Work in Progress: Aktuelle Projektarbeiten aus dem Masterstudiengang Digitale Methodik

In the organizer's words:

Dear ladies and gentlemen, dear students, dear interested parties,

We, the students of the Master's program Digital Methodology in the Humanities and Cultural Studies at Johannes Gutenberg University Mainz, cordially invite you to our upcoming afternoon event:
Work in Progress: Current Project Work from the Master's Program in Digital Methodology

Experience an afternoon dedicated to digital innovation in the humanities and cultural studies. We will present current research results and creative solutions that show how modern technology enriches traditional disciplines.

Exhibition opening: Wednesday, April 29, 2026, 4-6 p.m.
Where: LUX - Pavilion of Mainz University of Applied Sciences
Link to registration: DFN scheduler

What you can expect:

1. Diversity in the project exhibition:
   Our exhibition, which can be visited at LUX from April 28 to May 2, covers the entire spectrum of digital applications. Discover:

• Natural Language Processing applied to historical newspapers
• Spatial data in scientific game development
• Data-feminist perspectives on the correspondences of early Romanticism
• Communication of concentration camp prisoner biographies through an interactive map tool
• User-centered design of a prototype for a map tool as part of the Cultural Heritage Framework (CHF)
• Verse explorer for the analysis of religious texts
• Transformation of a digital Tuareg dictionary
• Computer-aided sentiment analysis of film synopses
• Quantitative analyses of the distribution of the novel in Germany
• Exploration interface for cultural data through hierarchical norm data

1. Deep insights into methods and tools:
   We look beneath the surface and show you which research approaches and challenges will shape the science of tomorrow:

• Distant reading approaches for computer-aided text analysis
• Interactive maps that make space tangible in a new way
• The visualization of familial relationships using knowledge graphs
• Modern web development in a scientific context

1. Practical research and problematization:
   Using concrete applications, we demonstrate the use of powerful technologies such as Google Colab, MapLibre, neo4j, OpenRefine, Oxygen XML Editor, Python, QGIS, SQL aggregations, Visual Studio Code and Vue frontends. The focus is not only on the results, but also on a critical examination of the methodological challenges.

An interactive afternoon in the heart of Mainz:
The event is designed as a dynamic and interactive forum. It offers you the opportunity to enter into direct dialog with the project managers and gain exciting insights into interdisciplinary teaching and progressive research on current topics.

Following the event, the evening program to celebrate the tenth anniversary of mainzed will begin at 18:00:

mainzedZWEI26 "digitality and diversity - humanities NOW", 6-10 p.m.
As an open exhibition space in the city center of Mainz, the LUX offers the ideal setting for this eventful exchange.

We look forward to welcoming you to our event.

Yours sincerely
The students of Digital Methodology in the Humanities and Cultural Studies

The Digital Methodology in the Humanities and Cultural Studies (DMGK) course is a cooperation between Mainz University of Applied Sciences and Johannes Gutenberg University Mainz.
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