An Alternative Approach to Large Historical Databases
Exploring Best Practices with Collaboratories
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 11253117 |
|---|---|
| Authors | Stefan Dormans, S E M Dormans (International Institute of Social History, corresponding author), Jan Kok (0000-0003-4010-2979), J P Filedt Kok (International Institute of Social History) |
| Year | 2010 |
| Volume | 43 |
| Issue | 3 |
| Pages | 97-107 |
| Publication date | 2010-07-29 |
| Peer Reviewed | Yes |
| Open Access | Yes |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | Historical Methods A Journal of Quantitative and Interdisciplinary History (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 0161-5440 • E-ISSN: 1940-1906 |
| Publisher | Informa UK Limited (PUBLISHER • GB) |
| DOI | 10.1080/01615440.2010.496443 |
| OpenAlex | W1532736851 |
| Language | EN |
| Citations received | 2 |
| References cited | 29 |
In their exploration of an alternative approach to large historical databases, the authors aim to bridge the gap between the anticipations regarding Web-based collaborative work and the prevailing practices and academic culture in social and economic history. Until now, the collaboratory model has been derived from examples in the natural sciences. Moreover, publications on collaboratories in the social sciences and humanities revolved primarily around the potential of this model and were rarely based on actual research practices. In this article, the authors report on practices, risks, and opportunities of collaboratories in the field of social and economic history. The collaboratory model is a feasible alternative for the creation of large historical databases, but the practical challenges of such an enterprise are greater than generally assumed. In the concluding section, the authors formulate a number of guidelines for scholars interested in setting up collaboratories
Bridge (graph theory · Collaboratory · Data science · Field (mathematics · Section (typography · Work (physics · World Wide Web · Computer Science · Culture, Economy, and Development Studies · Digital Humanities and Scholarship · Engineering · Historical Economic and Social Studies
Structures of Scientific Collaboration
Distance Matters
Global Labour History
From Shared Databases to Communities of Practice
Exploring e-Science
The Antwerp COR *-database
Historical databases in Scandinavia
Collaborative Research Across Disciplinary and Organizational Boundaries
Databases as Scientific Instruments and Their Role in the Ordering of Scientific Work
Personalizing Lynch Victims
The Historical Violence Database
Do Historians Count Anymore
New Wine from Old Bottles
Do ut des (I Give So That You Give Back)
The Automated Archivist
Big Social Science History
The Silent Revolution
Workers of the World
Wages, prices, and living standards in China, 1738–1925
Big Social Science History
The State of Social Science History in the Late 1980s
Problems and promises of the protocol
| Unique citing works | 2 |
|---|---|
| Citations per year | 0,14 |
| Citation span | 2012 - 2020 (9) |
| Citation velocity | historical |
| Highly cited | No |
| Citation types | Neutral: 2 |