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(Please excuse the premature posting an hour ago)<br>
Phylometric and phylogenetic approaches in the humanities<br>
Tutorial: Thursday/Friday, Nov. 22nd/23rd 2012<br>
Workshop: Saturday, Nov. 24th 2012<br>
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The use of phylogenetic algorithms for the analysis of large sets of
genetic data has a long tradition in biology. In the recent past,
methods developed in this context have been gaining importance also
in the humanities. In a a variety of disciplines, including
linguistics, literary studies, anthropology and others, they have
been used for the visualisation and analysis of diverse data sets
such as comparative word lists, translated texts, manuscript
traditions and other types of cultural artefacts (see below for
references). However, these approaches are seldom compared from a
interdisciplinary, methodological perspective.<br>
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In order to advance these methods and discuss their application, we
are holding a three-day event composed of a tutorial and a workshop.<br>
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The tutorial on Nov 22/23 offers an hand-on introduction to
phylogenetic methods for interested advanced students and
researchers. The tutorial is based on genuine data sets used in the
study of manuscript tradition (stemmatology) and linguistics
(parallel texts and dialectological data). It is lead by:<br>
- Heather Windram (Cambridge University, Biology Department;
stemmatological data)<br>
- Christoph Wolk (FRIAS, Freiburg University; linguistic data)<br>
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If you would like to participate, please register by October 20,
2012. The tutorial is free of charge, and we may be able to supply
private accomodation for a limited number of participants. For more
details, please visit our web site at
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In the workshop on the next day, Nov 24, we would like to bring
together both junior researchers and established specialists from
different disciplines to discuss and exchange ideas about
applications, benefits and limitations of "phylomemetics” (Howe and
Windram 2011) in different disciplines and with different types of
data in the humanities. We are especially interested in
methodological issues that have relevance across the disciplines;
this may also include case studies focusing on the applicability of
these methods to specific data types and research questions.<br>
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List of invited speakers:<br>
- Teemu Roos (Computer Science, University of Helsinki)<br>
- Michael Cysouw (Linguistic typology, Philipps-Universität Marburg)<br>
- Jamie Tehrani (Anthropology, University of Durham)<br>
- T.B.A.<br>
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EXTENDED DEADLINE:<br>
If you would like to present a paper, please send an abstract (500
characters at maximum) by October 14th, 2012 to <a
class="moz-txt-link-abbreviated"
href="mailto:bernphylogeny@gmail.com">bernphylogeny@gmail.com</a>.<br>
If you would like to attend without presenting, please let us know
by October 20th so we can plan ahead.<br>
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Further information can be found at <a
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href="http://bernphylogeny.blogspot.ch/">http://bernphylogeny.blogspot.ch/</a>.
Please don't hesitate to contact us at <a
class="moz-txt-link-abbreviated"
href="mailto:bernphylogeny@gmail.com">bernphylogeny@gmail.com</a>
in case of further questions.<br>
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Organizers:<br>
The Center for the Study of Language and Society (CSLS), Univ. Bern
- <a class="moz-txt-link-abbreviated"
href="http://www.csls.unibe.ch">www.csls.unibe.ch</a><br>
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Kathrin Chlench, Institut für Germanistik, Universität Bern<br>
Gabriel Viehhauser, Institut für Germanistik, Universität Bern<br>
Ruprecht von Waldenfels, Institut für slavische Sprachen und
Literaturen, Universität Bern<br>
Manuel Widmer, Institut für Sprachwissenschaft, Universität Bern<br>
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References:<br>
McMahon and McMahon (2005), Language Classification by Numbers. OEP<br>
Nichols and Warnow (2008), Tutorial on Computational Linguistic
Phylogeny. Language and Linguistics Compass, 2: 760–820. <br>
Windram, Shaw, Robinson, Howe (2008): Dante's Monarchia as a test
case for the use<br>
of phylogenetic methods in stemmatic analysis. LLC 23(4): 443-463. <br>
Tehrani, Collard and Shennan (2010), The cophylogeny of populations
and cultures: reconstructing the evolution of Iranian tribal craft
traditions using trees and jungles. Philosophical Transactions of
the Royal Society 365(1559): 3865-3874. <br>
Howe and Windram (2011): Phylomemetics – evolutionary analysis
beyond the gene. PLoS Biology 9: 1-5.
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