Complexity Explorer Courses

Getting Started with Scientific Programming for Humanities Analytics

Introduction to scientific programming using Python, covering basics of language, shell, IDE, and Jupyter Notebooks. Learn to create lexicons, functions, and plots for text analysis in humanities research.

• YouTube
• 1 hour 23 minutes
• On-Demand
• Free Online Course

Probability and Its Interpretation - Foundations of Humanities Analytics

Explore probability theory, its historical development, and interpretations in this humanities analytics lecture, focusing on frequency and subjective approaches to understanding uncertainty.

• YouTube
• 36 minutes
• On-Demand
• Free Online Course

Asking Good Research Questions in Humanities Analytics

Explore effective research question formulation in humanities analytics, focusing on clarity, relevance, and avoiding common pitfalls. Learn to craft questions that drive meaningful digital humanities scholarship.

• YouTube
• 32 minutes
• On-Demand
• Free Online Course

How Does a Pandemic Become a Story? - Analyzing COVID-19 Narratives

Explore how pandemic narratives form through digital humanities analysis of #COVID stories, examining patterns in social media content to understand cultural responses to global health crises.

• YouTube
• 29 minutes
• On-Demand
• Free Online Course

Introduction to Patterns in Humanities Analytics

Explore patterns in humanities analytics: theory, practice, and meaning extraction from digital sources. Gain skills for innovative scholarship in cultural and textual analysis.

• YouTube
• 27 minutes
• On-Demand
• Free Online Course

Arriving at an Understanding of Computational Linguistics' Virtues - Lecture 1

Explore computational linguistics' virtues in humanities research. Learn text analysis methods, content extraction, and meaning derivation from digital sources to enhance humanities scholarship.

• YouTube
• 22 minutes
• On-Demand
• Free Online Course

Capitalism and Democracy - Conceptual Linkage Analysis - Part 2

Explore the relationship between capitalism and democracy through word co-occurrence analysis, examining conceptual linkages and their implications for cultural understanding.

• YouTube
• 30 minutes
• On-Demand
• Free Online Course

Applications of Feminist Philosophy in Mainstream Ethics - Linkages and Analysis

Explore linkages between feminist philosophy and mainstream ethics through computational text analysis, empowering humanities scholars with practical skills in digital research methodologies.

• YouTube
• 46 minutes
• On-Demand
• Free Online Course

Capitalism and Democracy - Part 1

Explore capitalism and democracy through digital humanities analytics, focusing on text analysis, probability, and natural language processing to extract meaning from digital sources.

• YouTube
• 24 minutes
• On-Demand
• Free Online Course

Music for Martians - Exploring Data as Networks in Music

Explore alien music composition using Earth's sounds, pitch, and complexity. Analyze data as networks and time series to create unique Martian melodies inspired by Bach chorales.

• YouTube
• 55 minutes
• On-Demand
• Free Online Course

An Introduction to Humanities Analytics in Three Examples

Explore humanities analytics through three examples, learning text analysis methods to extract meaning from digital sources and enable new scholarship in the humanities.

• YouTube
• 1 hour 7 minutes
• On-Demand
• Free Online Course

Blurbs, the Culture Industry, and the Uses of Literature

Explore cultural analytics, examining reader behaviors, publishing trends, and literary themes using data-driven approaches. Gain insights into the intersection of literature, industry, and human needs.

• YouTube
• 1 hour 25 minutes
• On-Demand
• Free Online Course

Origins of Life - Earth's Early Atmosphere

Explore Earth's early atmosphere, the young Sun problem, and theories on life's origins, including hydrothermal vents and surface environments.

• YouTube
• 22 minutes
• On-Demand
• Free Online Course

Open Science Tutorial: Pre-registration - Unit 3

Learn about pre-registration in research: its purpose, components, platforms, and templates. Explore benefits, limitations, and how to identify properly pre-registered papers in this comprehensive overview.

• YouTube
• 21 minutes
• On-Demand
• Free Online Course

Reproducibility, Replicability and Challenges in Scientific Research - Unit 2

Explore reproducibility, replicability, and scientific research challenges. Learn about replication projects, questionable practices, and initiatives to improve research incentives.

• YouTube
• 30 minutes
• On-Demand
• Free Online Course