http://transnationalhistory.net/mvth/complex-networks-for-complex-historians-bridging-complexity-sciences-and-the-humanities/ Connecting History, Space and Digital Tools Tue, 10 Jun 2014 16:47:30 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=4.0.1 http://transnationalhistory.net/mvth/complex-networks-for-complex-historians-bridging-complexity-sciences-and-the-humanities/#comment-29 Sun, 08 Jun 2014 15:50:25 +0000 http://transnationalhistory.net/mvth/?p=159#comment-29 Thanks for your comment Alex. I find it very interesting that for an isolated research unit of analysis (tobacco), that analysis from medicine and the natural sciences is included parallel to the historical literature. There are certainly limitations to the interdisciplinary approach, I almost view it as trial-and-error, very in line with the scientific method. I am sure that you could use some of the visualization techniques we are discussing for a large-scale project on the history of tobacco in the future, especially since it is a subject of interest in both Europe and North America (home for me), and multiple other regions. (For example, most American history textbooks from secondary school on have whole chapters on tobacco, but I find it to be very Americentric. The European story would most likely be of interest for a comparative analysis/perspective) I would be happy to give some pointers in the future regarding the visualization side of things, your research is very strong as it is, and I think visualizations should only be viewed as an added bonus. See you at the workshop! Scott

]]> http://transnationalhistory.net/mvth/complex-networks-for-complex-historians-bridging-complexity-sciences-and-the-humanities/#comment-16 Wed, 04 Jun 2014 20:40:14 +0000 http://transnationalhistory.net/mvth/?p=159#comment-16 Dear Scott, Iam fascinated about your aim to work interdisciplinary. Reading the research of the history of tobacco I figured out that a lot of authors are very much influenced by perspectives from medicine, biology or agricultural science and I think it can be quiet rich to combine this perspectives with historical interest. However, I am somehow a little be more conservative and I am not always sure if the combination of all this disciplines takes everyone further. To make it short: There a limits in interdisciplinary, or not? I also see “frontiers”, as you say, but I think they might be also useful, because they allow us to see things from a rather stable viewpoints. I know that this is a very general remark, but I am very curious about your opinion. All best, Alex

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