Computer Simulations in the Humanities

FAIN: HT-50030-10

University of North Carolina, Charlotte (Charlotte, NC 28223-0001)
Marvin J. Croy (Project Director: February 2010 to December 2012)
Anthony F. Beavers (Co Project Director: February 2010 to December 2012)

A three-week institute and follow-up activities on the use of computer simulations and modeling techniques in the humanities for twenty-four humanities scholars.

This project will advance research in the humanities by adding a variety of simulation techniques to the standard repertoire of methods already employed by humanists. Interested humanists from a range of disciplines including philosophy, history, archeology, linguistics, anthropology and political science, among others, will work not only with technical experts but also with humanists already familiar with methods involving computer simulations and models. Our aim in bringing technologists and humanists together in precisely this way is to promote the dual notion of "the humanities shaping technology" as well as "technology shaping the humanities." Modeling experts will be pressed to not merely present existing techniques but to shape those techniques in ways that address questions and on-going inquiries pursued by humanists. Twenty-four humanists will spend 3 weeks in June 2011 and 3 days in 2012 interacting with modeling experts.

Associated Products

Singing to Neighbours: Modeling Acoustic Adaptation in Bird Songs. (Public Lecture or Presentation)
Title: Singing to Neighbours: Modeling Acoustic Adaptation in Bird Songs.
Abstract: -
Author: Gillian Crozier
Date: 11/05/2011
Location: Washington, DC
Primary URL: https://sites.google.com/site/complexadaptivesystems2011/

Simulating Plot: Towards a Generative Model of Narrative Structure. (Public Lecture or Presentation)
Title: Simulating Plot: Towards a Generative Model of Narrative Structure.
Abstract: -
Author: Graham Alexander Sack
Date: 11/05/2011
Location: Washington, DC
Primary URL: https://sites.google.com/site/complexadaptivesystems2011/

A Model for Philosophers. (Public Lecture or Presentation)
Title: A Model for Philosophers.
Abstract: -
Author: Stephen Crowley
Date: 11/05/2011
Location: Washington, DC
Primary URL: https://sites.google.com/site/complexadaptivesystems2011/

Simulating Coherence in Cultural Evolution (Public Lecture or Presentation)
Title: Simulating Coherence in Cultural Evolution
Abstract: -
Author: Marshall D. Abrams
Date: 02/16/12
Location: Chicago, Il
Primary URL: http://www.apa.org

Shiny Moral People: A Modeling Approach towards Understanding Moral Hypocrisy within a Society (Public Lecture or Presentation)
Title: Shiny Moral People: A Modeling Approach towards Understanding Moral Hypocrisy within a Society
Abstract: -
Author: Marcus Christen
Date: 02/16/12
Location: Chicago, Il
Primary URL: http://www.apa.org

Singing to Neighbors: Modeling Acoustic Adaptation in Bird Songs (Public Lecture or Presentation)
Title: Singing to Neighbors: Modeling Acoustic Adaptation in Bird Songs
Abstract: -
Author: Gillian Crozier
Date: 02/16/12
Location: Chicago, Il
Primary URL: http://www.apa.org

Simulation for Understanding the Gricean Dynamic in Language Use (Meeting of the American Philosophical Association, Central Division) (Public Lecture or Presentation)
Title: Simulation for Understanding the Gricean Dynamic in Language Use (Meeting of the American Philosophical Association, Central Division)
Abstract: -
Author: Ruth Poproski
Date: 02/16/12
Location: Chicago, Il
Primary URL: http://www.apa.org

Modeling Narrative Structures: An Agent Based Approach to Plot and Characterization (Public Lecture or Presentation)
Title: Modeling Narrative Structures: An Agent Based Approach to Plot and Characterization
Abstract: -
Author: Graham Alexander Sack
Date: 02/16/12
Location: Chicago, Il
Primary URL: http://www.apa.org

Modeling the Flow of Information through the Republic of Letters (Public Lecture or Presentation)
Title: Modeling the Flow of Information through the Republic of Letters
Abstract: -
Author: Scott Weingart
Date: 02/16/12
Location: Chicago, Il
Primary URL: http://www.apa.org

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