Synonyms
Art about networks; Networks in art; Networks in culture; Networks in the humanities; Research in network visualization
Glossary
- Artificial Life (Sometimes A-Life):
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Term originally coined by Christopher Langton to study “life as it could be” based on the use of simulations, computer models, robotics, and more recently synthetic biology. A-Life Art are artworks which use A-Life science and technologies
- Humanistic Inquiry:
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Methodologies employed in traditional humanities disciplines
- Scientometrics:
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The science of measuring and analyzing science
Definition
Complex network-related research and creative practice in the arts and humanities examine emerging structure, dynamics, and evolution of connections between concepts, objects, individuals, locations, and events. To this end, discipline-specific perspectives, ranging from vigorous humanistic inquiry to free artistic expression, are facilitated with scientific approaches from relevant areas including graph theory in mathematics,...
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Meirelles, I., Schich, M., Malina, R. (2014). Arts and Humanities, Complex Network Analysis of. In: Alhajj, R., Rokne, J. (eds) Encyclopedia of Social Network Analysis and Mining. Springer, New York, NY. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-4614-6170-8_28
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