CIRCA:Cultural Analytics / Software Studies
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- | Technologies involved include [http://lab.softwarestudies.com/p/imageplot.html Image Plot], a tool used to explore patterns in massive image collections; [http://lab.softwarestudies.com/2008/04/powerwall-new-presentation-strategies.html PowerWall Presenter], a representation of the humanities via gigapixel display; [http://lab.softwarestudies.com/ | + | Technologies involved include [http://lab.softwarestudies.com/p/imageplot.html Image Plot], a tool used to explore patterns in massive image collections; [http://lab.softwarestudies.com/2008/04/powerwall-new-presentation-strategies.html PowerWall Presenter], a representation of the humanities via gigapixel display; [http://lab.softwarestudies.com/2008/04/commentpress-141.html CommentPress 1.4.1], a blogging software extension as well as [http://lab.softwarestudies.com/p/software.html various other software tools.] |
== <b>References</b> == | == <b>References</b> == |
Revision as of 02:26, 17 October 2011
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Overview
The Software Studies Initiative was founded by Lev Monovich, UCSD Professor of Visual Arts, in 2007. Whereas traditional data analysis works with numbers and text, SSI uses visualization techniques in visual and interactive media to explore the possibility of meaningful patterns in mass collections of cultural data. The goal of SSI is to use this data to ask questions about culture.
History
Audience
Purpose
The Software Studies Initiative was created to help promote the emerging field of Software Studies.
Significance
Technologies
Technologies involved include Image Plot, a tool used to explore patterns in massive image collections; PowerWall Presenter, a representation of the humanities via gigapixel display; CommentPress 1.4.1, a blogging software extension as well as various other software tools.