The alliance between humanities and computer technologies and the re-signification of knowledge

Authors

  • Isabel Jungk Pontifical Catholic University of São Paulo, Faculty of Exact Sciences and Technology, Postgraduate Program in Intelligence Technologies and Digital Design, São Paulo, São Paulo, Brazil. https://orcid.org/0000-0002-3966-0714

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.23925/1984-3585.2020i21p45-68

Keywords:

Knowledge production, Symbolic production, Qualitative information, Quantitative information, Charles S. Peirce

Abstract

Computational technologies have transformed the humanities, especially in terms of data research and knowledge production, which have migrated from analog to digital media, giving rise to a field of interdisciplinary studies called Digital Humanities, still in the process of definition, but which can be understood as a computational turn in all areas of the humanities, as it is based on digital methods of information processing. This alliance between humanities and computational technologies for knowledge production has been going through different stages of development (first, second and third waves) and, in this endeavor, one of the biggest challenges of computationally mediated research is to combine the search for quantitative and qualitative information from available data with a critical perspective that reflects on the fundamental values and assumptions that guide such research in the era of computational automation. Based on the Peircean concept of information, this paper seeks to show that, from this computational materiality, qualitative knowledge, predominantly iconic, and quantitative knowledge, predominantly indicative, combine to form a symbolic body of knowledge in constant growth, being influenced by the pre-existing symbolic order, but also being able to impact it, resize it and transform it, re-signifying knowledge in new informational syntheses, providing new ways of thinking the human being itself and its relationship with the scientific and cultural production. It is assumed that this critical perspective will be fundamental for the coming years in the Humanities.

Author Biography

Isabel Jungk, Pontifical Catholic University of São Paulo, Faculty of Exact Sciences and Technology, Postgraduate Program in Intelligence Technologies and Digital Design, São Paulo, São Paulo, Brazil.

Isabel Jungk is a professor and advisor in the Specialization course in Psychoanalytic Semiotics - Clinic of Culture of the General Coordination of Specialization, Improvement and Extension (COGEAE) of PUC-SP since 2012, and in the Specialization courses in Material Culture and Consumption - Semiopsychoanalytic Perspectives, and Market Research in Communications of CRP-Publicity of the School of Communication and Arts of USP since 2019. Researcher, integrates the Study and Research Group Advanced Readings of Peirce of CIEP (International Center for Peircean Studies, TIDD-PUC/SP), the Research Group Transobjeto on contemporary realism, as well as the Development Project Construction of semiotic concepts for the creation of immersive environments.

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2020-12-14

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Jungk, I. (2020). The alliance between humanities and computer technologies and the re-signification of knowledge. TECCOGS: Revista Digital De Tecnologias Cognitivas, (21). https://doi.org/10.23925/1984-3585.2020i21p45-68

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