Reading between the Lines:Computational Analysis of Overijssel'sResolutions(1578-1795)

Reading between the Lines: Computational Analysis of Overijssel’s Resolutions(1578-1795) Dr. C. Annemieke Romein HAICu-postdoc WP2@ KiTeS-BMS, University of Twente Affiliated researcher DH-group University of Bern Chairperson/Community Director @READ-COOP SCE/Transkribus Overijssel –(Rural) province of the Netherlands. –Jubilee in 2028: celebration of 500 years –Provincial citizenship? Sources Sources: Approx. 50,000 pages (handwritten) Volumes: 118 Period: (1528)1578-1795 Body: Estates of the Province (mainly advisory role) Pages as landscapes. What did the provincial estates occupy themselves with? Methodology/ Datafication (First) results *work in progress First outcomes –●118 volumes (1578-1795) –●~ 6,015 days of meetings –●~ 55,000+ handwritten pages (recognized) –●~ 9,924,767 words counted Studying the period from 1578-1796 Resultaten Linking people to other archival sources (test) Overview -Each dot is a meeting -Date represented by the color of the dot -Heatmap indicates how many meetings took place in the neighborhood -When zooming, layers change to get more detail Timeline -Right is the range -Left is the center date -Show all meetings within range Interacting with meetings -Clicking on meeting opens details -Shows which entities were present and corresponding documents -Clicking on an entity shows the details of that person Opening references -Clicking on a document opens the page where the information about a meeting was retrieved from (Additional) plans (Remaining) Project planning •2025: layout recognition // text recognition // start NER with citizen scientists •Mid 2026 => transcriptions ready, “control+f” possible (internal) •2026: NER recognition (continuation) •2026-2027: thematic metadata construction + ANNIF modelling •End product: Sept. 2027 (presentable) Feb. 2028 festivities for 500 years Overijssel!!! HISTMET (NWO XS Grant)