民俗学显宏镜——计算民俗学面临的挑战
发布时间:2023-03-15 阅读:1152次

[美]蒂莫西·坦盖利尼:《民俗学显宏镜——计算民俗学面临的挑战》,李扬、乔英斐译,《民族文学研究》2023年第2期。

【内容摘要】民俗学者正处于一个激动人心的新时代的风口浪尖上。数字革命已经席卷了民俗学领域,可资研究的材料数量大大增加。为了顺应这些变化,民俗学者必须发展出相应的方法,应用于数字化、存储、检索、展示和解释这些材料。将计算机方法用于传统文化研究可以帮助我们解决这些问题,并且对这一领域未来的成功至关重要。本文指出了计算民俗学面临的主要挑战,并提出了一些初步方法以应对这些挑战。

【关键词】计算民俗学;档案;研究方法;学科未来;数字人文学科


The Folklore Macroscope: Challenges for a Computational Folkloristics

Timothy R.Tangherlini

Tran. Li Yang, Qiao Yingfei

Abstract: Folklorists are poised on the cusp of an exciting new era. The digital revolution has swept over the field of folklore, vastly increasing the amount of accessible research material. To take advantage of these changes, folklorists must develop consistent methods for digitizing, storing, retrieving, displaying and interpreting these materials. Computational methods for the study of traditional culture can help us address these issues, and are essential for the future success of our field. In this essay, I present some of the main challenges for a computational folkloristics, and propose some preliminary approaches to addressing these challenges.

Keywords: computational folkloristics, archives, research methods, future of the  discipline, digital humanities