Contemporary Research Group Group Members: Lindsay Thomas, UCSB, English (director)

Contemporary Research Group

Group Members:Lindsay Thomas, UCSB, English (director)

Eric Chuk, UCLA, Information Studies Anne Cong-Huyen, UCSB, English

Renee Hudson, UCLA, English

Part I. Introduction

Anne Cong-Huyen

• Represent diversity of Contemporary texts:o Print o Digitalo Film o etc.

• Represent secondary and theoretical texts that relate to primary texts

Initial Goals

Part I. Introduction

Books

Types of Contemporary Texts

PatchworkGirl

Films

Graphic Novels

Electronic Literature

Books

Digital Exhibitions

Related Theoretical TextsRelated Theoretical Texts

From "War" to "The War on Terror"

Narrowing the focus,

expanding the data set,

& forming a narrative.

From "War" to "The War on Terror"

Narrowing the focus,

expanding the data set, & forming a narrative.

Documents of the War on Terror

Virtual Exhibitions

Visual Artifacts

Films

Official Documents

Documents of the War on Terror

Virtual Exhibitions

Visual Artifacts

Films

Official Documents

Making connections with theoretical texts...


Part II. Sample Path through

Contemporary Data Set

Eric Chuk


Using RoSE to explore our data

Keyword: Contemporary



Keyword: War On Terror



Keyword: War On Terror





Part III: Complications

Renee Hudson and

Lindsay Thomas

RoSE

Context (n): the weaving together of words and sentencesfrom the Latin verb contexere, "to weave together"

RoSE

• What does it mean for RoSE that some data may not be "woven" into other pieces of data?

• What does it mean for some data to not "relate" to other pieces of data?

RoSE

"Although the author, a friend of D.H. Lawrence, published her stories in many major U.S. magazines, this is the first time her English-language fiction has been published in one book."