Due to their historical nature, humanistic data encompass multiple sources of uncertainty.
While humanists are accustomed to handling such uncertainty with their established …

Abstract Suomen Kansan Vanhat Runot (Old Poems of the Finnish People) is a collection of
nearly 90,000 oral folk poems written down between 1564 and the early 20th century. It is …

The analysis of variance in complex text traditions is an arduous task when carried out
manually. Text alignment algorithms provide domain experts with a robust alternative to …

Textual criticism consists of the identification and analysis of variant readings among
different versions of a text. Being a relatively simple task for modern languages, the collation …

The digitization of large archival collections of oral folk poetry in Finland and Estonia has
opened possibilities for large-scale quantitative studies of intertextuality. As an initial …

This paper describes ongoing work to quantitatively analyse the development of the Finnish
national epic Kalevala. The analysis targets both the oral poetry sources used and the …

Studying variation among time-evolved translations is a valuable research area for cultural
heritage. Understanding how and why translations vary reveals cultural, ideological, and …

Engaging in interdisciplinary projects on the intersection between visualization and
humanities research can be a challenging endeavor. Challenges can be finding valuable …

The purpose of the dissertation is to investigate from a theoretical and methodological
perspective the different tools that allow automated collation, and study the application of …

For most of human history, remix practices dominated the creative process. Cave art is
arguably the first form of mass collaboration. The post-Romantic individualistic view …