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100 1  Escobar, Miguel|c(Theater researcher),|eauthor. 
245 10 Theater as data :|bcomputational journeys into theater 
       research /|cMiguel Escobar Varela. 
263    2108 
264  1 Ann Arbor :|bUniversity of Michigan Press,|c2021. 
264  4 |c©2021. 
300    1 online resource 
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504    Includes bibliographical references and index. 
506 0  Open access 
520    "In Theater as Data, Miguel Escobar Varela explores the 
       use of computational methods and digital data in theater 
       research. He considers the implications of these new 
       approaches, and explains the roles that statistics and 
       visualizations play. Reflecting on recent debates in the 
       humanities, the author suggests that there are two ways of
       using data, both of which have a place in theater 
       research. Data-driven methods are closer to the pursuit of
       verifiable results common in the sciences; and data-
       assisted methods are closer to the interpretive traditions
       of the humanities. The book surveys four major areas 
       within theater scholarship: texts (not only playscripts 
       but also theater reviews and program booklets); 
       relationships (both the links between fictional characters
       and the collaborative networks of artists and producers; 
       motion (the movement of performers and objects on stage); 
       and locations (the coordinates of performance events, 
       venues, and touring circuits). Theater as Data examines 
       important contributions to theater studies from similar 
       computational research, including in classical French 
       drama, collaboration networks in Australian theater, 
       contemporary Portuguese choreography, and global 
       productions of Ibsen. This overview is complemented by 
       short descriptions of the author's own work in the 
       computational analysis of theater practices in Singapore 
       and Indonesia. The author ends by considering the future 
       of computational theater research, underlining the 
       importance of open data and digital sustainability 
       practices, and encouraging readers to consider the 
       benefits of learning to code. A web companion offers 
       illustrative data, programming tutorials, and videos"--
       |cProvided by publisher. 
542 1  |fThis work is licensed under a Creative Commons 
       Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivatives 4.0 International 
       License|uhttps://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/4.0
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650  0 Theater|xResearch|xData processing. 
650  0 Theater|xResearch|xMethodology. 
650  0 Computers in the theater. 
650  7 Computers in the theater.|2fast|0(OCoLC)fst01742562 
710 2  Michigan Publishing (University of Michigan),|epublisher. 
776 08 |iPrint version:|aEscobar, Miguel|tTheater as data|dAnn 
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