Properties of figures of aesthetic reflection: Systematic annotation and quantitative analysis (B06)

• Subject Area: General and Comparative Linguistics, Experimental Linguistics, Typology, Non-European Languages ; European and American Literary and Cultural Studies
• Term: from 2019 to 2023
• Project identifier: Deutsche Forschungsgemeinschaft (DFG) - Project number 405662736

The project approaches aesthetics from a formalised perspective using methods from digital humanities and computational linguistics. In cooperation with three other projects, B06 will (a) develop compatible annotation schemes, (b) explore methods of automatically detecting instances of aesthetic devices and (c) work on the re-integration of quantitative results into the hermeneutic research workflows of the partner projects. Thus, the project delivers a concrete foundation (in the form of textual annotations) to the conceptual discussions within the SFB. In addition, the project outlines ways operationalizing complex and highly context dependent concepts, which is a continuous challenge in the digital humanities.

• DFG Programme: Collaborative Research Centres
• Subproject of: SFB 1391: Different Aesthetics
• Applicant Institution: Eberhard Karls Universität Tübingen
• Project Heads: Professor Dr. Nils Reiter, until 6/2023; Professorin Dr. Angelika Zirker, until 6/2023