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Arts and Humanities, Complex Network Analysis of

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Art about networks; Networks in art; Networks in culture; Networks in the humanities; Research in network visualization

Glossary

Artificial Life (Sometimes A-Life):

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 (Langton 1998)

Humanistic Inquiry:

Methodologies employed in traditional humanities disciplines

Scientometrics:

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...

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  1. Faculty of Design, OCAD University, Toronto, ON, Canada

    Isabel Meirelles

  2. School of Arts, Technology, and Emerging Communication, The University of Texas at Dallas, Richardson, TX, USA

    Maximilian Schich & Roger F. Malina

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  1. Computer Science, University of Calgary, Calgary, Alberta, Canada

    Reda Alhajj

  2. University of Calgary Computer Science, Calgary, Canada

    Jon Rokne

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    Fabrizio Silvestri

  2. University of Calabria, Via Pietro Bucci, 42C, 87036, Arcavacata di Rende, Italy

    Andrea Tagarelli

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Meirelles, I., Schich, M., F. Malina, R. (2017). 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/10.1007/978-1-4614-7163-9_28-1

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