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Description
A global list of 214 university laboratories in humanities, digital humanities, and media studies established between 1983 and 2018. The dataset was compiled by Urszula Pawlicka-Deger of Aalto University using university websites, articles, research projects, and a 2018 questionnaire. Data includes lab names, locations, founding years, and purposes.
Use Cases
Mapping the geographic distribution of digital humanities labs based on latitude and longitude data
Analyzing the historical growth of lab concepts based on year established
Studying interdisciplinary connections based on listed lab disciplines and keywords
Identifying institutional affiliations and networks based on university and country data
Strengths
Contains 214 distinct laboratory entries
Covers a 35-year time range from 1983 to 2018
Includes geospatial coordinates (latitude and longitude) for mapping
Data was collected from multiple sources including direct outreach via a questionnaire
Limitations
Row count is unknown, which may limit suitability assessment
Column-level documentation is absent; field semantics must be inferred after download
Last update date is unknown; freshness unverified
Provenance
Source
Urszula Pawlicka-Deger, Aalto University
Collection Method
Collected from university websites, articles, research projects, and a questionnaire sent to relevant networks in October 2018.
Time Range
1983-2018
Freshness
Data collection concluded in October 2018; last update is unknown.
Geography
Global (universities across the world)
License is listed as Open Access (green); specific terms should be verified.