CourseSpecifications
Valid as from the academic year 2024-2025

Digital Humanities (A703307)

Course size
Credits 3.0(nominal values; actual values may depend on programme)
Study time 90 h

Course offerings and teaching methods in academic year 2024-2025
A (semester 2)
Dutch
Gent

Lecturers in academic year 2024-2025
Singh, Pranaydeep
Lefever, Els
Hoste, Veronique

independent work
lectureseminar

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LW22
LW22

Offered in the following programmes in 2024-2025
Master of Arts in Multilingual Communication: a combination of at least twolanguages(main subject Dutch, English)Master of Arts in Translation: a combination of at least two languages(main subjectDutch, English)
Master of Arts in Interpreting: a combination of at least two languages(main subjectDutch, English, French)
Master of Arts in Multilingual Communication: a combination of at least twolanguages(main subject Dutch, English, French)
Master of Arts in Translation: a combination of at least two languages(main subject
Dutch, English, French)
Master of Arts in Interpreting: a combination of at least two languages(main subjectDutch, English, German)
Master of Arts in Multilingual Communication: a combination of at least twolanguages(main subject Dutch, English, German)
Master of Arts in Translation: a combination of at least two languages(main subjectDutch, English, German)
Master of Arts in Interpreting: a combination of at least two languages(main subjectDutch, English, Italian)
Master of Arts in Multilingual Communication: a combination of at least twolanguages(main subject Dutch, English, Italian)
Master of Arts in Translation: a combination of at least two languages(main subject
Dutch, English, Italian)
Master of Arts in Interpreting: a combination of at least two languages(main subjectDutch, English, Russian)
Master of Arts in Multilingual Communication: a combination of at least twolanguages(main subject Dutch, English, Russian)
Master of Arts in Translation: a combination of at least two languages(main subjectDutch, English, Russian)
Master of Arts in Interpreting: a combination of at least two languages(main subject
Dutch, English, Spanish)
Master of Arts in Multilingual Communication: a combination of at least twolanguages(main subject Dutch, English, Spanish)
Master of Arts in Translation: a combination of at least two languages(main subjectDutch, English, Spanish)
Master of Arts in Multilingual Communication: a combination of at least twolanguages(main subject Dutch, English, Turkish)
Master of Arts in Multilingual Communication: a combination of at least twolanguages(main subject Dutch, French)
Master of Arts in Translation: a combination of at least two languages(main subjectDutch, French)(Approved)

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Master of Arts in Interpreting: a combination of at least two languages(main subject
Dutch, French, German)
Master of Arts in Multilingual Communication: a combination of at least twolanguages(main subject Dutch, French, German)
Master of Arts in Translation: a combination of at least two languages(main subjectDutch, French, German)
Master of Arts in Interpreting: a combination of at least two languages(main subject
Dutch, French, Italian)
Master of Arts in Multilingual Communication: a combination of at least twolanguages(main subject Dutch, French, Italian)
Master of Arts in Translation: a combination of at least two languages(main subject
Dutch, French, Italian)
Master of Arts in Interpreting: a combination of at least two languages(main subjectDutch, French, Russian)
Master of Arts in Multilingual Communication: a combination of at least twolanguages(main subject Dutch, French, Russian)
Master of Arts in Translation: a combination of at least two languages(main subject
Dutch, French, Russian)
Master of Arts in Interpreting: a combination of at least two languages(main subject
Dutch, French, Spanish)
Master of Arts in Multilingual Communication: a combination of at least twolanguages(main subject Dutch, French, Spanish)
Master of Arts in Translation: a combination of at least two languages(main subjectDutch, French, Spanish)
Master of Arts in Multilingual Communication: a combination of at least twolanguages(main subject Dutch, French, Turkish)
Master of Arts in Multilingual Communication: a combination of at least twolanguages(main subject Dutch, German)
Master of Arts in Translation: a combination of at least two languages(main subjectDutch, German)
Master of Arts in Interpreting: a combination of at least two languages(main subjectDutch, German, Italian)
Master of Arts in Multilingual Communication: a combination of at least twolanguages(main subject Dutch, German, Italian)
Master of Arts in Translation: a combination of at least two languages(main subjectDutch, German, Italian)
Master of Arts in Interpreting: a combination of at least two languages(main subjectDutch, German, Russian)
Master of Arts in Multilingual Communication: a combination of at least twolanguages(main subject Dutch, German, Russian)
Master of Arts in Translation: a combination of at least two languages(main subjectDutch, German, Russian)
Master of Arts in Interpreting: a combination of at least two languages(main subjectDutch, German, Spanish)
Master of Arts in Multilingual Communication: a combination of at least twolanguages(main subject Dutch, German, Spanish)
Master of Arts in Translation: a combination of at least two languages(main subjectDutch, German, Spanish)
Master of Arts in Multilingual Communication: a combination of at least twolanguages(main subject Dutch, German, Turkish)
Master of Arts in Multilingual Communication: a combination of at least twolanguages(main subject Dutch, Italian)
Master of Arts in Translation: a combination of at least two languages(main subjectDutch, Italian)
Master of Arts in Multilingual Communication: a combination of at least twolanguages(main subject Dutch, Russian)
Master of Arts in Translation: a combination of at least two languages(main subjectDutch, Russian)
Master of Arts in Multilingual Communication: a combination of at least twolanguages(main subject Dutch, Spanish)
Master of Arts in Translation: a combination of at least two languages(main subjectDutch, Spanish)
Master of Arts in Multilingual Communication: a combination of at least twolanguages(main subject Dutch, Turkish)(Approved)

