CIRCA:Cultural Analytics / Software Studies
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Revision as of 02:04, 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.
