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Keywords: Digital Humanities, Visualization, Philosophy, Information Ethics, AI Ethics, Text Analysis
Geoffrey Rockwell is Professor of Philosophy and Digital Humanities at the University of Alberta, Canada. He publishes on video games, textual visualization, text analysis, ethics of technology and on digital humanities. He co-edited the book on Right Research: Modelling Sustainable Research Practices in the Anthropocene (Open Book Publishers, 2021) co-authored the book Hermeneutica: Computer-Assisted Interpretation in the Humanities (MIT Press, 2016). He is the co-developer, together with Stefan Sinclair, of Voyant Tools, an award-winning suite of text analysis and visualization tools.
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Tool criticism in practice. On methods, tolls and aims of computational literary studies University of Alberta Publication 2023-07-01 Herrmann, J.B., Bories, A-.S., Frontini, F., Jacquot, C., Pielström, S., Rebora, S., Rockwell, C., & Sinclair, S. (2023). Tool criticism in practice. On methods, tolls and aims of computational literary studies. University of Alberta Publication 2023-07-01 Migration Disrupted: How technological transformation is reshaping human mobility Migration Disrupted was an interdisciplinary, hybrid conference held at Toronto Metropolitan University from May 7-9, 2024, organized by CERC Migration and Bridging Divides. The conference focused on how advanced digital technologies (ADTs) are transforming human mobility, with an emphasis on their impact on migrant integration, citizenship, employment, health care, and urban experience in Canada and beyond. Through a series of panels, fireside chats, and breakout sessions, researchers, policymakers, and civil society leaders examined both opportunities and challenges created by technological transformation, including digital divides, the ethics of artificial intelligence, infrastructure for inclusive cities, and the future of migrant work. Video recordings of sessions are available.
Other Toronto Metropolitan University, University of Alberta, University of British Columbia, Concordia University Activity 2024-05-07 Triandafyllidou, A. ,
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Paquet, M. Other Bridging Divides Training Session: Voyant Fundamentals A special online training session on Voyant Tools, an open-source text analysis and visualization platform, tailored for researchers, HQPs, and partners in the Bridging Divides network. Led by co-developer Dr. Geoffrey Rockwell (University of Alberta), this practical, hands-on workshop introduced participants from diverse academic backgrounds to the fundamentals of Voyant for studying collections of texts. No prior experience was required. The session covered Voyant’s core features, including its use for text mining (topic modeling, PCA), multi-language support, publishing capabilities, and educational resources, all centered on facilitating research and teaching in the humanities and social sciences.
Other University of Alberta Activity 2024-03-19 Other On Making in the Digital Humanities: The Scholarship of Digital Humanities Development in Honour of John Bradley Bradley, J., Nyhan, J., Rockwell, G.M., Sinclair, S., & Ortolja-Baird, A. (Eds.). (2023). University of Alberta Publication 2025-08-11 Bradley, J, Nyhan, J,,
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On the Play of Yakumono:: The Evolution of Audiovisual Effects in Pachinko University of Alberta Publication 2025-05-20 A Rossian Method for Applying Principles in AI: The Missing Link Between Principles and Policy In the past several years there has been a rapid development of new technologies, applications, organizations, and institutions in the area of artificial intelligence (AI). At the same time, ethical reasoning about AI has not been able to keep up with the speed of these advances. As a result, developers are left to rely on existing rules, professional codes, policies and personal ethics which may not provide the appropriate guidance about ethical conduct and may require greater specificity (O'Leary). Many commentators have acknowledged the need for a clearer understanding of ethical values and principles to guide AI research. Drawing on insights from the formation of the field of biomedical ethics, we argue that AI ethics should make use of the method based on prima facie duties derived from W.D. Ross’ approach to ethics. A Rossian approach has proved influential in biomedical ethics. We further propose a modification to the list of principles proposed by Floridi and Cowls, arguing that the principles of explicability and accountability should be separated for ease of application. We argue that this method of applying principles is just what has been missing in AI ethics and is the crucial link between the now common lists of principles and putting them into practice in a way that can inform actual developments on the ground. University of Alberta Publication 2024-10-20 The Gamergate Social Network: Interpreting Transphobia and Alt-Right Hate Online This paper explores the relationship of transphobia and other forms of harassment found across the events of the Gamergate hate movement through the development of an interactive social network analysis. With the social network being derived from hundreds of events tagged by hand, special consideration is given to the positionality and biases of its authors and how they affected this specific interpretation of Gamergate events. Informed largely by the transgender perspective of its first author, this paper draws particular conclusions around the propagation of transphobia in online hate movements, such as its intersectionality with other ideological cornerstones of Gamergate. Cet article explore la relation entre la transphobie et d’autres formes de harcèlement observées lors des événements du mouvement de haine Gamergate à travers le développement d’une analyse de réseau social interactive. Avec le réseau social dérivé de centaines d’événements étiquetés à la main, une attention particulière est accordée à la position et aux biais de ses auteurs et à la manière dont ils ont influencé cette interprétation spécifique des événements de Gamergate. Principalement informé par la perspective transgenre de son premier auteur, cet article tire des conclusions particulières sur la propagation de la transphobie dans les mouvements de haine en ligne, comme son intersectionnalité avec d’autres piliers idéologiques de Gamergate. Toronto Metropolitan University, University of Alberta Publication 2024-07-09 The Defining Characteristics of Ethics Papers on Social Media Research: A Systematic Review of the Literature University of Alberta, Toronto Metropolitan University Publication 2023-11-06 CAISI Research Council University of Alberta Award 2025-02-06
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