Agata Błoch
Biographic Data
| ID | 3803888 |
|---|---|
| NAME | Agata Błoch |
| GIVEN NAMES | Agata |
| FAMILY NAME | Błoch |
| SIGNATURE | BLOCH A |
| AFFILIATIONS | Polish Academy of Sciences |
| ORCID | 0000-0002-2070-2750 |
| VERIFIED | Yes |
| TOTAL WORKS | 7 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 2 |
| WORKS AS AUTHOR | 7 |
| WORKS AS EDITOR | 0 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2020 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2026 |
| H-INDEX | 1 |
Os jesuítas e a Era do Algoritmo. Uma introdução à análise de sentimentos da correspondência colonial ultramarina portuguesa
O artigo investiga o impacto das tecnologias digitais no ofício do historiador, destacando as oportunidades e os desafios que essas ferramentas trazem consigo. Concentrando-se na análise da presença da Companhia de Jesus nos registros do Arquivo Histórico Ultramarino, entre 1642 e 1822, o texto examina como a inteligência artificial (AI) pode contribuir para o enriquecimento da pesquisa histórica. Destaca-se, assim, a necessidade de um diálogo en…
Unveiling the Critical Nexus of Data Preprocessing and Transparent Documentation for Result Quality and Reproducibility in Digital History
This study underscores the importance of adequate data preprocessing, transparency, and documentation in digital history research, showcasing how these often overlooked practices impact research quality and reproducibility. We present a topic modelling case study involving over 160,000 records of official correspondence of the Atlantic Portuguese Empire from 1640 to 1822 to illustrate how these practices, associated with standardised formats and …
Decolonizing Archival Narratives
This study discusses the intersection between Black/African Digital Humanities, and computational methods, including natural language processing (NLP) and generative artificial intelligence (AI). We have structured the narrative around four critical themes: biases in colonial archives; postcolonial digitization; linguistic and representational inequalities in Lusophone digital content; and technical limitations of AI models when applied to the ar…
The “Miserable Vassals” of the Empire
This article combines linguistic coding with the category of androgyny to determine the discursive patterns that Indigenous and Black individuals used in their negotiations with colonial authority between 1755 and 1808 in Brazil. The author confronted the language of identity with codes of behaviour to better understand how Black and Indigenous subjects perceived freedom, social condition, slavery, and colonial power. To “measure” androgyny, the …
Lojalni portugalskim monarchom – militarne oddziały czarnoskórych w kolonialnej Brazylii
[Being loyal to the Portuguese monarchs – the black regiments in colonial Brazil] The present paper discusses the “racial” loyalty and “class” solidarity of black soldiers towards other fugitive black slaves during colonial Brazil. Having sworn loyalty and allegiance to the Portuguese monarchs, those soldiers joined the war against the quilombos located far from major urban centers. This study examines black soldiers’ petitions and official corre…
The Digital Black Atlantic
This timely collection of essays about the relationship between digital humanities and Black Atlantic studies offers critical insights into race, migration, media, and scholarly knowledge production. It spans the African diasporaâ s rangeâ from Africa to North America, Europe, and the Caribbeanâ while its essayists span academic fieldsâ from history and literary studies to musicology, game studies, and library and information studies
Networks from archives
Networks from archives
Lojalni portugalskim monarchom – militarne oddziały czarnoskórych w kolonialnej Brazylii
[Being loyal to the Portuguese monarchs – the black regiments in colonial Brazil] The present paper discusses the “racial” loyalty and “class” solidarity of black soldiers towards other fugitive black slaves during colonial Brazil. Having sworn loyalty and allegiance to the Portuguese monarchs, those soldiers joined the war against the quilombos located far from major urban centers. This study examines black soldiers’ petitions and official corre…
The Digital Black Atlantic
This timely collection of essays about the relationship between digital humanities and Black Atlantic studies offers critical insights into race, migration, media, and scholarly knowledge production. It spans the African diasporaâ s rangeâ from Africa to North America, Europe, and the Caribbeanâ while its essayists span academic fieldsâ from history and literary studies to musicology, game studies, and library and information studies
The “Miserable Vassals” of the Empire
This article combines linguistic coding with the category of androgyny to determine the discursive patterns that Indigenous and Black individuals used in their negotiations with colonial authority between 1755 and 1808 in Brazil. The author confronted the language of identity with codes of behaviour to better understand how Black and Indigenous subjects perceived freedom, social condition, slavery, and colonial power. To “measure” androgyny, the …
Unveiling the Critical Nexus of Data Preprocessing and Transparent Documentation for Result Quality and Reproducibility in Digital History
This study underscores the importance of adequate data preprocessing, transparency, and documentation in digital history research, showcasing how these often overlooked practices impact research quality and reproducibility. We present a topic modelling case study involving over 160,000 records of official correspondence of the Atlantic Portuguese Empire from 1640 to 1822 to illustrate how these practices, associated with standardised formats and …
Decolonizing Archival Narratives
This study discusses the intersection between Black/African Digital Humanities, and computational methods, including natural language processing (NLP) and generative artificial intelligence (AI). We have structured the narrative around four critical themes: biases in colonial archives; postcolonial digitization; linguistic and representational inequalities in Lusophone digital content; and technical limitations of AI models when applied to the ar…
Os jesuítas e a Era do Algoritmo. Uma introdução à análise de sentimentos da correspondência colonial ultramarina portuguesa
O artigo investiga o impacto das tecnologias digitais no ofício do historiador, destacando as oportunidades e os desafios que essas ferramentas trazem consigo. Concentrando-se na análise da presença da Companhia de Jesus nos registros do Arquivo Histórico Ultramarino, entre 1642 e 1822, o texto examina como a inteligência artificial (AI) pode contribuir para o enriquecimento da pesquisa histórica. Destaca-se, assim, a necessidade de um diálogo en…
Colonialism (3 works) · Colonialism, slavery, and trade (3 works) · History of Colonial Brazil (3 works) · Portuguese (3 works) · Sociology (3 works) · Art (2 works) · Computational and Text Analysis Methods (2 works) · Digital Humanities and Scholarship (2 works) · Empire (2 works) · History (2 works)