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3.5 Stars: Goodreads Reviews and the Problem of Positivism
Working with large cultural datasets, it is easy to overstate the significance of discovered patterns...
In this paper, Galen takes a large collection of Goodreads book reviews as a case study, exploring the theoretical limitations that arise when complex statistical pattern recognition is used in the study of reception.
Please join us to welcome Galen to King's Digital Lab:
28 February 2020 (2-3pm), Strand campus, Virginia Woolf building, room VWB3.09
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Galen Cuthbertson
KDL Visiting PhD (ANU)
Galen Cuthbertson is a PhD Candidate at the Australian National University (ANU). His work explores the intersection of machine learning, philosophy, generative design, and the sociology of literature. He will be visiting King’s Digital Lab (KDL) for the whole month of February 2020 thanks to collaborative seed funding for international partnership supported by ANU and King’s College London Global Engagement.