Broadening the Knowledge Management Horizon: A Case of Distant Reading

Meliha Handzic () and Vedad Mulavdic
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Meliha Handzic: International Burch University
Vedad Mulavdic: Independent Researcher

A chapter in The Future of Knowledge Management, 2023, pp 225-245 from Springer

Abstract: Abstract This chapter addressed the application of knowledge management (KM) in the largely unexplored context of arts and humanities. A specific KM approach (distant reading) was applied in the study of a literary text (historical Bosnian novel) to uncover the structure and dynamics of its character network. Using Gephi software and social network analysis measures, the study revealed key players, their ties as well as the strength and cohesion within the network. This helped us to better understand socio-psychological aspects of Bosnian society during the Austro-Hungarian occupation of Bosnia. Furthermore, the study suggests that a combination of distant reading techniques and tools can provide valuable support for the complex interpretation of a literary work and enable a better-grounded account of European literary history and cultural identity. More generally, the value of distant reading in KM goes beyond literary history for the purpose of exploring emerging patterns in complex domains from many different sectors of social and economic activities.

Keywords: Knowledge management (KM); Arts and humanities; Literary history; Distant reading; Social network analysis (SNA); Visualisation (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2023
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DOI: 10.1007/978-3-031-38696-1_12

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