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Teaching languages
Dutch
Keywords
Language technology, Digital Humanities
Position of the course
The goals of the course “Digital Humanities” (K4DH) are the following:- Introduce students to the broad domain of digital humanities- Introduce students to the programming language Python- Introduce students to machine learning (systems)- Familiarise students with building a language technology application (i.e. lexicon-based andmachine learning system for sentiment analysis)Contents
The content of the course “Digital Humanities” (K4DH) is thematically ordered and consists ofthe following modules:- a theoretical introduction to allow the student to gain insight into language technology systems(such as sentiment detection, machine translation, retrieval systems, etc.) and their applicationin the domain of human sciences.
- a theoretical introduction to machine learning systems and hands-on exercises with the toolkit
Weka.
- an introduction to Python in order to learn how to program basic scripts that allow to extract
specific information from corpora. This knowledge is then applied to build a lexicon-based
system for sentiment analysis.
Initial competences• the general competences of an academic bachelor• general knowledge about language and translation technology
Final competences
1 Having advanced knowledge of the language technology process and, based on that
1 knowledge, critically assessing language technology tools [MV.1.4 assessed]
2 Critically applying theoretical models and methods of analysis to complex problems. [MV.2.3
1 assessed]
3 Communicating on their own research with both a broad and specialised audience, both1 orally and in writing. [MV.2.3 assessed]
4 Underpinning their views in a scientifically justified manner and sharing these with both lay
1 people and colleagues in a coherent and clear manner. [MV.3.2 assessed]
5 Judging and acting with the necessary dose of critical self-reflection in unpredictable,
1 complex and specialist contexts. [MV.3.3 assessed]
6 Identifying deontological and ethical aspects and acting accordingly. [MV.5.1 assessed]
Conditions for credit contract
Access to this course unit via a credit contract is determined after successful competences assessment
Conditions for exam contract
This course unit cannot be taken via an exam contract
Teaching methods
Seminar, Lecture, Independent work
Extra information on the teaching methods
During the lectures, the theoretical background is discussed which serves as the basis for thepractical PC room exercises.
In the practical PC room exercises, the students learn to program in Python, experiment withmachine learning techniques, etc. The students also get extra exercises to further practice theirprogramming and experimental skills at home.
Study material
Type: Slides
Name: slides
Indicative price: Free or paid by faculty
Optional: no(Approved)

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Available on Ufora : Yes
Type: Software
Name: Python
Indicative price: Free or paid by faculty
Optional: noOnline Available : Yes
Type: Software
Name: Weka
Indicative price: Free or paid by faculty
Optional: noAvailable on Athena : Yes
References
Steven Bird, Ewan Klein & Edward Loper. 2009. “Natural Language Processing with Python –Analyzing Text with the Natural Language Toolkit”, O’Reilly Media.
Rosenthal, Sara, Ritter, Alan, Nakov, Preslav & Stoyanov, Veselin. 2014. "SemEval-2014 Task
9: Sentiment Analysis in Twitter", Proceedings of the 8th International Workshop on SemanticEvaluation (SemEval 2014), 73-80, Dublin, Ireland, ACL.
Course content-related study coaching
The members of staff have a weekly consultation hour.
Assessment moments
continuous assessment
Examination methods in case of periodic assessment during the first examination period
Examination methods in case of periodic assessment during the second examination period
Examination methods in case of permanent assessment
Assignment
Possibilities of retake in case of permanent assessment
examination during the second examination period is possible
Extra information on the examination methods
Assignment (100%)At the end of the course, the students get an assignment on one of the themes covered in thelessons and write a paper on the topic.
Calculation of the examination markSee heading ‘Extra information on the examination methods’
Facilities for Working Students
Can be requested from the course responsible.
Addendum
K4TT(Approved)

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