- Scripts and notebooks used for the talk (also links to the newspaper collections in there): github.com/npedrazzini/BlameGame
- Collection of models (including NewsBERT), data and outputs: huggingface.co/collections/npedrazzini/blamegame
Still very much a proof of concept, made possible by newly released open newspaper data, with models and code also openly available:
Over the century, suicide and murder articles drift apart in the embedding space, suggesting a slow decoupling from religious, moral, and legal blame ('self-murder'), possibly reflecting a broader public shift towards medical and environmental understandings of suicide motives.
We used article-level vectors crudely mean-pooled from token embeddings extracted with a BERT model (NewsBERT) that we fine-tuned on 19th-century British news data (links below).
In my lightning talk with @danielwilson.bsky.social ('Disorder or (self-)murder?') we tried detecting significant changes in the framing of suicide in 19th-century British news.
Just back from #CHR2025. A lot of interesting work, and I was especially surprised by how well the lightning talk format worked out (shout-out to @taylor-arnold.bsky.social’s timed slides for keeping the chaos in check)
Very cool work incoming 👇
📢 The #CHR2025 proceedings are out!
97 papers, ~1600 pages of computational humanities 🔥 Now published via the new Anthology of Computers and the Humanities, with DOIs for every paper.
🔗 anthology.ach.org/volumes/vol0...
And don’t forget: registration closes tomorrow (20 Nov)!
✨✨Maps & newspaper research from LwM & MRM teams (@danielwilson.bsky.social @joshrhodes.bsky.social @jonhistorian61.bsky.social @nottinauta.bsky.social @ruthahnert.bsky.social @npedrazzini.bsky.social @kallewesterling.bsky.social + more) featured in @pnas.org this week!
www.pnas.org/doi/10.1073/...
Graphic report cover: Towards a National Research Software Engineering Capability in Arts and Humanities Research: a Roadmap
🚀 Shaping the future of RSEs in Arts & Humanities! Two key reports outline a national vision - essential reading for all disciplines. Developed by the community, for the community. Dive in & be part of the conversation! 🔗 doi.org/10.5281/zeno... doi.org/10.5281/zeno...
MapReader patch output in yellow, orange, dark green, and light green representing different types of vegetation on 19th c. Ordnance Survey maps within the South Downs National Park.
Sneak peak: MapReader data created by @kirstylilley.bsky.social for vegetation & more on historical OS map sheets in @peakdistrict.bsky.social & @southdownsnp.bsky.social for the "Landscape Change & Conservation with MapReader" project w/@natlibscot.bsky.social @dataculture.bsky.social & both parks
🚨 Calling all who care about digital research! 🚨 Share examples of the impact Research Software Engineering or RSEs have had on (your) research. Help us build an evidence base and a bright future for the field. Deadline: Fri, 14 Feb ⏰. Share & spread the word! 🙌 forms.office.com/Pages/Respon...
🗃️ Applications now open for the final 2024 Data/Culture workshop on big historical newspaper & maps data + tools.
Sept 30-Oct 2 2024 in London & (partially) online.
forms.office.com/e/4h6sfLfuE3
www.turing.ac.uk/events/autum...
For historians & historically-minded colleagues & students!
Our last newspapers & MapReader workshop of 2024! Taught by @danielwilson.bsky.social, @kallewesterling.bsky.social, Rosie Wood (Turing), Tim Hobson (Turing), & yours truly. With guest appearances from @fedenanni.bsky.social @npedrazzini.bsky.social, Kaspar Beelen (SAS) & Jon Lawrence (Exeter)! 🗃️
The ‘Data/Culture’ team is on the road this week! We're delivering our summer workshop in Lancaster, building sustainable community around software and humanities data with a three-day extravaganza working computationally with newspaper and map data.
www.turing.ac.uk/events/summe...
Passage is from the 14c. CS translation of the Manasses Chronicles (histdict.uni-sofia.bg)
Damn, #ChatGPT 4o seriously upped its Church Slavonic game
Reminder 4 historians: are you interested in working with historical newspapers or maps w/digital tools? Join us for 1,2, or 3 days in Lancaster (UK) for a hands-on workshop on June 5-7! Applications close next Monday. We still have bursaries available. 🗃️ www.turing.ac.uk/events/summe...
Make sure to watch this space! 👇
Learn to work with big historical data from newspapers & maps at a 3-day workshop in Lancaster (UK). June 5-7 2024.
Taught by Living w/Machines folks: @npedrazzini.bsky.social, Kaspar Beelen, Rosie Wood, Tim Hobson, & yours truly.
Bursaries available!!
Apply now: forms.office.com/e/HnKjET1dAs
