Computational Analysis of Historical Hebrew Newspapers: Proof of Concept
Zutot, 2020
This article focuses on one decade, 1874–1883, in the relatively long lifespan of the Hebrew week... more This article focuses on one decade, 1874–1883, in the relatively long lifespan of the Hebrew weekly Ha-Tzefirah, which was founded in Warsaw in 1862. Applying computational tools to the study of the early Hebrew press requires a unique effort. The Hebrew language in general is distinct in its characters, morphological structure, and word order. The contribution of this proof-of-concept study is two-fold: First, computational analysis provides a long-term indication of trends in the discourse that cannot be attained through qualitative study. The second contribution is on the micro level: Computational analysis can potentially shed light, in a diachronic perspective, on the use of a specific term or the discussion of a specific geographical location.
Complexities in the Use, Analysis, and Representation of Historical Digital Periodicals
of paper 0447 presented at the Digital Humanities Conference 2019 (DH2019), Utrecht , the Netherl... more of paper 0447 presented at the Digital Humanities Conference 2019 (DH2019), Utrecht , the Netherlands 9-12 July, 2019.
Proceedings of the 5th ACM SIGSPATIAL International Workshop on Geospatial Humanities
We propose a workflow for retrieving place names from a corpus of Hebrew historical newspapers. W... more We propose a workflow for retrieving place names from a corpus of Hebrew historical newspapers. We show that using an initial curated set of unambiguous toponyms and vector similarity is a productive method to populate a gazetteer with previously unknown variant names of known places, as well as names of places which are not yet included in the Gazetteer. We examine several parameters for enhancing accuracy and suggest a workflow that combines computation with human expertise, and is valuable to spatial history as well as to other domains.
Computational Analysis of Historical Hebrew Newspapers: Proof of Concept
Zutot, 2020
This article focuses on one decade, 1874–1883, in the relatively long lifespan of the Hebrew week... more This article focuses on one decade, 1874–1883, in the relatively long lifespan of the Hebrew weekly Ha-Tzefirah, which was founded in Warsaw in 1862. Applying computational tools to the study of the early Hebrew press requires a unique effort. The Hebrew language in general is distinct in its characters, morphological structure, and word order. The contribution of this proof-of-concept study is two-fold: First, computational analysis provides a long-term indication of trends in the discourse that cannot be attained through qualitative study. The second contribution is on the micro level: Computational analysis can potentially shed light, in a diachronic perspective, on the use of a specific term or the discussion of a specific geographical location.
Complexities in the Use, Analysis, and Representation of Historical Digital Periodicals
of paper 0447 presented at the Digital Humanities Conference 2019 (DH2019), Utrecht , the Netherl... more of paper 0447 presented at the Digital Humanities Conference 2019 (DH2019), Utrecht , the Netherlands 9-12 July, 2019.
Proceedings of the 5th ACM SIGSPATIAL International Workshop on Geospatial Humanities
We propose a workflow for retrieving place names from a corpus of Hebrew historical newspapers. W... more We propose a workflow for retrieving place names from a corpus of Hebrew historical newspapers. We show that using an initial curated set of unambiguous toponyms and vector similarity is a productive method to populate a gazetteer with previously unknown variant names of known places, as well as names of places which are not yet included in the Gazetteer. We examine several parameters for enhancing accuracy and suggest a workflow that combines computation with human expertise, and is valuable to spatial history as well as to other domains.
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