, is that I don't have good numbers for either of your questions. <br /><br />Longer version is that the OJS stats don't offer a vistor focused perspective (though no doubt it could be tickled out from the raw web logs). And as for total viewership.. JDHCS runs on letterpress.uchicago.edu (which also hosts another OJS journal) and was recently moved to a VM so the available stats are incomplete and somewhat inaccurate: http://bit.ly/tfYWkH Chicago has Google Analytics would be better for this and its running on the site as well but for whatever reason it's (I've been told) not capturing visitors properly.Arno Bossehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00730878260357491425noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-962447465856397284.post-27738292367806739622011-12-14T14:08:02.985+00:002011-12-14T14:08:02.985+00:00@Arno, really interesting stats. Most papers getti...@Arno, really interesting stats. Most papers getting really good readership! Tell me, do you have an overall figure for the whole collection of papers, number of unique viewers to the site? I cant tell from the stats you give whether its the same readers reading a lot, or different ones, you see.Melissahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00759369628908140089noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-962447465856397284.post-32441731343559112212011-12-13T15:19:08.046+00:002011-12-13T15:19:08.046+00:00I've uploaded an Excel spreadsheet (.xls) to m...I've uploaded an Excel spreadsheet (.xls) to my Dropbox account:<br /><br />http://db.tt/BE7q0vmO<br /><br />OJS offers stats on Abstract, HTML and PDF views of an article. JDHCS doesn't (with one or two exceptions) publish articles in HTML format so the column "Total Galley Views" is in effect the same as PDF views (i.e. downloads). <br /><br />Feel free to repost and re-use. The data is current as of Dec. 12th. 2011.Arno Bossehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00730878260357491425noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-962447465856397284.post-82863003964372997172011-12-01T22:03:26.350+00:002011-12-01T22:03:26.350+00:00ps yes, Arno, do post stats from access to the col...ps yes, Arno, do post stats from access to the colloquium papers!Melissahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00759369628908140089noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-962447465856397284.post-16693102201880892382011-12-01T21:33:37.700+00:002011-12-01T21:33:37.700+00:00Thanks for all these comments!
I am chasing up al...Thanks for all these comments! <br />I am chasing up all of the leads for ready stats...<br /><br />mMelissahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00759369628908140089noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-962447465856397284.post-7261688343084375142011-12-01T16:48:49.200+00:002011-12-01T16:48:49.200+00:00One more idea.. download/"readership" st...One more idea.. download/"readership" stats from DHQuarterly and LLC. FWIW I can offer them for articles on http://jdhcs.uchicago.eduArno Bossehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00730878260357491425noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-962447465856397284.post-24909004328811814822011-12-01T16:46:16.218+00:002011-12-01T16:46:16.218+00:00There's a list of subject keywords associated ...There's a list of subject keywords associated with DH conference paper/poster/panel submissions which AFAIK has been in place and presumably added to over the years. It would be very interesting to track the distribution of submissions across these headings over the years. <br /><br />Along these lines, it would also be very interesting to see what percentage of registered attendees at the DH conferences also attended the previous year's (or 3 or 4?) conference(s) and which subject keywords were associated with the attendees who were coming back year after year and who was not. <br /><br />Similarly, the subject keywords associated with accepted papers and those of rejected papers. <br /><br />The general idea is to try and use this as a way to track what kinds of disciplinary drifts have taken place in the DH world - so, for example, a slow and steady move away from the dominant position of English literature (or not) or a slow drift towards a greater inclusion of visual media. <br /><br />Come to think of it, it may be a good idea to revisit the DH conference subjet list. There may be some value in replacing it instead with the list drawn up by http://www.arts-humanities.net/Arno Bossehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00730878260357491425noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-962447465856397284.post-48601655122066869112011-11-29T16:57:26.760+00:002011-11-29T16:57:26.760+00:00If you consider THATCamp to be a digital humanitie...If you consider THATCamp to be a digital humanities meeting (there are arguments for and against that), here are some THATCamp stats: <br /><br />1 THATCamp in 2008<br />3 THATCamps in 2009<br />17 THATCamps in 2010<br />26 THATCamps in 2011<br />23 THATCamps (so far) planned for 2012<br />70 attendees on average per THATCamp<br />1899 registered users on http://thatcamp.org<br />57% of respondents "strongly agree" that THATCamp was useful for them<br />37% of respondents "agree" that THATcamp was useful for them<br />2% "neither agree nor disagree" that THATCamp was useful for them<br />4% "disagree" that THATCamp was useful for themAmanda Frenchhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08279522992900557181noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-962447465856397284.post-38527102364295424432011-11-29T16:33:32.884+00:002011-11-29T16:33:32.884+00:00Hey, Melissa, I added some numbers to your posting...Hey, Melissa, I added some numbers to your <a href="http://digitalhumanities.org/answers/topic/what-statistics-are-out-there-regarding-digital-humanities" rel="nofollow">posting on DH Answers</a>. Some were meta: number of DH Answers users, unique visitors, countries of origin, posts... -- and I also counted up 13 years' worth of MLA convention sessions on DH-related topics, as chronicled by the ACH.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-962447465856397284.post-3091152612428612442011-11-28T22:03:26.421+00:002011-11-28T22:03:26.421+00:00More about centerNet: there are 247 people current...More about centerNet: there are 247 people currently on its listserv and member centers come from 26 countries.NeilFhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06033763661972399447noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-962447465856397284.post-88914056771316638072011-11-28T21:28:50.870+00:002011-11-28T21:28:50.870+00:00Google trends for digital humanities is interestin...Google trends for digital humanities is interesting. According to Google, only recently have people started looking for digital humanities in large enough numbers to detect. http://www.google.com/trends?q=digital+humanities&ctab=0&geo=all&date=all&sort=0Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-962447465856397284.post-35469330437780690302011-11-28T15:37:13.191+00:002011-11-28T15:37:13.191+00:00This is terrific!
One quick comment: One of the k...This is terrific!<br /><br />One quick comment: One of the key DH funders is the Andrew Mellon Foundation. (They are US based but also fund international projects.) I don't think they have a list of their DH funded projects, per se. So teasing out that data will be more difficult. But if you feel like digging into it, they do list all their grants in their annual reports.<br /><br />See: <br /><br />http://www.mellon.org/news_publications/annual-reports-essaysBrett Bobleyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16289439108255824072noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-962447465856397284.post-64675399044254538382011-11-28T12:33:45.232+00:002011-11-28T12:33:45.232+00:00Thanks Melissa. I too will try this. I suppose it ...Thanks Melissa. I too will try this. I suppose it depends on that slippery definition discussion of digital humanities (ie. research vs utility as Alistair hints at etc.). <br /><br />I would like to do a similar project here; but not sure what metrics to use and what can be measured. I wonder have other epistemic practices done this?Craig Bellamyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09479555805246421357noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-962447465856397284.post-58886017830082385302011-11-28T11:45:47.775+00:002011-11-28T11:45:47.775+00:00Thanks Alastair!Thanks Alastair!Melissahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00759369628908140089noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-962447465856397284.post-6798553003487496102011-11-28T10:28:55.586+00:002011-11-28T10:28:55.586+00:00There's a also a list of UK Digitisation Proje...There's a also a list of UK Digitisation Projects (up to 2009) at <br />http://www.peelingwall.org/uk-digitisation.html<br /><br />This is digitisation rather than DH projects, and does not include projects funded under the AHRC Research Grants scheme (which tend to be hidden)Alastair Dunninghttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01093222251178441334noreply@blogger.com