Quantitative analyses in global and area studies using graph-based filtering of heterogeneous catalogue data

Abstract

In this contribution we describe the objective and technical considerations of an ongoing early-stage interdisciplinary collaboration at the University of Leipzig for the preliminary part of a quantitative analysis within a project of the Graduate School “Global and Area Studies”.1 This project is located at the meeting point between approaches stemming from the e-Humanities and approaches coming from the Global and Area Studies. Our intention is to provide first insights into new, data-driven methodology for bibliography-based analyses. We want to show the utility of recent technology for data modeling and management in the Global and Area Studies.