This fall, Kate and I have been doing more detailed network analysis work, building on our Demons forays into this method for our Buenos Aires paper. We have been focusing on analyzing The Idiot, but have now also done speech networks for all five of the major mature novels. We read a new book by … Continue reading The Novel without its Hero: More Adventures in Network Analysis
July 2026 Update: Project re-organization, speech re-encoding, and literary musings
The first few months of working full-time on Computational Dostoevsky as a postdoc have been very busy, and we as a team have managed to get quite a lot done. Read on to see what we’ve been up to. Project re-organization With the help of the wonderful Joey Takeda, we’ve redone much of the structuring … Continue reading July 2026 Update: Project re-organization, speech re-encoding, and literary musings
Demonic Networking in Buenos Aires
We've got a few updates to share from the last few months. Braxton has been working with Joey Takeda, a developer in the SFU Digital Humanities Innovation Lab, on standardizing and systematizing our files and schema. Meanwhile, we have been extending our work on network analysis for a keynote address at the International Dostoevsky Symposium … Continue reading Demonic Networking in Buenos Aires
Braxton Boyer joins Computational Dostoevsky as Postdoctoral Fellow
Exciting news for the project! Thanks to our new SSHRC Insight Grant, longtime team member Braxton Boyer now joins Computational Dostoevsky in a new role as a postdoctoral fellow. Braxton will be taking the lead on data management for the project and assist with further research on the encoded novels. This new role also means relocation … Continue reading Braxton Boyer joins Computational Dostoevsky as Postdoctoral Fellow
New article on minimalist DH pedagogy and our undergrad TEI workshop and program
Last month we published a new article as part of a special issue of the Journal of Interactive Technology and Pedagogy on "Minimalist DH Pedagogy" edited by Patricia Belen, Stefano Morello, Gregory J. Palermo, Danica Savonick, and Brandon Walsh. The full special issue can be found here, open access: JITP 27. Our article, "A Dostoevsky … Continue reading New article on minimalist DH pedagogy and our undergrad TEI workshop and program
